Benefits of hearing aids dubious

I’m annoyed about hearing aids. My husband and I are over 80 and he wears hearing aids, but I will never wear them for the following reasons:

First, they are outrageously expensive for the amount of correction one gains by wearing them. Isn’t it interesting that eyeglasses, which for many people completely correct their vision problems, cost a small amount compared to a pair of hearing aids?

Second, very few “doctors of audiology” explain that the hard-of-hearing person has a responsibility to explain their hearing problem to others and ask those folks to speak louder and more clearly.

Finally, these doctors aren’t open with their clientele about how much hearing will be lost over the years.

I doubt anything will change, but one never knows.

Jean Koenig

Eugene

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