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Re: [Phys-L] Personal Sound Amplifiers (PSA)

In some states, Michigan being one of them, if you can show that you need the hearing aid for your work, you can get a part of it paid for by vocational rehab. In my case I was teaching women and I could not hear their high pitched voices. That was enough to cover half the cost of the hearing aids.

joe

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On Jul 16, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com> wrote:

We tend to feel so helpless about the buoyancy of our money - all floating
up to the top 1% or less of the population.

But we can do something about it, and that is to increasingly conduct our
business without using money.

Veterans and Hearing Aids: Now we have an increasing number of vets
returning with increasing amounts of permanent hearing loss because war is
louder than it used to be. But these folks will be less able to pay for 2
or 3 thousand dollar hearing aids.

Hearing Aid Bait: First, they will sell you a hearing aid for $1000, but
you will be frustrated because it will have an excessive amount of noise.
After this experience you will become more willing to pay $2000 or $3000
for a less noisy hearing aid. So I guess that the noisy one costs 15 cents
to make and the quieter one costs 16 cents to make, or perhaps 10 times
that much.

As Bernard says - - Evil.

Bill Norwood

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org> wrote:


On 2015, Jul 16, , at 02:36, Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com> wrote:

The code is "what the public will bear," right?
On Jul 15, 2015 10:21 PM, "Zeev Wurman" <zeev@ieee.org> wrote:


yup, that part of the definition of capitalism.


Probably more than 15 cents but not very expensive in any case. But
what's
your point? How much does it cost to "make" another e-book? Should we
therefore give them away for free?


Of course not. I don’t think that’s ever been suggested. The issue is,
who pays.

Every one knows who I think should pay.


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On Jul 15, 2015 6:37 PM, "Bill Norwood" <bnorwood111@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it true that those $2000. hearing aids cost about 15 cents to make
in
China?

And, the mark up is another example of the transfer of labour to the
wealthy (ruling class).

bc again writes: Capitalism is inherently evil.

On Jul 15, 2015 4:39 PM, "Bernard Cleyet" <bernard@cleyet.org> wrote:


Instead of a tone control a reduced graphic equalizer with three
octave
controls. Say, 50=>500; 1=>2k; 2+. up.

For me at least, simply increasing the volume does increase
intelligibility.


bc thinks those audio people are capitalist pigs, as Ludwik suggested.


On 2015, Jul 15, , at 09:21, Ludwik Kowalski <
kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>
wrote:

OOPS a tying error ==> people might postpone wearing them, for many
year.



On Jul 15, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

Personal Sound Amplifiers (PSA)

Hearing aids are very expensive, typically from $3000 to $6000 a
pair.

But some people might wearing them, for many year.

I describe this alternative at my university website:

http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/aps.htm

Feel free to share this short essay with others.

Comments will be appreciated.

Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)



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