So, why ARE hearing aids so expensive?

Our cars can read our texts to us. Our watches are computers. Our phones have shed their cords, have gotten smaller, smaller, then larger and larger to accommodate all the new features they offer. In 2017, affordable technology is ubiquitous; so why are hearing aids still so expensive?

A provision in the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 may help bring the cost of hearing aids down.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/well/live/why-are-hearing-aids-so-expensive.html

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