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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by chairmanwow1 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:53PM (#28922867)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this something people could do on their own at home if the hardware had a decent setup UX / tuning instructions? This doesn’t necessarily seem like something that couldn’t be done pretty automatically.
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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by wrycoder on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:33AM (#28927113)
You’re not wrong. Most people don’t need all those overpriced ads-ons.
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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by cf100clunk on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:58PM (#28922927)
See the Hackaday link I posted earlier for one such example.
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