The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by coupdejarnac on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:08PM (#28923076)

I'm going through this right now. I know I probably need a cpap machine, so paying $300 out of pocket to rent a stupid device to record my sleep seems like a waste.

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by tpmx on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:54PM (#28923634)

Well, at least you're doing it.

Crude but realistic: There is a pretty high number of (often but not always overweight) undiagnosed/untreated people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea on the roads every day. They are causing a number of avoidable accidents every day.

I think it's criminal to make CPAP as unaccessible as it is in the US.

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by coupdejarnac on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:33PM (#28924047)

Not to mention lost productivity. I wonder what the dollar amount for my lost productivity over my lifetime due to poor sleep would be. Probably very high.

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by bradknowles on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:20PM (#28925745)

My CPAP totally changed my life. I had no idea how horrible my sleep had been before.

I refuse to sleep a single night without it.

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by onemoresoop on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:04PM (#28933110)

Did you experience Aerophagia and any weight gain when you got on the CPAP? I hear a lot of people have this issue..

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Re:The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without... by tpmx on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:57PM (#28924298)

Yeah, I probably lost a few years of productivity myself, before I got it diagnosed.

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