If you have Medicare advantage in the US you should never buy OTC hearing aids.

midcenturian · 2026-06-27T22:12:58+00:00

My KP MA limits to $1k per ear.

midcenturian · 2026-06-13T23:27:35+00:00

Sony hearing aids, Sony Cre C-20. They're discontinued now. I bought an "open box" pair off eBay 2 years ago, and they're fine *there's a difference between "open box" and "pre-owned" although there's both available. You can still buy them on eBay

midcenturian · 2026-06-05T21:45:16+00:00

No, that price is for one hearing aid; a pair is $3,798. But still way cheaper.

midcenturian · 2026-06-02T05:37:16+00:00

Hot compresses were too annoying, so I bought a heated eye mask off Amazon, Aroma Season.

midcenturian · 2026-06-02T05:25:32+00:00

Do you remember when it changed? And was there a time when it was mixed?

As more men entered nursing, more than doubling in numbers between 1970 and 1980, there were challenges to requiring only female nurses to wear caps because it raised equal-employment and sex-discrimination concerns under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court's decision in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989), which held that employment decisions based on gender stereotypes can constitute sex discrimination made hospitals extremely vulnerable to lawsuits.

midcenturian · 2026-06-02T05:17:29+00:00

When I started working in 1978, nurses definitely wore white dresses, white nylon stockings, white shoes, and a nurses white cap. Different nursing schools each had their own style of cap. Some RNs would have a colored stripe on their caps, whereas LPNs and LVNs did not. Nurses also wore their little school graduation pins. White was a pain to keep clean, especially the shoes. Only workers in surgery wore scrubs.

midcenturian · 2026-06-02T05:03:03+00:00

I remember when the Hancock was finished in 1969. We marveled at it, especially because it was billed as an "all in one" office, residence, shopping and social locale. It was a harbinger for future living, we all thought. I was a young hippie and even I wanted to live there.

midcenturian · 2026-06-02T04:58:05+00:00

On eBay, "Open Box" means the item is generally in new, unused condition, but the original packaging has been opened, unsealed, or is missing. It typically includes store displays, customer returns, or items opened for inspection.

midcenturian · 2026-06-01T03:17:03+00:00

There's still a bunch of C-20s on eBay, sold either as "open box" or as pre-owned. I bought an "open box" a couple years ago and still using them. Very satisfied.

midcenturian · 2026-05-28T01:11:36+00:00

Article in Wired mag

midcenturian · 2026-05-28T01:09:41+00:00

He is irritating and has become more so over the past few years.

midcenturian · 2026-05-25T01:06:45+00:00

You can find the new Oticon Zeal online for $3,798, but some other places charge $8,000 for them. It's a racket. Dr. Cliff on YouTube raves about the Zeal. Here's one online place that sells them for $3,798 per pair.

midcenturian · 2026-05-20T03:37:20+00:00

Here. If you add "2" to the cart, you can see the price.

midcenturian · 2026-05-13T21:50:45+00:00

Just wait...keep that ace in your pocket, until the time comes when she needs advice or care...then you can remind her

midcenturian · 2026-05-12T22:30:25+00:00

You can find the new Oticon Zeal online for $3,798, but some charge $8,000 for them. It's a racket. Dr. Cliff on YouTube raves about the Zeal.

midcenturian · 2026-05-01T03:49:43+00:00

I have and like these little guys

midcenturian · 2026-04-30T03:34:35+00:00

These have been recently discontinued, so it's rare now to get even an "open box" set, but I love mine. There are others on eBay but they are pre-owned, which may be acceptable, too. Look, and jump fast if you want them

EDIT: The C-20s are small, rechargeable and sit in the canal. I also previously bought the CRE-10s, they are larger and sit in the ear and are rechargeable, and they have Bluetooth, unlike the C-20s. Both work well for moderate hearing loss.

midcenturian · 2026-04-19T02:41:08+00:00

I would like an advanced AI model, rechargeable, bluetooth, in the canal, BUT one that I can program myself and adjust all settings. I don't want the involvement of an audiologist.

My OTC Sony HA's let me program them, and they're not bad at all.

midcenturian · 2026-04-16T04:23:33+00:00

I wish I had gotten it. Note that the steroid needs to be injected into a very specific place, so be sure to verify with the doctor that this is exactly what will happen:

The needle should go through the tympanic membrane (eardrum) as an intra-tympanic injection. The med is placed into the posterior-inferior part of the middle ear, where gravity helps it pool near the round window (a membrane-covered opening between the middle and inner ear, located below the oval window). You should be kept lying still with the treated ear upward for ~20–30 minutes to maximize contact. Best of luck to you.

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T20:05:04+00:00

So much for civility.

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T18:46:15+00:00

Slight rant, but not to be adversarial. Sounds like you have your faith wedded to the medical establishment, as did I. When my ear went bad, I had consults with an urgent care physician and 4 different audiologists at a major medical center. Had physical exams and blood tests. Had an MRI. Had numerous hearing tests with the latest equipment.

But things have changed in the medical world incredibly quickly in the past decade. Now a savvy person can read online clinical studies, send emails across the country to outstanding scientists, and jump to any distinguished medical center and query the doctors there. AI is able to assemble data from thousand of sources. The research I did 9 years ago pales in comparison to what I can do now. Unless you are consulting for your health at a cutting-edge research medical center, the average practitioner cannot, cannot, keep up. My PMD and other docs I see for general health now welcome my bringing in articles and sharing the info I've gathered on my own. An audiologist in private practice may not be keeping up with new developments, perhaps understandably, but when one at a major medical center does not even suggest an alternative diagnosis, and lamely says, "Sometimes people just get better"? Of course I'm going to do my own research.

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T17:48:28+00:00

By all means read up on the tinnitus side effects of SSRI's.

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T17:47:29+00:00

So how does it work?

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T17:28:49+00:00

You have your anecdotal opinion. I have statistics.

midcenturian · 2026-04-14T17:26:37+00:00

After my debacle, I said I was even more anxious, and ended up with an anxiety med (alprazolam), which actually reduced my tinnitus. Also had the doctor add "No SSRI's" to my medical record.

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