
Hearing aids - over-the-counter vs prescription? - Straight Dope
Jan 1, 2025 · I’ve got a family member that is struggling with their hearing and has finally been convinced to look into hearing aids. They are on Medicare, which of course doesn’t cover hearing …
Hearing aid costs - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board
Sep 5, 2021 · The FDA is currently developing new regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids, which is expected to both (a) increase competition by allowing new entrants and new technologies into the …
What Do Prescription-Free Hearing Aids Actually Mean?
Sep 19, 2022 · Apparently, one of the differences between hearing aids and amplifiers is that the amplifier amplifies all sounds without any differentiation while hearing aids I including the OTC ones) …
Best way to get hearing test and shop for hearing aids? What's your ...
If the doctor doesn’t also sell hearing aids, do they give me some kind of prescription, like for glasses? That’s what I like about glasses, you can go to an optometrist and get your prescription, and buy your …
Hearing Aid Reccos - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Nov 9, 2004 · I know an old lady who wants to get a hearing aid and has done the favor of charging me with getting her information. She wants good quality and especially has trouble distinguishing …
Are these painkillers I bought a placebo? - Straight Dope
Sep 15, 2024 · I bought some OTC pain meds for backache. Each tablet contains 500mg paracetamol and 7.5mg dihydrocodeine tartrate. Apparently, these are the strongest painkillers you can buy …
What is this guy wearing on his head? - Straight Dope
Sep 15, 2024 · Could it be a Bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA) ? I was thinking cochlear implant, but those apparently have wires. Here are a couple of pictures of bone-anchored hearing aids; those …
Too much Simethicone - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope
Mar 27, 2025 · (Note to mods, I’m merely satisfying my curiosity - I have no desire or intention of ‘over-medicating’) What’s the danger of taking too much gas medicine? My wife recently bought this …
Pharmacies: 1950s vs. Now - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Jun 27, 2005 · When did the modern pharmacy come about? Merck claims they’ve been mass-producing drugs for 50 years. Ok, in the 1950s, IIRC, the cure for polio was discovered, …
Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)
Aug 19, 2024 · If you are seriously hearing impaired to the point that you can’t hear a screaming patient right in front of you, then you are aware of your hearing problem, and you can tell when you do or …