US Hearing Aid Pricing: Part 3 – Nominal Retail-Side Trends
In late 2020, readers were provided with data on nominal and inflation-adjusted wholesale hearing aid prices. In this third installment in this series on hearing aid pricing, the reader is presented with nominal retail hearing aid pricing. What is the Retail Cost of a Hearing Aid? The response to this question varies, with…
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US Ear Device Patents for November 2020
The feature image is from Bose patent 10835145, Ear tips capable of capturing bioelectrical signals and providing nerve stimulation. Bose is not the only company thinking Big by going Small. Hearing Aids as Small Auditory Augmented Reality Devices Readers from hearing health lines of work may wonder why patent lists of recent months…
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US Ear Device Patents for October 2020
Listen to The Hand Today’s feature image comes from Finewell Co Ltd’s patent #10795321 for a Wrist watch with hearing function. Inquiring minds may wonder how this works and it’s not as simple as a talking watch. Instead, the patent aims to provide more effective wrist watches with hearing functions that achieve cartilage conduction…
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US Hearing Aid Pricing: Part 2 – Inflation-Adjusted Wholesale-Side Trends
Earlier this fall, readers were provided a commentary on wholesale nominal pricing in the US market. In our continuation of pricing in the US hearing aid market, we compare unadjusted and inflation-adjusted, wholesale cost of a single unit device over time. Consumer Price Index (CPI) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was used to…
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US Ear Device Patents for September 2020
The Mind Boggles Here are a few questions as food for thought while contemplating how the myriad computations, calculations, decompositions, re-creations and retrieval- from- storage audio outputs can be massaged to complement, supplement and creatively enhance our individual hearing capabilities and preferences. Q1. Which do you prefer, Reality or an Upgrade? Both require…
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