I understand that hearing aids, as a medical device, are a bit of a racket, costing thousands. But, some new policy is in the works that favours consumer tech innovation. Anyone knowledgeable?
The challenge will be how to fit a hearing aid without an audiologists help. This will be especially difficult for older people.
Hopefully it will bring down the price of hearing aids substantially though.
[1] https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/bipart...
Noise cancellation headphones could be easily transformed into hearing aids with a change of the firmware. In fact, they could be excellent hearing aids, because they probably have more computing power than the average professional hearing aid.