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New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
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infmom
08/12/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
There are bone-conduction hearing aids on the market already--they are used for specific kinds of hearing loss. No reason why that technology couldn't be combined with the bone-conduction headphones.

However, given the outrageous prices for hearing aids already, and the fact that almost nobody's insurance covers them, any early adopters of the technology better have deep pockets.
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Sinecure
08/11/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
For the ultimate old people cross-pollination of ideas you could include a laser pointer that spells out "Get Off My Lawn" at the press of a button.
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dimsum4u
08/11/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
So after I have taught my grandparents how to use this new fandangled doohickey, I then have to teach them how to use the other fandangled doohickey that speaks to them without any wires. I think the reason they price it so high is because they know they won't sell many in the beginning, but once our generation becomes old and need to wear diapers we are gonna need something like that. Hopefully it changes our diapers at the same time.
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Hello Mister Walrus
08/11/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
"consumer tech accessories meant to indirectly plug into your bone"

So, by "bone" do you mean the skeletal parts of your body or your penis? The former would be sort of disturbing. The latter would be just weird...
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J0hnP
08/11/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
As a lifelong hearing aid wearer and gadet user, I've been eagerly awaiting this type of integration (hearing aids/bluetooth). Since most cell phones generate a lot of interference with hearing aids, having bluetooth integration (sort of like the current tele-coil capability) would be awesome!
Of course, I think the battery drain would be pretty significant. And the price sure seems very significant. ;-)
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John Herrman
08/11/09

@J0hnP: Aren't most fitted hearing aids quite expensive anyway? I always assumed a few grand was par for the course, at least for the mid-to-high-end stuff.
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Nick
08/11/09

@J0hnP: i wonder if this equipment would be covered by most insurers.
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Nick
08/11/09

In reply to New Hearing Aids Double As Headphones, Reduce Grandpa to a Living, Breathing iPod Accessory (UPDATED)
It's a great time to be an old.

adjectives . . . the new nouns.

sorry, just givin' ya a hard time john.
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John Herrman
08/11/09

@Nick: I love Nick: Admittedly I stole the phrase from Gawker, but it's a thing! I promise!
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Nick
08/11/09

@John Herrman: well, now i feel dumb. i was sitting here asking myself, "what if it's a thing i don't know about. then i am gonna look mighty dumb. ahh, what the hay." but the good news is that i now know it's a thing and i will do my best to further perpetuate it.
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Thorin78
03/13/09

In reply to Dexim Shu-Lip Adds Direct Headphone-To-USB Donglage To the New Shuffle
Wow a 4GB usb stick that costs $80 + $10 accessory. I'll stick w/ my flash drive.
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pettiblay
03/13/09

@Thorin78: good luck getting your flash drive to play music (and read out what it's playing)
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CaliBoom
03/13/09

@pettiblay: who cares about it reading to me - I stopped needing my mommy to read to me about 35 years ago. . .

I DO have a flash drive that can play music (actually, a music player that can store crap on it like a flash drive) and it doesn't require a proprietary cable. . . sigh.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/13/09

@CaliBoom: Must you insult the audiobook crowd? :P
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92BuickLeSabre
01/26/09

In reply to Yuen’To Music Ball is Great for Listening to Music, Bopping Heads
Looks like somebody had a lot of those old microphone heads left over.
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Hello Mister Walrus
01/16/09

In reply to iFlyz Clamps Media Player to Tray Table (No MacGyvering Necessary)
A "patented suction cup"?
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