The Things That Suck Air travel Batteries Booze Car alarms Credit cards Customer service DVD sound Evite Fuel economy Hearing aids Infertility treatments Junk mail Knees and backs Medical records Office copiers Plastic packaging Prescription drugs Printer cartridges Radio Roads Robots Science Spam filters Subscription cards Teleconferencing Ticket purchasing Tomatoes Traffic Vending machines Web video Whiteboards Wireless speakers
Cute article and if you click on the things in the list it tells you why they suck in a very acurate and sometimes somewhat technical way.
When your eyes start to go, you have some satisfying remedies. Glasses — a centuries-old technology that costs a couple hundred bucks and is often covered by health insurance — or contacts, which are constantly improving. But if your hearing starts to fade, get ready for sticker shock and frustration. Hearing aids can cost more than $3,000 apiece, they don't do a good job of correcting the problem, and insurance companies rarely pay for them. Welcome to the screwy world of ear gear. Because these devices are highly specialized, manufacturers build most of the parts from scratch — their products benefit from neither economies of scale nor third-party innovations. And as a result, there has been little progress in improving three critical components: the microphone, the microprocessor, and the battery. The woes start with the microphone. Typical hearing aid mics pick up sound from all directions. The resulting cacophony is exhausting for the user, who must concentrate to isolate relevant input. High-end hearing aids add a directional microphone trained in front of the listener, but that increases cost and, critically, bulk. The microphone feeds a processor, which amplifies certain areas of the audio spectrum according to the user's particular type of hearing loss. But inevitably, some signals recirculate between mic and speaker, producing feedback —
I full heartedly agree with this article. It sums up all of the downfalls of having to wear and maintain a hearing aid including the lovely price tag. :P (This a link off of the "Things That Make Us Crazy" article)
LadySiri wrote: This is a HILARIOUS web-comic that keeps me laughing! Go back to the archives and start from the beginning and you'll be rolling with laughter for many moons (:
This is right after they got in on in the middle of the lobby. But seriously Summercon was and absolute blast. Best con about man on man action I have ever attended :)
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