Expired!

Esco saying that due to the age of my hearing aides, they’re unable to insure them. They only insure aides up to 7 years old. Bastards! You’d think that when a person pays more that $4500 for an item (or pair) that they’d be insurable for the duration. Sadly, this appears not to be the case. I guess this is a way to promote more sales amongst the hearing aide manufacturers. Of course, I was told when I bought these that nowadays, the life expectancy of an in-the-ear aide is only about 3-5 years. The hearing aide guy was extremely surprised when I told him my then current pair had lasted me for about 10 years. I’m really not looking forward to needing to buy another pair of hearing aides anytime soon. The ones I have still work fairly well. I’m sure that a pair of sparkly new ones might have more and better features, but like I said – my current ones work just nicely. I think the biggest benefit for new aides would be the fit. These ones *are* almost seven years old, and I’ve gained a considerable amount of weight in that time. Believe it or not, weight changes the shape of the ear canal – what with body fat and all. Meh. I guess I’ll have to save up an extra emergency five thousand dollars or so. (I *should* have at least three months’ salary anyway…) Anyway… I’m gonna hop off and get busy with the raid I’m in right now. Thanks for visiting and Keep Coming Back!!!]]>