tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2546745408457786102..comments2024-03-28T13:37:26.314-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Regulatory InstinctGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34873443062681250402017-07-17T23:39:12.017-04:002017-07-17T23:39:12.017-04:00The guild exists to protect the guild. It's p...The guild exists to protect the guild. It's part of why I never got licensed to practice architecture. Curiously, most people don't care, and hire us anyway.<br /><br />I think there are many regulatory fields that we should do away with- cosmetology for instance.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39137555970111241282017-07-15T11:29:20.483-04:002017-07-15T11:29:20.483-04:00Someone needs to challenge the hearing aid industr...Someone needs to challenge the hearing aid industry in the way that Uber has successfully challenged the taxicab industry.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-56809318005403954722017-07-15T11:09:38.832-04:002017-07-15T11:09:38.832-04:00Problem with hearing magnification is that firecra...Problem with hearing magnification is that firecrackers and gunshots start being painful.<br /><br />The problem with that is there are people who have naturally amplified hearing that can't turn it off, and need to use earplugs.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7451664617865344432017-07-15T11:08:03.284-04:002017-07-15T11:08:03.284-04:00So long as Americans bend their knee towards DC an...So long as Americans bend their knee towards DC and worship at the Altar of their King, they will continue to approve and maintain the system of regulation and tyranny. The System always wins out over individuals, especially since the leaders are not human.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2673061315483841312017-07-14T15:06:51.910-04:002017-07-14T15:06:51.910-04:00"More care (but not necessarily prescription-...<i><b>"More care (but not necessarily prescription-level care) would be needed for hearing aids, though; it's possible to do damage at comfortable levels of sound."</b><br />Isn't the same true if you turn up the volume control too high on the television or the music player?</i><br /><br />Absolutely. However, hearing aids--and headsets--inject the sound directly down the aural canal onto the eardrum. It's easier to do damage at lower sound levels that way than with the more diffused sound coming across the room from an external device.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-76045774703511848412017-07-14T09:12:06.617-04:002017-07-14T09:12:06.617-04:00"More care (but not necessarily prescription-..."More care (but not necessarily prescription-level care) would be needed for hearing aids, though; it's possible to do damage at comfortable levels of sound."<br /><br />Isn't the same true if you turn up the volume control too high on the television or the music player?David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91765118947674377822017-07-13T23:13:08.976-04:002017-07-13T23:13:08.976-04:00More precious than hearing, it seems to me, is see...More precious than hearing, it seems to me, is seeing. In contrast to those hearing aid prescriptions and costs, reading glasses are available in discount stores and drug stores for ten bucks a pair. Most near vision--reading--needs are for larger print, and those OTC reading glasses are magnifying glasses; a user just buys a pair with the desired magnification.<br /><br />More care (but not necessarily prescription-level care) would be needed for hearing aids, though; it's possible to do damage at comfortable levels of sound.<br /><br />Eric Hines<br />E Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49635930450894240222017-07-13T22:02:02.451-04:002017-07-13T22:02:02.451-04:00Yeah, the headsets I'm thinking of -- Walkers ...Yeah, the headsets I'm thinking of -- Walkers Alpha is the brand -- start at around thirty bucks. The really expensive upgraded ones are around a hundred. That's an order of magnitude cheaper. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90233453102917867612017-07-13T21:59:28.402-04:002017-07-13T21:59:28.402-04:00There was a recent story in the local newspaper th...There was a recent story in the local newspaper that hearing aids, which are available by prescription only, run 500-3,000 each. The article said there is a need for something cheaper, and that "personal amplifiers" might be useful.<br /><br />Apple headphones can be had for $10, and yet hearing aids are a grand a pair?<br /><br />The problem is that some people have a corner on the market.<br /><br />This is obscene.<br /><br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-86151068888222616342017-07-13T20:13:22.432-04:002017-07-13T20:13:22.432-04:00As a C-Pap user, I will confirm that what you say ...As a C-Pap user, I will confirm that what you say is absolutely true. Most of the sophisticated parts of the machine are to record how often you use it and for how long, so that the insurance company and medical supply company can have more control over you.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-17460142825045752172017-07-13T19:06:08.270-04:002017-07-13T19:06:08.270-04:00! agree 100% on this issue.
Less Government regul...! agree 100% on this issue.<br /><br />Less Government regulations<br />Less Nanny State.<br /><br />-MississippiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com