Should you consider a low-cost hearing-aid alternative?

Some personal sound amplification products may perform as well as costlier hearing aids. If you’re hearing more about hearing lately, there’s a reason. In October 2015 the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a report on the sorry state of hearing in the United States. In June 2016, the National Academy of Sciences came to similar conclusions. Both acknowledged that as many as 85% of people with hearing loss…