Aye Steve
This might hurt a wee bit and as we aint had a rip roaring argument in a while, my profound apologies before you start reading;)
To you and most of your profession the moral argument on here might need to be moot/irrelevant, perhaps for your own peace of mind? You see Steve, you could be the best Audi/Dispenser in the world, I don’t give a sh!t! But, I do care about the millions of people out there whom are sensory impaired in this world, they are denied a better quality of life, in especial the Severe/ Profound threshold! The vast percentage of Audi’s will never ever quite grasp the nettle, they can contemplate and attempt to understand hearing loss in theory, but they will never understand how it feels! Very few Audi’s are actually deaf and of the ones I know whom are deaf, they work in the NHS… Most probs, they are trying to give a decent service to their kindred spirits? You can wax lyrical all day long about development costs etc’…Doesn’t cut the mustard with me, tis pure b@llocks and then some! I am in no way against profit or development costs, but there is a limit…
In the real world Steve and not in your or any of the other Audi’s imaginary ones… The vast majority of folks with a severe hearing loss would gladly pay for high end aids if they could afford them, but sadly because of their loss they are severely discriminated by society on a whole, for example via work; they may be in very poorly paid dead end jobs, with little or no prospect of ever being promoted, tis nothing to do with their intelligence, just the fact they are deaf, is enough! They will most likely suffer from mental health issues, being the butt end of everyone’s jokes, unable to realize their dreams takes its toll eventually! They will be ignored by their work colleagues, (if they are able to get a job? Many will not find any gainful employment) left out of conversations, denied vital information about their job, mainly because most folks can’t be @rsed communicating! To rub salt into the wounds, the majority of the Private Hearing Industry will then promise them their absolute return to the “Hearing World” via this or that Wonder Hearing Aid (More b@llocks) But, in order to reach this Hearing Nirvana, they will the commit highway robbery and charge you £5000 for a pair of HA’s that cost £200 to make, nice work if you can get it, but they have a captive audience, whom need these HA’s in order to function in a Hearing World… Yeah, screw the moral fiber or ethics if you work in the Private Hearing Industry, just deny or deflect attention, for this is all about the profit margin and hearing aid development, manufacturers blame the Audi’s for the high mark up and vice versa :rolleyes:
FFS, this is disabled people you are dealing with here and the analogy of the Merc is way off base Steve, so get a grip, the only impairment you would get buying an old Lada instead of a Merc (would still get you from A to B) perhaps your image might be slightly dented? The same can’t be said for hearing aids! You may be above reproach, but you are acutely aware of the failings in the Hearing Industry, to deny this would be a lie… The selfish manufacturers are denying millions of people worldwide the benefits of vastly improved hearing, profits before ethics, money comes before their fellow human beings quality of life…Why? Because good men stand back and do nothing!!!
Cheers Kev:D
No Dr. Amy, they are worse than just corrupt, they are downright criminal
Cheers Kev:D