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Apple Airpod Pro’s come with three different sized
eartips,
but some people still can’t get a perfect fit. Custom
fitted
ones are available - but they don’t fit in Apple’s
charging
case - you have to snap the custom parts on and off
when
needed. So... the companies offering custom
molded
eartips should also offer oversize charging cases as well.
Now, I know 8th’s ocular implant is twitching and he’s
eager to bash anything from Apple. But while Airpod
Pro’s
seem ridiculously high priced for phone calls and music,
they work surprisingly well as hearing aids. Better than
some hearing aids costing 10x more - so for this special
use, even with custom molding and cases they’re a
bargain.
Comply memory foam
https://www.complyf...e-with-airpods-pro/
[kdf, Dec 28 2020]
Airpod Pro as hearing aid
https://www.hearing...ng-aids-with-ios-14
[kdf, Dec 28 2020]
Custom molds for Airpod Pro
https://www.adv-sou...iant=19293380804677
$149 *without* a custom charging case. [kdf, Dec 28 2020]
[link]
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Is there a reason you can't take a hacksaw to the case and then stick the parts back together with gaffer tape leaving gaps between the parts? Hacksaw blades and tape cost only £0.21 on alibaba I believe. |
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Hammers are more expensive, but also more durable, and have many more uses. |
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One hammer is enough for the job, surely? |
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I can see merit in either approach, but was hoping
for something a bit more precise. Perhaps lasers -
which cost only pennies on alibaba - could melt
and reshape the case. Or the patient’s ears,
pretreating them first with photoactivated drugs
(also available on alibaba, of course). |
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Or reshape the patient's ears with lasers ? |
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Isn’t that what I just said? The Borg don’t get
subtlety and elision even when they live among the
British? |
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We merely question the need for the "photoactivated drugs". It seems to require excessive cost, and subtlety. |
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The word "just" should have been included between "Or" and "reshape", so as to be "Or just reshape the patient's ears ..." |
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We acknowledge the slight lack of clarity. |
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But our alibaba rep was so
keen on those photoreactive drugs. Or on some
kind of drugs, at least... |
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How exactly do the patient's ears melt and reshape the case? Are the ears preheated with the lasers first? How much are human ears on alibaba? |
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ANYHOW... back to real world and practical
considerations...
the included sizes of eartips work well for perhaps 90% of
the
population, and third-party memory foam options from
Comply
and other companies cover most of the rest. The % of users
who would really benefit from custom moldings - as an
audiologist would make for hearing aids - is vanishingly
small. |
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Wasn't this a Halfbakery idea at some point, years ago?
Standard
smartphone earbuds repurposed as hearing aids? |
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// The % of users who would really benefit ... is vanishingly small. // |
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It would be more cost-effective to simply cull those non-compliant ones, shirley ? |
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Then you're missing the profit opportunity. A niche item
commands a higher price. Custom molds cost around$150
(link), so what's another $50 or $100 for a charging case? |
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On the other hand, just one fresh, viable human kidney of the right tissue type and in good condition can fetch thousands on the spares black-market ... |
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Sigh ... just another market to be disrupted by cloning
technology ... |
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No, there's still a certain cachet to having a unique, "designer" product. There's a particular market segment* who will always pay extra for "the real thing" rather than something that can be mass-manufactured, even though it does mean taking anti-rejection medications for the foreseeable future ... |
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*Characterised by the description "more money than sense" ... |
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