{"id":11255,"date":"2021-07-22T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T01:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2021-07-23T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:20:24","slug":"wpr-why-hearing-aids-are-so-expensive-and-the-push-to-lower-their-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2021\/07\/22\/wpr-why-hearing-aids-are-so-expensive-and-the-push-to-lower-their-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR: Why Hearing Aids Are So Expensive And The Push To Lower Their Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/craigrachel.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11256\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?attachment_id=11256\" class=\"wp-image-11256\" \/><figcaption>Rachel Craig<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/henningbecky.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11257\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?attachment_id=11257\" class=\"wp-image-11257\" \/><figcaption>Becky Henning<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent executive order by President Biden aims to limit corporate power and lower consumer prices \u2013 including for hearing aids. We look at why hearing aids are so expensive and how Biden&#8217;s move may affect both patients and audiologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/health\/Pages\/graduate\/audiology.aspx\">UW-Stevens Point Audiology<\/a> faculty members Rachel Craig and Becky Henning were guests on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/why-hearing-aids-are-so-expensive-and-push-lower-their-cost\" target=\"_blank\">Wisconsin Public Radio <\/a><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/why-hearing-aids-are-so-expensive-and-push-lower-their-cost\" target=\"_blank\">Central Time<\/a><\/em> on July 22 to discuss the ramifications of the order and the benefits of visiting a hearing health professional. Callers of the show shared their personal stories and asked questions about how hearing aids work, the cost and the future of hearing aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/why-hearing-aids-are-so-expensive-and-push-lower-their-cost?fbclid=IwAR2AY-13F0eV-uWhbF0B3BCVKTjtw3N2d5fa4Cthy7UfZtopELTBwoblOS8\"><strong>Listen Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent executive order by President Biden aims to limit corporate power and lower consumer prices \u2013 including for hearing aids. We look at why hearing aids are so expensive and how Biden&#8217;s move may affect both patients and audiologists. UW-Stevens Point Audiology faculty members Rachel Craig and Becky Henning were guests on Wisconsin Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,11,12,546],"tags":[71,578,305,341,342,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11260,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions\/11260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}