cost of earplugs

[Lance Lafargue]

Mine cost about $125 with the visit and I was given a thorough test showing
me exactly
where my hearing stood (graphed).  You might check on the cost of Westone
vs others. Also, it may be that the filters on the Westone plugs are better
suited for our needs.
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Leslie W Bartlett <lesbart@juno.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: cost of earplugs
> Date: Monday, August 04, 1997 11:51 PM
> 
> I just screwed up again, having my finger too close to the delete button,
> so I deleted the individual who asked about ball-park cost for my
> earplugs.
> 
> Mine cost me 170.00.  I went to an audiologist who gave me a hearing
> "screening"- which is about what one of these trucks-in-the-parking-lot
> does.  It was as much as I have had anywhere else. She does a "full
> diagnostic exam for $138, which is supposed to give a great deal more
> data.  She filled my ears up with latex, which set, and which became the
> form from which the plugs were made.  It might be that other brands are
> equally effective and less costly.  I'd like to know, and would pass this
> on to the audiologist, who has  expressed interest in learning more,
> since our business and her business have some commonality.
> 
> 
> Leslie Bartlett
> 
> lesbart@juno.com