bluetooth hearing aid

Earful for the future: Bluetooth, hearing aids, iPods

And to think that some folks my age are self-conscious about hearing aids’ being visible to others.
How about the growing numbers who now have Bluetooth devices prominently clipped to their ears? Rather than disguise them, wearers flaunt them like status symbols.
It’s being in touch without touching.
So what’s the difference between the Bluetoothed and the hearing-aided?
As one of the latter, I offer that the former have a choice, the latter don’t. And while my hearing aids are of the discreet, hidden-behind-the-ear type, there are times when I wish they were Bluetooth obvious.“Hey, I wear hearing aids!” they would signal. That way folks might speak up without my having to ask them to.