Wendy Ritson (Letters, 27 June), writing of hearing aids, comments that while glasses can make one appear clever, “pushing dangling bits of wire into one’s ears is seen to have the opposite effect”, with the result that people are embarrassed to wear them. Yet millions of people a day shove a pair of earbuds into their ears, wireless or wired, to listen to music, podcasts, football etc, with no hint of embarrassment. Maybe the manufacturers of hearing aids need to up their game on the design front and collaborate with the likes of Apple to modernise the look of their products.
Hilary Milburn
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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