{"ancestors":[],"descendants":[{"id":"111909571548916817","created_at":"2024-02-10T22:35:44.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111909047767602968","in_reply_to_account_id":"109870779760474147","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://sfba.social/users/BobHorowitz/statuses/111909571445467111","url":"https://sfba.social/@BobHorowitz/111909571445467111","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://t00t.cloud/@mattrambles\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003emattrambles\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e So, when my hearing aids started dying last month, I discovered that, like eyeglasses, you can't just order replacements without a recent audiology exam. Which I didn't have. 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