Replies to post #130 on Alternative Investment Ideas

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With hearing aids, these days you can get some great inexpensive ones. Several years ago my dad's ENT doctor said the technology had advanced to the point where for many patients (those with loss of the high end frequencies), the inexpensive brands like Britzgo are basically just as good as custom hearing aids costing 10 X more. They don't last quite as long, but you can get 10 for the price of one. But people with mainly low or mod range frequency loss (which is fairly rare) will still benefit from the custom made expensive hearing aids that are programmable.

Also, the older 'behind the ear' type hearing aids have gotten more popular lately since they look something like a Bluetooth headset, so they have a quasi 'cool' factor. One big advantage with these is they don't require great eyesight to operate.

Btw, sorry to see RIBT tanking today. I figured they might do a financing. But rather than waiting to do it, more often I've seen it done as part of the reverse split. That way they get all the bad news out of the way at once and the stock has a better chance of recovering after the reverse split. That's how it would often work in the small/micro cap biotech sector anyway. But investment-wise, probably best to avoid reverse split stocks altogether, as a general rule.



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