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Terms of use

Last updated: [EFFECTIVE DATE TO BE ADDED BEFORE PUBLISHING]

These terms govern your use of Do I Need a Hearing Aid (this "Site"). By using this Site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use this Site.

1. Who operates this Site

This Site is operated by [LEGAL OPERATOR NAME TO BE CONFIRMED — do not publish until the owner confirms whether this is flutes.ai LLC or another entity]. In these terms, "we", "us", and "our" refer to that operator, and "you" refers to a visitor to the Site.

Questions about these terms: [CONTACT EMAIL TO BE ADDED]. Do not send personal medical details through email.

2. What this Site is, and is not

This Site is an independent education guide to over-the-counter hearing aids. It provides general information, a self-check quiz, comparisons, and links to brands. It is not a clinic, not a seller of hearing aids, and not a substitute for professional medical advice.

The full limits of this Site are stated in the Disclaimer, which forms part of these terms. In particular: this Site does not diagnose hearing loss, does not replace a professional hearing evaluation, and does not create a doctor-patient or audiologist-patient relationship. The hearing check is a self-check, not a hearing test or audiogram, and it stores nothing. See Privacy and About.

3. Acceptable use

You may use this Site for personal, non-commercial purposes: reading the guides, taking the hearing check, printing the checklist for your own use, and following links to brands.

You agree not to:

4. Content and intellectual property

The text, layout, and original graphics on this Site are owned by the Site operator or its licensors, and are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. You may link to a page on this Site, and you may quote a short passage with credit and a link back, for personal or editorial use.

You may not reproduce the Site wholesale, claim its content as your own, or use its name or logo in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation that does not exist.

Brand names, product names, and trademarks mentioned on this Site — including MDHearing, Audien, and Jabra Enhance — belong to their respective owners. Mentioning a brand does not imply endorsement by that brand, and does not imply that the brand endorses this Site.

If you believe content on this Site infringes your rights, contact us at [CONTACT EMAIL TO BE ADDED] with a description of the material and why you believe it infringes, so we can review it.

Some links on this Site, labelled "Check current price", may earn us a commission if you buy from the brand, at no extra cost to you. The full arrangement is explained in the Affiliate disclosure, which forms part of these terms and follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's endorsement guidelines.

Clicking a brand link takes you to that brand's own website. Your purchase, and any trial, warranty, return, or customer-service issue, is governed by that brand's terms, not by these terms. We do not take orders, handle payments, or handle returns, and we are not a party to your purchase from a brand.

At the time of this draft, no affiliate links have been added yet; the buttons currently go to the brands' plain websites. That will change when affiliate links are added, and the disclosure page will be updated to say so.

6. External sites

This Site links to external websites, including brand websites and independent reviewers. We do not control those sites, we are not responsible for their content, terms, privacy practices, or availability, and a link does not mean we endorse everything on the linked site. Use external sites under their own terms.

7. No warranty

This Site and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not warrant that the information is complete, accurate, or up to date, or that the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Prices, trial terms, warranties, and product availability stated or summarised here are the brands' own terms, and the brand's own page controls if they differ.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Site operator is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, this Site, or from a purchase you make from a third-party brand after clicking a link here.

Nothing in these terms tries to exclude liability where the law does not allow it to be excluded, and nothing here limits your rights against a brand under that brand's own terms or under consumer-protection law.

9. Privacy

How this Site handles information is described in the Privacy page, which forms part of these terms. In short: this Site does not ask for your name or email, the hearing check stores nothing, and there is no account or signup. If analytics, a contact form, or an email list are added later, the privacy page must be updated before they go live, not after.

10. Children

This Site is written for adults considering over-the-counter hearing aids for themselves or for an adult family member. It is not directed at children, and over-the-counter hearing aids are not intended for children. If you are under 18, please use this Site with a parent or guardian.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time, for example when the Site, its brands, or the law changes. The updated terms will be posted on this page, with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the updated terms. If a change is material, we will try to note it here in plain language rather than silently changing a clause.

12. Governing law and disputes

[GOVERNING LAW / STATE TO BE ADDED BEFORE PUBLISHING — the owner must confirm the state whose law governs these terms, and whether disputes are to be resolved in that state's courts. Do not publish this section blank.] These terms are governed by the laws of that state, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and any dispute arising from these terms or your use of the Site will be resolved in the courts of that state, except where applicable law gives you a right to bring a claim elsewhere.

13. Severability and entire agreement

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest of these terms remains in effect. These terms, together with the Disclaimer, Privacy page, and Affiliate disclosure, are the entire agreement between you and the Site operator for your use of this Site.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms: [CONTACT EMAIL TO BE ADDED].

These terms are a template-based draft adapted for this site. They are not legal advice. See the legal notes kept with this draft for what still needs a lawyer's review before you rely on them.