You can find aids that fit in the ear canal and are barely visible--though you may give up some features and power. How to choose: Depending on the sophistication of the device and where you get fitted, expect to pay $1,000 to $6,000 for a pair of custom-fitted hearing aids.Medicare and most private insurers don't cover hearing aids, but check your health plan. The proceeds can be used toward all manner of health-care costs, including hearing aids and batteries. 2  A taxpayer in the 28-percent bracket who set aside $5,000 in such an account and used all of it for a $5,000 pair of hearing aids would reap an effective savings of $1,400.
A pound of butter is 16 ounces. There are four (4) sticks of butter in a pound. Therefore, a stick of butter is equal to four (4) ounces.
In one recipe they ask for a half-cup of butter. In the next, they ask for 8 tablespoons. Then they turn around and demand one stick of butter. And the whole time, they're asking for the same thing! In this country, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters or sticks.Each pound is two cups of butter. Each quarter-pound stick is 8 tablespoons or a half a cup.Each tablespoon is 1/2 ounce. (So to answer your question, a half pound of butter is one cup.) To thwart the wicked aims of those recipe writers once and for all, we present the following fool-proof.ach tablespoon is 1/2 ounce. (So to answer your question, a half pound of butter is one cup.) To thwart the wicked aims of those recipe writers once and for all, we present the following fool-proof.