Some Medicare Advantage plans (Medicare Part C) cover hearing exams and hearing aids. Medicare Advantage plans often offer benefits not typically included with Original Medicare (Part A and Part B), such as routine hearing exams and hearing aids.
Definition of T-bone steak. : a thick piece of beef that contains a T-shaped bone.
Kitco has an excellent data base of these prices here. T-bone steaks sold for $0.89 in the late 1960s at an economy meat market (they were 59 cents in the 1950s.) Perhaps $1.25 is a normal price for the 1970s. Gold was 100x the steak price.