As ubiquitous as throwaway contact lenses have become, I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that hearing aids have also gone the disposable route.

Sorta, anyway. Songbird earpieces are more akin to reading glasses than prescription lenses — quickie solutions to problems that eventually will need more careful treatment.

Still, it makes me wonder where this physiological corrective aesthetic will go next. Disposable nosejobs (staying within the five-senses realm)? Disposable breast implants, designed for that one vacation weekend in the Bahamas? The possibilities abound…