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Hearing aids that cost more than $2,000 apiece only slightly more effective than some over-the-counter sound-amplification devices that sell for just a few hundred dollars,
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-over-the-counter-devices-costly-aids.html medicalxpress.com https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-over-the-counter-devices-costly-aids.html Over-the-counter devices...
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Updated timeline for the release of over-the-counter hearing aids
Just updated our page about OTC hearing aids here: https://www.hearingtracker.com/over-the-counter-hearing-aids Over-The-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aids - What are they? https://www.hearingtracker.com/over-the-counter-hearing-aids Hearing Tracker https:...
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Use of over-the-counter analgesics associated with risk of tinnitus
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-frequent-over-the-counter-analgesics-tinnitus.html medicalxpress.com https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-frequent-over-the-counter-analgesics-tinnitus.html Frequent use of...
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Regulation of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids — Deafening Silence from the FDA
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2027050 New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2027050 Regulation of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids — Deafening Silence from the FDA... Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Regulation of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids —...
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What is the current status of the bill to allow over-the-counter purchase of hearing aids?
What is the current status of the bill to allow over-the-counter purchase of hearing aids?
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Great NY Times Article Updating The Status of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids With FDA
Really great article in NY Times on the status of Over-The-Counter hearing aids with FDA, statistics on hearing loss, how OTC’s may affect audiology practice (there are only 18,000 audiologists in the U.S. and not so...
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Buying Help for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids—Whether You Spend $250 or $2,500
New article in today’s Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/buying-help-for-over-the-counter-hearing-aidswhether-you-spend-250-or-2-500-b361fe86 WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/buying-help-for-over-the-counter-hearing-aidswhether-you-spend-2...
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A Hearing Aid Oligopoly Is Trying to Strangle Cheap Over-the-Counter Competitors
...0 Jun 22 https://newrepublic.com/article/166953/over-counter-hearing-aid-fda-rule-warren-grassley A Hearing Aid Oligopoly Is Trying to Strangle Cheap Over-the-Counter Competitors Your grandmother can’t afford a hearing aid. The FDA wants to fix that, but Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Grassley say legacy manuf...
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David Pogue CBS News Article on the Elderly, Hearing Aid Industry, and Impact Over-The-Counter Law Will Have
...apparently working for CBS. Covers all the bases and an excellent intro to what’s going down with hearing aids in a general way relative to the 2020 Over-The-Counter law and how it may help drive the industry to lower prices. Quotes the average price of hearing aids in the U.S. as $4,700, 2/3 of which being for pa...
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Over-the-counter hearing aid regulations delayed due to coronavirus?
due to coronavirus? I bet we don’t even see over the counter HA’s this year due to the FDA concentrating on a vaccine to deal with coronavirus. So cheap HA’s delayed to the masses year after year after year.
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Bose Research: "Validation of a Self-Fitting Method for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids"
Participants in the Self group reported better sound quality than did those in the Audiologist Best Practices group. In blind sound quality comparisons conducted in the field, participants in the Self group slightly preferred the parameters they selected over those selected by the clinician. Fina...
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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act
Finally the cartel could have it’s monopoly taken from under its feet! 04:44AM - 08 November 2016 https://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingnewswatch/2016/senators-warren-grassley-hearing-aid-affordable-bill-1107/ Hearing News Watch – 8 Nov 16 https://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingnewswatch/2016/...
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Should the FDA Support Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids?
This week the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology http://www.hearingtracker.com/blog/smartphone-hearing-test-standards-are-coming-via-ieee/ recommended that the FDA create a distinct category of “basic” hearing aids, defined as “hearing aids intended to address … mild-to-mod...
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Hearing associations release recommendations for OTC hearing aids
Hearing Associations Release Consensus Recommendations for New Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Classification Recommendations Outline Five Evidence-Based Safety and Effectiveness Priorities for FDA Consideration August 14, 2018 Wash...
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OTC Hearing Aids ...Again
Personal sound amplifiers (PSAPS) have been available over-the-counter for years (since the 1970s). There are some differences between PSAPS and the new OTC/DTC that the FDA is now proposing. PSAPS are for persons with n...
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Ear trauma or SSHL?
...ause of SSHL, but it’s definitely possible for it to be a cause. Anyway, I guess I’ll know more tomorrow or Thursday. In the interim, I started using over-the-counter antibiotic drops just in case there’s some sort of infection. (I am a non-practicing nurse practitioner, so I’m quite familiar with the use of this m...
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Doctor-designed inexpensive hearing aid
...ur effort to help the part of the population that cannot afford hearing aids. I have a special interest in this area as I wrote my Master’s Thesis on over-the-counter hearing aids. (Callaway, S.L., and Punch, J.L. (2008). An Electroacoustic Analysis of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids. American Journal of Audiology, 1...
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My video about online hearing aid sales
...new video. A presentation to some folks at Knowles Electronics about the availability of hearing aids online in 2021. https://www.hearingtracker.com/over-the-counter-hearing-aids Hearing Tracker https://www.hearingtracker.com/over-the-counter-hearing-aids Over-The-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aids - What are they? Over-T...
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WebMD Article on Debut of OTC Hearing Aids
...for selling OTC aids (that’s this coming Tuesday). Don’t know if the pandemic has pushed back that date? https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/over-the-counter-hearing-aids-pros-and-cons#1 WebMD https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/over-the-counter-hearing-aids-pros-and-cons#1 Pros and Cons of Over-t...
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Wirecutter Tests New OTC Aids
You may need access to the New York Times website to read this. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-over-the-counter-hearing-aids/ Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-over-the-counter-hearing-aids/ The Best Over-the...
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The Harvard Health Letter has commented on the new OTC aids
12:00AM - 01 March 2023 https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/over-the-counter-hearing-aids-what-we-know-so-far Harvard Health – 1 Mar 23 https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/over-the-counter-hearing-aids-what-...
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Common misconceptions about OTC hearing aids
...ll open hearing centers in more than 300 stores by late October. Customers will be able to use an online hearing assessment tool and choose from nine over-the-counter brands with help from sales staff members, who will undergo specialized training. Prices will range from $200 to $3,000, the company said.” I wonder...
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'Too Little Too Late': Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans
...ngress/senate-bill/670/text congress.gov https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/670/text Text - S.670 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of... Text for S.670 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017
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Sony and WS Audiology Announce Partnership on OTC Self-Fitting Hearing Aid Business
...ecounter-hearing-aids-in-the-us-and-makes-hearing-and-improved-accessibility-options-for-consumers-a-reality.html Sony Electronics Launches its First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the US... Sony Electronics today announces the availability of its first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids for the U.S. market. Son...
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OTC hearing aid ads
...le confusing PSAPs with OTC hearing aids, two very different things. 10:30AM - 16 November 2022 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/should-you-get-an-over-the-counter-hearing-aid-202211162852 Harvard Health – 16 Nov 22 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/should-you-get-an-over-the-counter-hearing-aid-202211162852 S...