Category: Recordkeeping requirement

Barriers? We Don’t Got No Stinking Barriers!

Holly Hosford-Dunn audiologist / Audiology / audiology state licensure / Barriers to entry and exit / Big 6 / CDRH / Center for Devices and Radiological Health / Class 1 Medical Device / deadweight loss / Economics / FDA / Government Regulation / hearing aid dispenser license / Hearing Aid Final Rule / Market Power / Medical Evaluation Requirement / Medical Model Hearing Aid Fitting / Medical Waiver / PCAST / President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology / Recordkeeping requirement / Retail / state dispensing audiology licensure

“There are no barriers [that discourage new entrants to the hearing aid industry].  New entrants simply have to comply with regulations intended to safeguard our patients. This excerpt from a recent post on the PCAST report gives pause, prompting switching of hats from Audiologist to Economist. Though Hearing Economics has written on market barriers before,…

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