Hearing Aid OTC Sales and Self-Fitting
On July 12th, 2017 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, which includes the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act, and allows for hearing aid OTC sales.1 The Act creates a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids and allows non-prescription hearing devices to be marketed to treat mild-to-moderate hearing loss. This…
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Hearing Aid Sales Pushing the Big Three Fear Motivators
Hearing aid sales, along with advertising and promotion seems to have locked onto the Big Three (cognition, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease) great fear motivators. (Not all hearing aid advertising, but a significant amount focuses on the Big Three). All three are currently promoted to result in cognition being reduced, slowed, or improved with the use…
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