MedPage Today May 25, 2023
It has been a little more than 8 months since the FDA issued its final rule for making hearing aids available over the counter (OTC). So how are things going these days in the OTC hearing aid market?
In the audiology world, anecdotally, it appears that not much has changed, said Lindsay Creed, AuD, associate director for audiology practices at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Rockville, Maryland.
“We talk to our members on a daily basis — they are audiologists that practice in a range of settings across the country,” she said in a phone interview. “And they’re not reporting a huge change in the status quo compared to before OTC hearing aids were available for sale.”
However, she added,...
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