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Stakeholders Support OTC Hearing Aids At FTC Summit

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

Most stakeholders speaking and participating in panels during the Federal Trade Commission’s April 18 workshop on hearing aids expressed support for over-the-counter sales of the devices, though several expressed reservations about how to best protect patients.

Putting Hearing Aid In

Stakeholders expressed general support for easier hearing-aid access at an April 18 Federal Trade Commission workshop but expressed varied concerns as to how it could be done safely.

The US government has repeatedly expressed support for making at least some hearing aids available over-the-counter. Most recently, US FDA...

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