Starting later this month, people with hearing loss can purchase hearing aids over the counter at local pharmacies and drugstores across the country or online, without a prescription.
The hearing aids will be available as soon as Oct. 17 after the Food and Drug Administration finalized a ruling in August allowing the devices to be sold without a prescription, medical exam, or trip to the audiologist.The long-awaited ruling comes on the heels of an executive order President Joe Biden issued earlier this year calling for the FDA to take action to provide hearing aids over the counter within 120 days.
"It’s also important for people to recognize that hearing loss could be a sign of an easily treatable problem like built-up earwax or a more serious problem like a benign tumor on the hearing nerve. See a doctor when things don’t feel right, when your hearing loss is progressing, or if you are having associated symptoms like dizziness, ear pain, or drainage from the ear canal,” said Eric Mann, a senior adviser at the FDA.
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