The FDA moved to make hearing aids cheaper and easier to buy over the counter without a prescription or medical exam — a long-awaited goal for nearly 30 million consumers. (via The Washington Post)
“As early as mid-October, Americans will be able to purchase more affordable hearing aids over the counter at pharmacies and stores across the country,” President Biden said in a statement Tuesday. “This action makes good on my commitment to lower costs for American families, delivering nearly $3,000 in savings to American families for a pair of hearing aids and giving people more choices to improve their health and well-being.
or audiologists to get prescriptions and fittings. The devices will be available for individuals 18 and older with mild to moderate hearing loss at pharmacies, stores and online. “It took years of hard work, but I’m glad that millions of Americans — many of whom aren’t using hearing aids because they are too expensive — will soon be able to buy safe & affordable hearing aids over the counter,” she tweeted. “This is what it looks like when government works for working people.
A study published in Social Science and Medicine in 2019 found that the counties with the largest numbers of older adults with hearing loss often had fewer available audiologists, in part because the doctors tend to practice in younger, wealthier urban areas.
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