'This is such an important move that will change lives,' said USProgressives.
Jake JohnsonThe Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule Tuesday to allow U.S. consumers to purchase hearing aids over the counter beginning as early as October, a years-in-the-making change that could benefit millions of people who have forgone assistance due to onerous regulatory and cost barriers.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren , who teamed up with Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2017 to introduce legislation requiring the FDA to allow lower-cost hearing aids to be sold over the counter to people with mild to moderate hearing loss.is set to take effect in 60 days.on Tuesday, Warren and Grassley said that"we've pressed the FDA to take action every step of the way—holding both Republican and Democratic administrations accountable—and fought back against entrenched special interests.
"We are thrilled that the FDA has finalized these guidelines and that safe, effective, accessible, and affordable hearing aids will now be available over-the-counter for millions of Americans," the senators added.37.5 million adults in the U.S. report some level of hearing difficulty but just a fraction have tried hearing aids, a discrepancy that reform advocates have attributed to costs and other obstacles, including the need for a prescription.
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