As many as 30 million Americans have some trouble hearing, but few can afford to pay for doctors’ exams and prescription hearing aids — and most insurance plans don’t cover them. According to the Food and Drug Administration, only about one-fifth of Americans with hearing loss get help.
The F.D.A. has now taken a final step that could put more accessible, and potentially less expensive, hearing aids in stores, pharmacies and online retailers as soon as mid-October of 2022. American adults with a perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment who are seeking a hearing aid will no longer have to be examined by a doctor first or get a prescription.
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