New US Rules Promise to Unlock Hearing Aid Availability

作     者：Mitch Leslie Mitch Leslie

作者机构：Senior Technology Writer 

出 版 物：《Engineering》 (工程（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第8卷第7期

页      面：7-9页

核心收录：

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

主　　题：drugs Promise hearing 

摘      要：One day in late 2022 or early 2023,a customer somewhere in the United States will make history by purchasing the first pair of hearing aids sold over the counter(OTC).For more than 40 years,these devices have been available in the United States and many other countries mainly through audiologists or other hearing *** updated regulations scheduled for enactment later this year by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA),the US agency that oversees drugs and medical devices,will allow retailers to sell hearing aids directly to consumers[1].