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7 Opportunities for Action
Pages 287-290

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From page 287...
... Changes in technologies, changes in the delivery of hearing health care services, and changes in opportunities for consumer empowerment and public awareness are occurring at various rates and with various levels of research rigor and evidence. Thus, with the benefit of key institutional, technological, and regulatory changes to improve access and affordability, hearing health care is poised to undergo advances that will help individuals with hearing loss and their families find and fully utilize the appropriate, affordable, and high-quality services, technologies, and support they need.
From page 288...
... Recommended Actions: • Improve population-based information on hearing loss and hearing health care • Develop and promote measures to assess and improve quality of hearing health care services • Remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation for medical evalua tion or waiver of that evaluation prior to hearing aid purchase • Empower consumers and patients in their use of hearing health care • Improve access to hearing health care for underserved and vulnerable populations • Promote hearing health care in wellness and medical visits for those with concerns about their hearing • Implement a new FDA device category for over-the-counter wearable hearing devices • Improve the compatibility and interoperability of hearing technologies with communications systems and the transparency of hearing aid programming • Improve affordability of hearing health care by actions across federal, state, and private sectors • Evaluate and implement innovative models of hearing health care to improve access, quality, and affordability • Improve publicly available information on hearing health • Promote individual, employer, private-sector, and community-based actions to support and manage hearing health and effective communication aAll findings and recommended actions are of equal importance and are not prioritized.
From page 289...
... OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION 289 TABLE 7-1  Hearing Loss–Related Services and Technologies Services • Evaluation and assessment • Selection, fitting, adjustment, and maintenance of hearing aids and hearing assistive technologies • Auditory rehabilitation Technologies • Hearing aids • Over-the-counter wearable hearing devices (proposed) • Hearing assistive technologies, including products that connect with other communications technologies (e.g., phones, television)


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