The US Federal Trade Commission plans to discuss hearing-aid marketing rules at an April 18 workshop. The workshop joins other recent government efforts, including a Senate bill and a US FDA draft guidance document, to grapple with a 2015 report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology that found cost and regulations blocked many patients with hearing loss from getting help.
Federal efforts to rewrite hearing-aid regulations are heating up. A bill was reintroduced in the US Senate as the Federal Trade Commission prepares for an April 18 workshop on the subject.
The efforts follow concerns that high prices and harsh regulations stop patients in the US from getting the hearing aids they need. In October 2015, the President’s Council of Advisors...