Lucid Hearing, LLC, a Fort Worth-based global provider of hearing technology and audio solutions, announced that it is offering its over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to consumers in more than 450 Sam’s Club locations nationwide starting today.
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Starting October 17, Walmart announced that it will offer over the counter (OTC) hearing aids to help its customers “live better and healthier lives at affordable prices they can count on.”
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Developed in partnership with WS Audiology (“WSA”), Sony will “enhance the lives of consumers by combining its unique premium technology, ultimate ease of use, and uncompromised comfort and wearability, to deliver an unprecedented hearing experience that easily bridges the gap between the wearer and their environment.”
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Walgreens and Lexie Hearing announced Lexie Lumen hearing aids will be available OTC at Walgreens stores nationwide for adults ages 18 and older with mild-to-moderate hearing loss starting October 17.
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Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule change that would allow a class of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to be available to adult consumers directly without the care and guidance of a hearing health professional. By mid-October, consumers will be able to purchase over-the-counter hearing aids (OTC HAs) online and at big-box stores, pharmacies, and even through your audiologist.
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Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and WS Audiology Denmark A/S (“WSA”) announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement and various ancillary agreements with the aim of jointly developing and supplying new products and services in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) self-fitting hearing aid market, beginning with the United States.
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This action establishes a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription, or a fitting adjustment by an audiologist.
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USound, a provider of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) loudspeakers for hearables and wearables, announced the release of an audio module designed to enhance the performance of TWS and OTC hearing aids.
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Sens Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) released the findings of their new bipartisan investigative report: Loud and Clear: Why Americans Want Effective and Affordable Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids – and How Powerful Special Interests are Trying to Undermine Them.
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Yi Hu, an associate professor of electrical engineering at UWM, has designed a prototype device that, when paired with a smartphone app, approximates the audiologist experience.
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Mild-to-moderate hearing loss is a difficult reality that millions of Americans struggle with, which is why the availability of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids is exciting for those who are impacted by hearing loss. While making OTC hearing aids more accessible is a promising step for consumers, we at NCL would be remiss if we didn’t underscore our concerns around the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed OTC hearing regulations as they currently exist.
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The bipartisan “Delivering Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Now Act” follows the FDA’s proposed rule implementing over-the-counter hearing aids in October 2021, which was issued more than a year after the statutory deadline and over four years after the law’s passage.
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Long-time hearing industry audiologist Thomas Powers, PhD, and Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom talk about four of the most important parts of the proposed OTC hearing aid regulations. Dr Powers also provides his advice about how hearing care practices and their staff members might prepare for the advent of OTC hearing aids.
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Knowles Corporation, a provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones, speakers, audio solutions, high-performance capacitors, and RF products, announced the RAQ, a new medium-power balanced armature receiver developed for high-volume hearing health and TWS products.
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The Healthcare Equality Network (HEN)—a group advocating for equal, quality access to healthcare for Black Americans—recently wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposing changes to the OTC Hearing Aid Rule.
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