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Hearing aids will soon be able to be sold over the counter and without a prescription, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. A new final rule<\/a> from the Food and Drug Administration created a new category for over-the-counter hearing aids \u2014 which wouldn\u2019t need an exam or an expensive fitting. The devices could be in stores as soon as mid-October. <\/p>\n

The rule could be a relief for the tens of millions of people in the United States with some level of hearing loss. The new landscape could also offer headphone makers and other tech companies an easier way to start selling headphone-like devices that function as hearing aids \u2014 a market that many big companies have been eyeing for years. <\/p>\n

Over-the-counter hearing aids have been in the works for years: Congress first passed legislation back in 2017 to allow over-the-counter sales, but the process of actually putting the regulations into action moved slowly. President Joe Biden issued an executive order<\/a> last year calling for the FDA to put the rules in place already, and the agency put out a plan in the fall. Hearing aid industry groups pushed back<\/a>. The new final rule is the last step in the process \u2014 it\u2019ll go into effect in 60 days, and hearing aids could be available in drug stores as early as October.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s action by the FDA represents a significant milestone in making hearing aids more cost-effective and accessible,\u201d Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of that access could come through headphone companies. The line between headphone and hearing aid has already been blurring for years. In 2018, Bose secured the first FDA clearance<\/a> for a \u201cself-fitting\u201d hearing aid that could be sold directly to consumers in some cases. (It wasn\u2019t technically<\/em> over the counter because there were still some state-level laws restricting hearing aid sales to licensed hearing aid dispensers.) Bose started selling<\/a> hearing aids in 2021, but the company stopped that program and shut down its healthcare division this spring<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Headphone company Jabra also makes hearing aids, and its Enhance Plus wireless earbuds<\/a> are marketed as \u201chearing-enhancing.\u201d Apple has reportedly considered<\/a> entering the hearing aid business \u2014 and AirPods Pro already have a \u201cConversation Boost\u201d<\/a> feature that makes it easier to hear voices. New Bluetooth audio standards also include support for hearing aids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Audiologists, for their part, have raised concerns about over-the-counter hearing aids, saying that a professional assessment is still important<\/a> for people with hearing loss. And it\u2019s still not clear which headphone and tech companies, if any, are planning to <\/strong>take advantage of this new option for hearing aids. It could certainly lead to more advancements in hearing tech from companies already making hearing aids. Eargo, for example, was at CES this year, and other companies have presented at the trade show in the past. <\/p>\n

But with this new rule, hearing aids become yet another area where gadgets overlap with medical devices \u2014 joining things like heart rate and blood oxygen levels as bodily functions commoditized by tech companies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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