by Bruce Brown | January 30, 2023 | Medical
The OTC Hearing Aid Act allows retailers to sell hearing aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss without a prescription. In the past few months we’ve written about several companies such as Nuheara, Eargo, and Jabra that launched new OTC hearing aids...
by Bruce Brown | November 17, 2022 | Health
Health Tech Insider often covers new developments in hearable technology, starting well before the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act legislation. The law directed the FDA to create a category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The act’s intent is to loosen...
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2022 | Health
Hear.com is an online hearing care company. The enterprise sells brand name hearing aids along with its own Horizon hearing aid line. Hear.com sells hearing aids via traditional audiologist office partners and directly via tele-audiology appointments with licensed...
by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2022 | Health
Olive Union just launched the Olive Max OTC 2-in-1 wireless earbuds and hearing aids. This is a fascinating time to be following developments in hearable technology. Following passage of the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act, we’ve written about new devices in a variety...
by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2022 | Health
World Hearing Day is today, March 3, 2022. On this day each year the Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO) hosts an event at the WHO headquarters. Activities related to preventing hearing loss and improving hearing care...
