NEWS
12/01/1993

<TITLE>PUBLIC MEETING ON HEARING AIDS</TITLE>








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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS                       Sharon Snider
Dec. 1, 1993                                 (301) 443-3285

                 PUBLIC MEETING ON HEARING AIDS

     The Food and Drug Administration will hold a public hearing in
Rockville, Md., Dec. 6-7 to get comments on its plans to strengthen
regulations governing the sale and distribution of hearing aids.  
      The agency is proposing that hearing aid purchasers first be
required to have a hearing exam by a qualified health professional
licensed by the state.  Current regulations require that consumers
be examined by a physician, unless they sign an agreement to waive
that requirement.  In practice, many purchasers have waived the
exam and thus have not been properly evaluated.  The results are
often hearing aids that do not work or fit properly.
     The public hearing will address questions such as: What should
a hearing aid exam include?  What qualifications should be required
of the health professional doing the exam?  Under what conditions,
if any, should a consumer be allowed to waive the exam?  Should
repeat buyers have to be reexamined each time they buy a new
hearing aid?  Should hearing aids be available by mail order?
     The hearing will start at 9 a.m. in the Crowne Plaza Holiday
Inn, 1750 Rockville Pike in Rockville, Md., near the Twinbrook
Metro station.  
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