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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR
PROSPECTIVE HEARING AID USERS (cont’d):
Medical Evaluation Requirements - Federal law requires that
every prospective user, prior to being fit with hearing aids,
must have their hearing tested by a hearing professional.
Hearing aid dispenser shall not sell a hearing aid unless the
prospective user has presented to the hearing aid dispenser
a written statement signed by a licensed physician that states
the patient’s hearing loss has been medically evaluated and
the patient may be considered a candidate for a hearing aid.
The medical evaluation must have taken place within the
preceding 6 months.
Alternatively, Federal law allows for a fully informed
individual to sign a written waiver of the medical evaluation
provided all of the following conditions are met:
(i) The prospective user must be aged 18 or above.
(ii) The prospective user are informed of the exercise of the
waiver of medical evaluation is not in their best health interest.
(iii) The prospective user is not in any way actively encouraged
to waive such a medical evaluation.
(iv) The prospective user is provided a copy of the User
Instructional Brochure detailed with the name and address of
the manufacturer or distributor from whom the User
Instructional Brochure is obtained; in that the prospective
user has the opportunity to review and read the content of
the User Instructional Brochure.
(v) The prospective user is to sign the Statement of Waiving
Medical Evaluation that provided on the follwoing page for
the prospective user to complete.