
Resources
The below resources will assist and guide your personal advocacy efforts to ensure hearing health professionals are heard in Washington.
Hearing Protection Sheet
3 Steps to Better Hearing
Listen Carefully Myth vs. Fact Sheet
Hearing Loss Sheet
HIA: Medicare Coverage for Hearing Health Care
Chairwoman Betty McCollum's Letter to President Biden on Hearing Health Legislation
Medicare Expansion: Hearing Health Priorities
Starkey CEO & President Brandon Sawalich;s Letter on OTC Hearing Aid Regulations
JAMA Study:
Barriers to Hearing Aid Adoption Run Deeper Than the Price Tag
The ACHIEVE Study:
In older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline, hearing intervention slowed down loss of thinking and memory abilities by 48% over 3 years.
2024 FEP BCBS Guidelines:
This objective of this guideline is to facilitate the use of medically necessary hearing aids.