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2. Audiologist Warn Against
Buying Hearing Aids
without Proper Diagnosis
of Hearing Loss

3. The Academy of Doctors of
Audiology (ADA) urges
consumers who suspect that
they have hearing loss to seek
treatment from a licensed
audiologist or other hearing
healthcare professional to
ensure the proper diagnosis
and treatment of hearing loss.

4. Even when hearing loss is
detected through a
comprehensive
examination, hearing aids
are not always a
recommended course of
treatment.

5. Key risks of omitting an evaluation and
treatment by a licensed audiologist or
hearing healthcare professional include
the missed diagnosis of a serious
underlying health condition that
requires medical intervention and
subsequent hearing loss as a result of
improper fitting and/or programming of
hearing aids.

6. According to the ADA, there are many
possible causes of hearing loss including:
-Aging
-Blockages in the outer ear
-Ear infections
-Head injury
-Medication
-Meniere’s Disease
-Tumors

7. On October 26, 2011, the
Minnesota Department of
Health released a statement
stressing the importance of
seeing a hearing health
practitioner for hearing loss
and advising that failure to
do so “skirts state and
federal legal protections
and could result in harm.”

8. Hearing aids are
medical devices
regulated by the U.S.
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
and must be
recommended, sold
and fit by qualified
health professionals.

9. The ADA urges consumers to seek proper
diagnosis, treatment and counseling for
suspected hearing loss. To find a licensed ADA
member in your area, visit
http://www.audiologist.org/audiologist-directory.html