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You may soon be able to buy hearing aids over the counter at your local pharmacy

  • Written by Lucas Berenbrok, Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
You may soon be able to buy hearing aids over the counter at your local pharmacyThe FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 designated a new class of OTC hearing aids.Johner Images/Getty Images

Over-the-counter hearing aids may soon be hitting the shelves of community pharmacies nationwide.

We are a pharmacist and audiologist who study the potential ways OTC hearing aids could be distributed and managed. In a market dominated by only a...

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