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Comparison of Direct to Consumer Delivery Models for Hearing Devices, Illinois and Texas, 2020-2025 (ICPSR 39653)
Released/updated on: 2026-07-09
Geographic coverage: United States, Illinois, Texas
Time period: 2020-01-01--2025-01-01
In an effort to make hearing aids more affordable and accessible to U.S. adults with hearing difficulty, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) empowered these adults to self-fit over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The effectiveness of two self-fit methods, Consumer Decides (CD) and Efficient Fitting (EF), was hypothesized to be non-inferior to the professional-fit method, (Audiology Based, AB). This was evaluated for both short-term (6 weeks post-fit) and long-term (6 months post-fit) outcomes.