What kind of hearing aid is OTC?
Otc hearing AIDS are over-the-counter hearing AIDS. The biggest difference between otc hearing AIDS and traditional hearing AIDS is whether it is necessary to choose hearing AIDS under the guidance of professionals. As we all know, hearing AIDS are second-class medical devices, so what is second-class medical devices? The second kind of medical devices are medium-risk medical devices, which need strict control and management to ensure their safety and effectiveness. This kind of medical devices may have certain technical complexity and use requirements, which require strict quality control and production management. And monitoring measures. If the compensation for hearing aid debugging is unreasonable, long-term wearing may cause secondary hearing loss, which means that many people say that hearing AIDS are getting deaf. In professional fitting institutions, hearing aid fitters will use professional equipment to check whether the compensation after wearing hearing AIDS is reasonable, so as to protect the residual hearing of hearing-impaired people to the greatest extent, but many people think that the cost of one-time investment in hearing AIDS is too expensive. The purchase pressure is particularly great, so the popularity of hearing AIDS has not been high. In order to solve this situation. 202 1 10, the US Food and Drug Administration proposed a new category of otc hearing AIDS. For people under 18 years old, severe and above, this group of people usually need more professional hearing evaluation and matching to get hearing AIDS that are more suitable for their specific needs. Delay of special hearing problems. For some special cases, such as unilateral hearing loss and sudden septic hearing loss, direct purchase of otc hearing AIDS may not solve the fundamental problem, and may also delay timely treatment and intervention. These cases may need to be evaluated and treated by a doctor or audiologist.