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Advisory Council on Hearing Aids

  • Specializing in the Fitting and Sale of Hearing Aids
    ​Hearing aid specialists recommend, select or adapt hearing aids and may alter, adjust or reconstruct hearing aid specifications for functionality, such as taking ear impressions for proper fit.
     
    A hearing aid is defined under Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 694.015(3) as any prosthetic instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding, improving or correcting defective human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories of such an instrument or device.
     
    Hearing aids are not, however, devices for treating or correcting hearing impairment that are surgically implanted, such as cochlear implants.
  • Let's Be Clear: Accuracy Is Key in Hearing Aid Advertising

    ​Hearing aid specialists should be careful to accurately represent the services they provide and the credentials they hold, whether it is online, in a printed phone directory or on a business card.  Not complying with requirements concerning advertising is subject to a possible civil fine or other disciplinary action.

    Consumers may also find the article linked to below useful in clarifying the different types of hearing health professionals and how they may represent themselves.

    Click here for more information on advertising requirements and tips for staying in compliance.
  • Hearing Aid Specialist Education, Training Requirements Increase

    ​Effective 8/17/2012, hearing aid specialists must obtain 520 hours of practical training and complete the Internal Hearing Society's Distance Learning Program for Professionals in Hearing Health Sciences.

    The new requirements more than double the number of practical training hours hearing aid specialists must take before being able to independently provide services to the public.

    Click here for more information.
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