Government Websites About Hearing and Hearing Aids

Use the following websites to learn more about hearing and hearing instruments:

A New Online Guide to Hearing Aids
FDA Consumer Update, Oct. 20, 2009
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ ConsumerUpdates/ucm185723.htm

Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplifiers: Know the Difference
FDA Consumer Update, Oct. 20, 2009
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ ConsumerUpdates/ucm185459.htm

Information on Cochlear Implants
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/ CochlearImplants/default.htm

How to Report Problems With Products Regulated by FDA
The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm

Information on Cell Phones
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/ RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/ HomeBusinessandEntertainment/ CellPhones/default.htm

Hearing Aids
NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/hearingaid.htm

NIH Senior Health – Hearing Loss
NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/hearingloss/toc.html

Consumer Facts: Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireline Telephones
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/hac_wireline.html

Consumer Facts: Hearing Aid Compatibility for Wireless Telephones
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/hac_wireless.html

Facts for Consumers: Sound Advice on Hearing Aids
Federal Trade Commission
http://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/health/hea10.shtm