Haw. Code R. § 16-83-3 - Warning to hearing aid dealers and fitters
(a) A hearing aid
dealer and fitter shall advise a prospective hearing aid user to consult
promptly with a licensed physician before dispensing a hearing aid if the
hearing aid dealer and fitter determines through inquiry, actual observation,
or review of any other available information concerning the prospective user,
that the prospective user has any of the following conditions:
(1) Visible congenital or traumatic deformity
of the ear;
(2) History of active
drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days;
(3) History of sudden or rapidly progressive
hearing loss within the previous ninety days;
(4) Acute or chronic dizziness;
(5) Unilateral hearing loss;
(6) Audiometric air-bone gap equal to or
greater than fifteen decibels at two or more of the frequencies tested between
two hundred fifty hertz (Hz) and two thousand Hz;
(7) Visible evidence of significant cerumen
accumulation or a foreign body in the ear canal; or
(8) Pain or discomfort in the ear.
(b) Special care shall be
exercised in selecting and fitting a hearing aid whose maximum sound pressure
level exceeds one hundred thirty-two decibels (dB) because there may be risk of
impairing the remaining hearing of the hearing aid user. This subsection
applies only to those hearing aids with a maximum sound pressure capability
greater than one hundred thirty-two decibels.
Notes
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