Opening the market for lower cost hearing aids: Regulatory change can improve the health of older Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1032-1035

  Blustein, Jan ^a,b   Weinstein, Barbara E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84968808316     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303176     Document Type: Article

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