Screening Guidelines for Hearing Aid Dispensers

Section 3306.3 of the California Business and Professions Code authorizes hearing aid dispensers to perform hearing screening at a health fair or similar event.

What is Screening?

Screening involves the application of a binary puretone at a preset intensity level for the purpose of identifying the need for further hearing or medical evaluation.

Required Information

Upon the conclusion of each hearing screening, the hearing aid dispenser is required to present the person who was screened with the following written statement:

Results of a hearing screening are not a medical evaluation of your ear nor a diagnosis of a hearing disorder but are only the identification of the need for further medical or hearing evaluation.

Activities Prohibited in Connection with Screening

The law prohibits dispensers conducting hearing screenings from making or seeking referrals for testing, fitting, or dispensing of hearing aids.