The rule enabled consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need

The rule enabled consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription or seeing an audiologist Is it just me or does this article sound (pun intended) a bit tone-deaf? All this talk of them "authorizing", when earphones with built-in mics, transparency modes, and adjustable equalisers have existed for years before this, available for everyone to purchase, and can function as a "hearing aid".