Veterans Hearing Aid Improvement Act of 2026 mandates a study on veterans' hearing aid needs and a demonstration project on over-the-counter hearing.
The Veterans Hearing Aid Improvement Act of 2026 requires the Comptroller General to study the needs of veterans with mild-to-moderate hearing loss for hearing aids and related examinations. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must establish a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering FDA-cleared, over-the-counter hearing aids for veterans. The project will compare these aids to professionally fitted prescription hearing aids, focusing on self-reported benefits and speech recognition in noise.
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