PCAST Ignites Debate Among Hearing Health Professionals

摘要

The long-awaited report from the President's Council of Science and Technology Advisers (PCAST) has been met with widely differing reactions within the hearing health community. The report, which focuses on the 30 million Americans over 60 who have mild to moderate hearing loss, notes that no more than 30 percent of these individuals seek treatment. To improve these numbers, the PCAST report calls for addressing a number of factors, particularly the high cost of hearing aid technologies, barriers to access for hearing aids, and low levels of innovation in the field.