Reporting by Dennis Thompson
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It's official: Older Americans with hearing loss can now stroll into a big box store or pharmacy -- or just visit a website -- and buy hearing aids without a prescription.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved this new class of over-the-counter hearing aids in order to lower prices and improve their availability.
About one in three Americans between 65 and 74 -- and half of those who are older -- have hearing loss severe enough to...
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