31/03/2018
HEARING AID IS A MEDICAL DEVICE AND IT IS MEANT TO BE PRESCRIBED & FITTED BY A HEARING CARE PROFESSIONAL, WHO IS AN “AUDIOLOGISTIt is the duty and the responsibility of the major international Hearing Aid companies, operating in India ( Sonic, Re Sound, Siemens, Oticon, Phonak, Bernafon, Unitron, Starkey, Widex etc ) to tell the 1200 million people through different Print and Visual media that Audiologists are the Hearing Specialists and they only can diagnose hearing loss through different Audiological tests, in a sound treated room (not with tuning fork) from new born children to elderly people and Audiologists are the experts in Hearing Aid fitting too. If these companies are not telling this fact to the Indian population, then they are allowing fraud people to take the matter in their own hands and at the end many hearing handicapped children and adults were cheated by many unqualified (ENT's fitting hearing aids, Pediatrician fitting hearing aids, +2 students fitting hearing aids etc) fraud people in India. The statistics say that 60 % of hearing aid fitting in India is done by unqualified people and no wonder many such people are unhappy and not wearing hearing aids. Sonic, Re Sound, Siemens, Oticon, Phonak, Bernafon, Unitron, Starkey, Widex, you all have two choices, either provide hearing aids to Qualified Audiologists in India or provide hearing aids to Frauds. The choice is yours.To Public , Consult only Audiologist for Hearing Evaluation and Hearing Aid fittingAsk for Audiology practice LicenceQualification of Audiologist is Minimum Bachelor Degree in Audiology ( 4 year)Diploma in Hearing or Speech are Technicians (Audiometrist/ Audiology Assistant / Audiometric Assistant ) Not Audiologist , They have to work under Audiologist Supervision.Diploma Holders cant start a Clinic Alone.Those who find any Unethical Practice in Audiology, Please Report to Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).