Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-403

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 20-403 - Consumer to be advised to seek medical care, when

Anyone who has a history of:

(1) Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear;

(2) active drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days;

(3) sudden, or rapidly progressive, hearing loss within the previous ninety days;

(4) acute or chronic dizziness;

(5) unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous ninety days;

(6) audiometric air-bone gap equal to, or greater than, fifteen decibels at five hundred hertz (Hz), one thousand Hz, and two thousand Hz;

(7) visible evidence of cerumen accumulation, or a foreign body in the ear canal; and

(8) pain or discomfort in the ear within the previous sixty days shall be advised by the hearing instrument specialist to consult a physician or an otolaryngologist prior to fitting of the hearing aid. A written statement, stating the consumer has been advised of such, shall accompany any sale of a hearing aid.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-403

(1972, P.A. 295, S. 4; P.A. 77-473, S. 9; P.A. 79-631, S. 47, 111; P.A. 99-111, S. 6.)