Anyone who has a history of:

1. (1) Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear;
2. (2) active drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days;
3. (3) sudden, or rapidly progressive, hearing loss within the previous ninety days;
4. (4) acute or chronic dizziness;
5. (5) unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous ninety days;
6. (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. (7) visible evidence of cerumen accumulation, or a foreign body in the ear canal; and
8. (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.

(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.)

History: P.A. 77-473 added Subdivs. (1) through (8) replacing reference to persons with “history of ear infection, discharge of the ear, dizziness, unilateral loss, or ear deformity”; P.A. 79-631 substituted “air-bone” for “air-borne” in Subdiv. (6); P.A. 99-111 made technical changes and replaced reference to hearing aid dealer with reference to hearing instrument specialist.