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- Subpart B—Diagnostic DevicesCFR Sub-Part
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- EPFHearing Aid, Group And Auditory Trainer2Product Code
- NEACement, Ear, Nose And Throat2Product Code
- ESDHearing Aid, Air Conduction1Product Code
- ESELarynx, Artificial (Battery-Powered)1Product Code
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- ETDTube, Tympanostomy2Product Code
- ETWCalibrator, Hearing Aid / Earphone And Analysis Systems2Product Code
- EWLProsthesis, Laryngeal (Taub)2Product Code
- FWNProsthesis, Larynx (Stents And Keels)2Product Code
- JAZProsthesis, Facial, Mandibular Implant2Product Code
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- JXSBlock, Cutting, Ent, Sterile1Product Code
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- JYBVise, Ossicular Finger, Sterile1Product Code
- KHJPolymer, Ent Synthetic-Polyamide (Mesh Or Foil Material)2Product Code
- KHLHearing Aid, Master2Product Code
- KLWMasker, Tinnitus2Product Code
- KLZTube, Shunt, Endolymphatic With Valve2Product Code
- KQLTube, Tympanostomy With Semi-Permeable Membrane2Product Code
- LBLTube, Tympanostomy, Porous Polyethylene2Product Code
- LBMPorous Polyethylene Ossicular Replacement2Product Code
- LBNReplacement, Total Ossicular, Prosthesis, Porous, Polyethylene2Product Code
- LBPReplacement, Ossicular (Stapes) Using Absorbable Gelatin Material2Product Code
- LDGKit, Earmold, Impression1Product Code
- LRBFace Plate Hearing Aid1Product Code
- LREInstrument, Prosthesis Modification For Ossicular Replacement Surgery, Sterile1Product Code
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- OSMHearing Aid, Air Conduction With Wireless Technology2Product Code
- PFOActive Implantable Bone Conduction Hearing System2Product Code
- PLKTympanic Membrane Direct Contact Hearing Aid2Product Code
- QDDSelf-Fitting Air-Conduction Hearing Aid2Product Code
- QUFHearing Aid, Air-Conduction, Over The Counter1Product Code
- QUGHearing Aid, Air-Conduction With Wireless Technology, Over The Counter2Product Code
- QUHSelf-Fitting Air-Conduction Hearing Aid, Over The Counter2Product Code
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Hearing Aid, Air-Conduction With Wireless Technology, Over The Counter
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- Definition
- A wireless air-conduction hearing aid is a wearable sound-amplifying device, intended to compensate for impaired hearing that incorporates wireless technology in its programming or use. This is an over the counter hearing aid. For information on the final rule “Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids,” please see 87 FR 50698, available at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-17/pdf/2022-17230.pdf.
- Physical State
- The device is worn behind-the-ear or in-the-canal with audio output into the ear supported by an earpiece.
- Technical Method
- Wireless hearing aids are acoustic amplification devices for hearing impaired users that utilize wireless technology.
- Target Area
- The outer ear and ear canal
- Regulation Medical Specialty
- Ear, Nose, Throat
- Review Panel
- Ear, Nose, Throat
- Submission Type
- 510(K) Exempt
- Device Classification
- Class 2
- Regulation Number
- 874.3305
- GMP Exempt?
- No
- Summary Malfunction Reporting
- Ineligible
- Implanted Device
- No
- Life-Sustain/Support Device
- No
- Third Party Review
- Not Third Party Eligible
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CFR § 874.3305 Wireless air-conduction hearing aid
§ 874.3305 Wireless air-conduction hearing aid.
(a) Identification. A wireless air-conduction hearing aid is a wearable sound-amplifying device, intended to compensate for impaired hearing that incorporates wireless technology in its programming or use. A wireless air-conduction hearing aid is subject to the requirements in § 800.30 or § 801.422 of this chapter, as applicable.
(b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The special controls for this device are:
(1) Performance data must demonstrate the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electrical safety, and thermal safety of the device;
(2) Performance testing must validate safety of exposure to non-ionizing radiation; and
(3) Performance data must validate wireless technology functions.
(c) Premarket notification. The wireless air-conduction hearing aid is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 874.9.
[76 FR 34846, June 15, 2011, as amended at 87 FR 50762, Aug. 17, 2022]