Comment from Sealander, Karen , International Hearing Society

Attached are the comments of the International Hearing Society (IHS), which represents the nation's 10,000 hearing aid specialists. Hearing aid specialists are health care professionals licensed by the states specifically to provide services for the hearing impaired and their families, including audiometric testing. IHS respectfully requests the inclusion of hearing aid specialists among those providers eligible to provide the required audiometric testing for purposes of evaluating adult disability claims involving hearing loss. Inclusion of hearing aid specialists as providers of audiometric testing is warranted because the tests required by the Social Security Administration are all routinely administered by hearing aid specialists.