Patients with hearing loss can freely purchase hearing aids at certified hearing aid expert shops where hearing aid technicians and speech-language-hearing therapists work.

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1) Cost per hearing aid (without insurance)

2) Insurance coverage for hearing aids

3) Regulation of hearing aids approved for sale

4) Hearing aid purchasing pathways

Hearing Aid Policies in Japan

Yong, M., Willink, A., McMahon, C., McPherson, B., Nieman, C. L., Reed, N. S., & Lin, F. R. (2019). Access to adults' hearing aids: policies and technologies used in eight countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10), 699–710. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.228676

Access to adults’ hearing aids: policies and technologies used in eight countries

Behind-the-ear or receiver-in the-canal hearing aids typical price range: US$ 453–4530

Cost per hearing aid (without insurance) in Japan

Public insurance: limited partial coverage of costs for children, according to State, and to patients with disabling hearing loss for whom a physically disabled certificate is issued (under the Physically Disabled Welfare Act). Most patients pay out-of-pocket

Insurance coverage for hearing aids in Japan

Hearing aids are registered by the Medical Health Board in Japan.

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