Four MPs have tabled a proposal to reduce waiting times for hearing aid assessment and fitting. The proposers argue that waits of up to two years are unacceptable, and attribute the problem to a shortage of clinical audiologists and structural bottlenecks in the system. They contend that regulatory changes—including reimbursement rights for audiologists and expanded roles in municipal health services—are necessary to deliver the government's hearing aid guarantee.
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The Storting calls on the government to propose regulatory changes granting audiologists reimbursement rights for assessment, fitting, and follow-up of hearing aids for patients with established hearing loss.
The Storting calls on the government to enable audiologists to participate more broadly in municipal health and care services.
The Storting calls on the government to allow patients previously assessed for hearing loss to be referred directly from their GP to an audiologist, without unnecessary involvement of specialist health services.