Sec. 20-403. Consumer to be advised to seek medical care, when.
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Anyone who has a history of:
(1)Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear;
(2)active drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days;
(3)sudden, or rapidly progressive, hearing loss within the previous ninety days;
(4)acute or chronic dizziness;
(5)unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous ninety days;
(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)visible evidence of cerumen accumulation, or a foreign body in the ear canal; and
(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.