Summary
A Delaware law directing the licensing board to require hearing aid dispensers and audiologists to tell clients about telecoils and hearing loops at the first fitting examination and to give written information.
Key findings
- Adds to the board's powers and duties in § 3706(a), Title 24, a duty to establish requirements for licensed hearing aid dispensers and audiologists to tell the prospective purchaser or client, at the initial examination for fitting and sale of a hearing aid, about the operation and benefits of telecoil technology when using a hearing aid with hearing loop technology.
- Also requires written information explaining the telecoil and its uses, including access to telephones, communication with businesses and in the community, and "noninvasive access to assistive listening systems".
- Took effect 90 days after its approval on 19 July 2016.
Limits
One US state. The law sets a duty to inform, not to fit, activate or verify a telecoil, and no data on how it is followed were found. Other states' laws were not read here; a loop advocate counted nine states with such requirements in 2020 (Frazier 2020, a separate record).
Read the original
legis.delaware.gov/SessionLaws/Chapter?id=15873
Cited in
- Are telecoils switched on and set up well enough for loops to work?Not reliable yet
- How do listeners learn that a venue has assistive listening, and which signs and symbols do the rules ask for?Partly answered
Cite this source
Delaware General Assembly (148th General Assembly). An Act to Amend Title 24 of the Delaware Code Relating to Hearing Aids (Chapter 315, formerly House Bill No. 402). Delaware General Assembly, Session Laws. 19 July 2016. https://legis.delaware.gov/SessionLaws/Chapter?id=15873 (accessed 9 October 2026).
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