{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-403","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-403","heading":"Consumer to be advised to seek medical care, when.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 20. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, TITLE PROTECTION AND REGISTRATION. EXAMINING BOARDS","CHAPTER 398*. HEARING INSTRUMENT SPECIALISTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_398.htm#sec_20-403","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:05Z","sha256":"f1ba396c0da1b2cc5b8d82eb6df96f20dd0325d37eb46dfe4f80aaef63975655","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-402a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}