Attorney General Opinion No.

Terry Brewster, Chair Kansas Board of Hearing Aid Examiners Box 252 Wichita, Kansas 67201

Dear Mr. Brewster:

You inquire whether an audiologist who is not licensed to dispense hearing aids is authorized to make an earmold impression in an educational setting where modifications made are for the purpose of fitting or adapting a hearing aid.

You indicate that some audiologists believe that because they are not selling hearing aids, that the conduct in question is lawful. Although both dispensers of hearing aids and audiologists deal with evaluations of human hearing,1 each has its own scope of…