Question 16524 — health professions

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Mr. Fabrice Roussel wishes to draw the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the difficulties of access to hearing care in many rural areas and among elderly people losing their autonomy. While the fight against medical deserts constitutes a priority regularly reaffirmed by the Government, many patients still encounter significant obstacles to access local hearing aid monitoring. This situation particularly concerns elderly people residing in accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (EHPAD), people with reduced mobility as well as residents of areas insufficiently equipped with health professionals. In this context, several players in the sector are proposing to develop, on an experimental basis, mobile practices hearing aids allowing monitoring, control and adaptation of hearing aids to be provided directly to patients, under conditions that respect the quality and safety requirements applicable to the profession. This approach would be part of the experiments planned by article 51 of the social security financing law for 2018, the objective of which is precisely to promote the emergence innovative organizations improving access to care. Comparable initiatives have already been implemented in other health sectors, notably in terms of mobile dental care. Also, he would like to know if the Government plans to support the launch of territorial experiments for itinerant practice of the hearing aid profession and what regulatory adaptations could be considered in order to facilitate, when quality and safety conditions are met, the development of mobile solutions to strengthen access to hearing care in under-resourced areas and among the most vulnerable populations.

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