We are the Government body that regulates the private hearing aid market. To sell a hearing aid in the UK you must be registered with us and meet our standards of education, training and conduct. You can complain to us if you are worried someone may not meet our standards or is selling hearing aids illegally.
Where to buy a Hearing Aid in your area
You should only buy a hearing aid from someone who is registered with us.
To find someone who is registered in your area
please click here.
How to complain
You can complain to us about a dispenser or an employer you think may not
be acting appropriately. To read more
about how to complain please click here.
Announcements
How to re-register with the HAC before 31 March 2010 or with HPC - February 5th, 2010
The HAC has written to all those dispensers who voluntarily removed themselves within the last 3 years explaining how they can register in the future. To read the letter, please click here.
HAC invites applications for research - February 5th, 2010
The HAC has written to a number of research institutions inviting them to submit proposals for research. To read the invitation, please click here.
Recent News
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Applications for the new aptitude test now open - December 18th, 2009
The HAC’s new test for aptitude candidates to join our register is now open. For more information, please click here.
New section on our transfer added to website - November 5th, 2009
The Government plans to abolish the Hearing Aid Council and transfer our responsibility for registering hearing aid dispensers to the Health Professions Council on 31st March 2010. If you would like learn more about the transfer, please click here to see the new transfer section of our website.
HAC Annual General Meeting - November 5th, 2009
We will hold our AGM at the Hearing Aid Council offices on Wed 11 Nov 2009 from 10.30am – 11.00am. This meeting is open to the public. If you wish to attend please contact our office beforehand. To see our contact details please click here.
HAC begins CPD audit - October 16th, 2009
We have begun an audit of dispensers’ compliance with our Continuing Professional Development rules for 2007-9. Included in the audit are a random 2.5 per cent of dispensers and all those who certified that they had not met their requirement by the year end and were given a further 3 months to make up the shortfall.
If you are included in the audit and you require an extension to comply, please write to Chris O’Leary, our Registrar, at . For all other queries, please contact BSHAA, who we have contracted to carry out the audit on our behalf at or by phone on 01371 876623.
Dispensers needed to be HPC Partners - September 23rd, 2009
The Health Professions Council is recruiting dispensers to act as Partners. Partners will sit on Fitness to Practice panels and help assess international applications to the HPC register. To read more, please click here.
Mary Hare & Oxford Brookes foundation degree approved as first students graduate - July 22nd, 2009
To read more please click here. To read more about our approved degree programme please click here.
HAC publishes 2008-9 complaints review - July 22nd, 2009
The HAC publishes a complaints review every year to explain the allegations made against registered dispensers and employers. The review helps raise awareness of good care amongst consumers and registrants. To read the 2008-9 review please click here. To read older complaints reviews, please click here.
List of registrants removed from the register during 2008-9 - July 13th, 2009
To read a list of all those removed from the registers of dispensers and employers since 1 April 2008 and why they were removed, please click here.
Commonly asked questions about the proposed legislation to transfer responsibility for registering dispensers to the Health Professions Council - June 17th, 2009
The Department of Health is running a consultation on legislation that will abolish the Hearing Aid Council and transfer the responsibility for regulating hearing aid dispensers to the Health Professions Council. We have been asked many questions about the legislation, so felt it would helpful to publish a collection of our responses. To read the questions and our answers, please click here.
If you have any further comments please get in touch. The Department of Health’s consultation closes on July 7th. To read the consultation, please click here.
David Pyle appointed to Hearing Aid Council - May 12th, 2009
The Secretary of State has appointed David Pyle as a Member of the Hearing Aid Council. David will serve as a consumer representative, replacing Prof. Norma Brooke CBE who passed away last year. You can read the press release here.
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