Rule 3701-45-03 | Eligibility requirements for financial assistance through the Ohio hearing aid assistance program.
(A) The director, or program administrator, will apply the guidelines prescribed by this rule in determining whether a family and child are eligible for assistance in purchasing hearing aids and/or hearing assistive technology through the program.
(B) A family is eligible to participate in the program if the following components are met:
(1) The family and child are Ohio residents;
(2) There is a child diagnosed with hearing loss or hearing disorder;
(3) The family's income is at or below four hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines;
(4) Without assistance from the program, the family would be unable to obtain hearing aids for the child or youth with hearing loss or hearing disorder; and
(5) A family agrees to pay to the audiologist or the hearing aid dealer and fitter the sliding-scale fee amount, based on a sliding scale fee schedule, found at https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/28bc7f33-8b03-4398-bc77-0ca3cb367c20/2023+Guidelines+-+FPR+and+Family+Sliding+Scale+Fee-UPDATE.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE.Z18_M1HGGIK0N0JO00QO9DDDDM3000-28bc7f33-8b03-4398-bc77-0ca3cb367c, as set forth by the director, due to the family income level.
(C) In order to determine financial eligibility for the program, a family will do the following:
(1) Complete the prescribed application to be submitted on its behalf by the audiologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter; and
(2) Provide the necessary documents, as set forth in the application to determine family income.
(D) All decisions on family eligibility are final and are not subject to appeal under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Supplemental Information
Amplifies: Am. Sub. H.B. 96, 136th GA
Five Year Review Date: 7/5/2031
Prior Effective Dates: 5/15/2014