FILE – Kim M. Smith, leader of the Utah Deaf Hospital Rights movement and president of the Utah Association of the Deaf, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah. Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Isaac Hale/The Daily Herald via AP, File)