Presently, we do not have such a board. The earlier reasoning behind this was that, unlike many consumer products, the beneficial results of the hearing aid sale, lacks consistency. In other words, a Cadillac or Mercedes or BMW have achieved such superior standards, that exist within the vehicle and are consistent with any user.
Hearing aids are a totally different kind of purchase.
The consumer has to be analyzed. Then, testing occurs which doesn't truly determine that hearing aid which will prove most satisfactory for the person. The best solution in this if for the person to try different aids to compare. Other countries and our VA does this but our USA market place, doesn't usually make this comparison, easily available. HOH people need education before the hearing aid process and counselling after the process, again, something other consumers don't need and hoh people to often, need but do not get.