HEARING INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for HEARING INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$50,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

BRIDGET DOBYAN

Previously held: Former Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Trott

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 3

HR 4606
Ally’s Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 7770
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Lobbying activity 5

Health Issues

Issues pertaining to the regulation of hearing aids, implants, and over-the-counter hearing aid devices. Issues pertaining to early identification and intervention programs for hearing loss. Issues pertaining to insurance coverage for hearing health, including Ally's Act (H.R. 4606).

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues pertaining to Medicare coverage, hearing health for seniors and regulation of hearing aid devices. Issues pertaining to Medicaid coverage of hearing health and hearing devices under H.R. 1.

Budget/Appropriations

Issues pertaining to hearing health and hearing screenings for older Americans, and the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program.

Veterans

Education and awareness on issues pertaining to hearing health and hearing aids

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Support for a hearing aid assistance tax credit (H.R. 7770)

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.