Key legal question
Whether the cost of a hearing aid is deductible as disability-related costs.
Extracted holding
No. Without invalidity, meaning whole or partial incapacity for gainful employment, the hearing-aid costs are not disability-related deductible expenses.
Extracted reasoning
A hearing impairment that can be easily remedied by a device is not a disability within the relevant tax rules. The IV contribution did not matter because it may be granted even without incapacity for work.