Unimpressed with the hearing instruments he saw on the market in the 1980s, Roger Juneau set out to change the industry. Harahan, La, is just a spit away from downtown New Orleans. The small town of about 10,000 inhabitants is only 10 miles fr
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Despite whatever Mother Nature throws their way, Enhanced Listening Technologies Corp and Connections Unlimited Inc survive and thrive. Hearing Products Report recently spoke with Ted Simons, president and CEO of Enhanced Listening Technologies
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An industry expert shares the steps required to build and keep business from going elsewhere. Assistive listening devices (ALDs) can be found in almost any environment nowadays. The Home & Garden Television (HGTV) show I Want That! recentl
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Sy Kessler Sales Inc introduces a new, Swiss-manufactured, long-lasting battery to the US hearing aid market Probably the key component of a hearing instrument is the most utilitarian: the battery. But without it, the high-tech device is nothi
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A new year brings with it thoughts of the many “new” possibilities that can come with it. Various technological advances burst onto the hearing health care scene in 2005, and 2006 appears poised to usher in even more. One of the bigges
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Starkey Laboratories’ continued commitment to innovation has resulted in a new on-the-ear hearing instrument. Starkey Laboratories’ latest industry first was conceived with Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka’s desire to capitalize
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“Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today, Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today, And don’t worry ’bout tomorrow, hey.” —Lyrics from “Let’s Live for Today,” the Grass Roots, 1967 Living for the moment was
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More than a half century ago, now the globally successful hearing instrument company was, literally, born in the basement of its cofounder Mas Harada. Michael Eckert Hearing Products Report recently had the opportunity to discuss the business m
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Family-owned and operated Insta-Mold Products Inc continues to thrive and expand its influence in the hearing protection arena under the direction of a second generation of owners. When Sydney Gurschkov went into semiretirement a few years ago
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Vivosonic Inc creates products to make life a little easier for diagnostic clinicians. Before Vivosonic grew to become a developer and manufacturer of novel audiological medical devices, the Toronto-based company was simply a research project.
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Discussing the implications for the future of children with hearing loss. With the advent of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and recent advances in technology, the number of young children in early intervention programs for the deaf and ha
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Most of us have experienced it at one time or another: a seemingly incessant ringing or buzzing in the ears that comes out of nowhere and takes forever to go away. Unfortunately, for individuals suffering tinnitus, the ringing never stops. Derive
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Through Hearing Components Inc, founder Bob Oliveira, PhD, uses his chemistry background to bring the technology on the outside of a hearing aid up to speed with the advancements on the inside. Bob Oliveira, PhD The same motivation that drov
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From knowing nothing about the hearing aid industry to creating products for it, Hackettstown, NJ-based Kingwood Industrial Products makes itself heard. To hear Kevin W. Smith tell it, his company, Kingwood Industrial Products, as it is now, s
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Advancing technologies enable clinicians to test with integrity, but without frustration. Yuri Sokolov, PhD, leads a discussion with Vivosonic’s management team. Ever since the dawn of the industrial age, scientific research and developm
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