Of the 28 million Americans who have been diagnosed with some level of hearing loss or disorder, thousands of those are children, many of whom were diagnosed at birth. According to statistics released by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc
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In 1993, HIMSA was founded with the objective of developing, marketing, and supporting one standard for integrated hearing care software. Scott Peterson When the Hearing Instrument Manufacturers’ Software Association (HIMSA), St Paul, Mi
Read MoreThe Hocks family has been successfulfor almost 2 decades by offering a professional business model and model customer service. The Hocks building is located near Rose City Waterfront in Portland, Ore. Hocks Hearing Healthcare Products was fou
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For more than 30 years, Frye Electronics has succeeded on the international hearing health care scene by listening to the needs of its clientele. Frye Electronics might never have come to be, if it had not been for company president George Fry
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China-based ZeniPower expands its presence into the world marketplace. The staff at Hearing Products Report recently spoke with Frank Wang, general manager of Zhuhai, China-based battery manufacturer, ZeniPower. Frank Wang HPR: Tell us about
Read MoreThe author offers insight into providing audiologists and their patients with information on the latest trend in hearing health care — assistive listening devices. Now is an excellent time for hearing health care professionals to offer a
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“Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), “C
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Phonic Ear’s headquarters in the Sonoma County wine country, north of San Francisco. Phonic Ear, a Petaluma, Calif-based developer and manufacturer of assistive listening devices using wireless technologies, actually began with a focus on
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Looking into the future with Siemens’ chief research officer. Thomas A. Powers Recently, Hearing Products Report (HPR) had the opportunity to chat with Thomas A. Powers, PhD, chief research officer for Siemens Hearing Instruments Inc. Po
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Discovery Hearing Aid Warranties’ coverage providing for hearing aid repairs is unique due to its highly comprehensive program. Few would have thought that a hearing aid warranty company could be so inspiring, yet few would have also ant
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Sonovation develops a full spectrum of hearing technologies for hearing-challenged individuals of all ages. When the founders of Sonovation first started the hearing technologies company in 1990, they did so to create solutions that addressed
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Sounding the call to meet the increasingly diverse needs of the hearing health care market. Jerry Ruzicka The hearing instrument market is constantly evolving and shifting—in terms of those who are hard of hearing and the products that a
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Rayovac grows from an idea born at a kitchen table to part of a multibillion-dollar corporation by sticking to what it does best. Always curious to find out what the hearing aid market is thinking, Tom Begley, director of sales at Rayovac, lo
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As this issue of Hearing Products Report arrives in mailboxes and on our Web site (www.hearingproductsreport.com, the hearing health care field prepares for one of its biggest annual conventions, AudiologyNOW!, presented by the American Academy
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