The US Senate has unanimously passed the Veterans Mobility Safety Act, a bill passed by the US House of Representatives in September 2016. It is expected to be signed into law by the President. The bill requires that hearing aid specialists provide services within their scope of practice related to fitting and dispensing hearing aids, under a treatment plan of an audiologist.
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Each Ear LLC introduces the Each Ear Canal Identification Guide™, with illustrations practitioners can highlight to help patients understand the “Initial Angle” and “First Bend” of each ear canal. Patients using receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing aids take the guide home as a handy reference.
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Electronic hearing protection is useful for hunters, military personnel, and musicians, says Marshall Chasin, AuD. They look and act like hearing aids, and technically (though not in some jurisdictions), they are hearing aids.
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In his end-of-year “Staff Standpoint” installment, Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom reports that at its current pace of about 10% growth, the US hearing aid market should come in just shy of 3.7 million net units distributed by the end of 2016.
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Results from this study of wireless streaming demonstrate significant differences between the perceived sound qualities of hearing aids using the same baseline 2.4 GHz MFi technology.
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Phonak announces the launch of its new audiology blog, which will feature blog posts on the latest topics in audiological research, scientific evidence, and clinical best practices from Phonak. The blog gives hearing care professionals the opportunity to interact with others in the community.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) announced that CUNY student Jessica Woodson won first prize during the 4th Annual ADA Student Business Plan Competition, sponsored by The Hearing Review at AuDacity 2016.
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Clearwater Clinical and Ottawa University Faculty of Medicine expand the iHEAR program–a national hearing screening initiative in Canadian schools that uses SHOEBOX Audiometry to improve early intervention.
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Listen Technologies is releasing the second generation of ListenWiFi pro audio. ListenWiFi lets users in noisy video environments easily stream TV audio and local venue audio to their personal smartphones and devices.
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Sonova Holding has announced its results for the first half of fiscal year 2016/17. According to Sonova, its consolidated sales increased by 5.5% in local currencies or 6.7% in reported Swiss francs to CHF 1,070 million.
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The Oticon Opn hearing aid has been honored in the “Tech for a Better World” and “Wearable Technologies” categories at the CES 2017 Innovation Awards, a leading consumer technology awards program.
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Sivantos Group has announced the appointment of Ignacio Martinez as CEO, effective end of November 2016. Martinez, who joined Sivantos Group two years ago to lead Global Sales, was later appointed COO. He will succeed Roger Radke, who is retiring.
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A market research report from Persistence Market Research that covers revenue growth in the global hearing aid market indicates that this market will attain a value of more than $10 million by the end of 2024.
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More than 180 US hearing care professionals gathered at OtiCongress 2016 in Sydney, Australia in October to explore the newest research, technology, trends, and perspectives on hearing care delivery.
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IntriCon announces its 20% stake in Hearing Help Express, a mail order hearing aid provider offering “a lower-priced alternative for consumers to purchase devices directly, circumventing costs associated with the conventional hearing aid channel.”
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