Results from this study suggest that younger working adults (under age 60) with normal audiograms may have more self-reported difficulty with communication in common listening situations than most clinicians would expect. Many of the individuals reporting problems in specific listening situations may benefit from situational remediation.
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It is not easy to bring patients into the clinic these days. So when a patient does walk through the door of your office, you want to give them an exceptional customer experience. Establishing trust, making the necessary tweaks to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction (delight) at every step, and laying the groundwork for future patient advocacy creates long-term value with your patient, and long-term dividends for your business.
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This marks the “Final Chapter” in a story about the development of the TTY. The story’s beginning focused on Robert Weitbrecht’s invention of the acoustic coupler, a collaboration with Dr James Marstens and Andrew Saks (see Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series at hearinghealthmatters.com). A significant pioneer in the history of the TTY is Dr Paul L. Taylor III of the Rochester Institute of Technology/National Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NID).
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Save the Date: The NJAHHP has announced that the 37th Annual Northeast Conference of Hearing Health Professions (2016 NJAHHP Conference) will be held at the Stockton Seaview Golf & Spa Resort in Galloway, NJ, April 7 – 8, 2016. The Conference theme is “Disruptive Technologies: Securing Your Future!”
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Ida Institute has launched Ida Telecare, a suite of online tools and resources to help people with hearing loss prepare for appointments, manage communication, and make decisions related to hearing. The platform can be used to inform first-time or returning clients and ready them for a session that allows more time for person-centered care.
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Bundle or unbundle fees for services? Dr Van Vliet argues for taking an eclectic approach. There are times that the simplicity of a bundled fee makes the most sense with certain consumers. Even with the bundled approach, calling out and “itemizing” the services included provides full disclosure of what the consumer is paying for.
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Marshall Chasin, AuD, looks at how the Speech Intelligibility Index, or SII, can provide information on the various speech sounds or phonemes, but does not provide information on word-level and sentence-level cues that may be very important as well, particularly for bilingual patients.
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Cochlear has announced eight winners of the 14th annual Graeme Clark and 5th annual Anders Tjellström scholarships. Named after hearing implant industry pioneers, the annual scholarships recognize Cochlear Nucleus Implant and Baha System recipients who demonstrate exemplary success in their academic pursuits, and also leadership and humanity in their local communities.
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Audiology Systems announced its May 2016 dates for 3 Hands-on Training Series courses focused on evoked potential (EP) and videonystagmography (VNG), and head impulse testing. These courses are offered for 0.7 continuing education units (CEUs). Attendees can earn up to 2.1 CEUs by joining all three courses. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
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The Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired, Third Edition (APT/HI), just released by Plural Publishing, continues to serve as a resource for accurately determining the discrete auditory perception abilities of children (age 3 and older) through profiling 8 major skill areas with several subsets.
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Sonova Holding in Switzerland announced that its Board of Directors nominates Lynn Dorsey Bleil as a new board member for election at the next Annual General Meeting in June 2016. The company also announced that John J. Zei will retire at the same time from the Board. Bleil, a US citizen, recently retired as a senior partner from McKinsey & Company in the US.
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For this “Inside the Research” column, Douglas Beck, AuD, speaks with Kevin Munro, PhD, about recent published findings on cochlear dead zones that lend new support to applying amplification for this patient population.
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The March 2016 issue of The Hearing Review offers “rants” from five hearing industry experts. In this post, Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom adds three short rants of his own as an addendum to the feature article, “RANTS! Some Things We Would Change—If We Could,” from guest-editor Marshall Chasin, AuD.
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There are a lot of things that might be changed in hearing assessment, treatment, and hearing aid fittings. Here are opinions from 5 long-time hearing care professionals who address some of their pet peeves…frequency lowering, speech in noise, the value of the audiogram and first fits, and more. Read the rants from Marshall Chasin, Laurel Christensen, Doug Beck, Calvin Staples, and Wayne Staab.
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The ZPower Rechargeable System for Hearing Aids has been named a 2016 Award Finalist by the Edison Awards, a distinguished awards program inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness. The Edison Awards recognize innovation, creativity, and ingenuity in products and services introduced to the global economy. ZPower is a finalist in the Vision & Hearing category.
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