Long-time audiologist and educator Roy Sullivan, PhD, relates a story about one of his patients, a Cistercian nun, who ran into a TSA agent who was suspicious of her motives for carrying Size 312 hearing aid batteries.
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Empower is a multidisciplinary hearing healthcare conference devoted to clinical issues, technology, and business development strategies for all independent practitioners and staff members to be held September 12-14 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.
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Audiologist Dennis Van Vliet says smart, time-saving approaches to patient care must be efficient and not sacrifice the elements of good practice, but we shouldn’t doggedly stick to a prescribed routine that calls for rote completion of procedures when they yield little of the information needed to manage patients’ needs.
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Over the past several years, the hearing aid industry has responded to the need for improved hearing aid processing for the listening to, and the playing of, music. Better-configured A/D converters and a number innovations have provided great solutions. Marshall Chasin explains why emulating a single-channel processor might be the next “big step” forward for audiophiles with hearing aids.
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MedRx is celebrating its 25th anniversary in May. This article looks back on the many achievements and successes of the company, ranging from the Otowizard to the Avant ARC.
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Amplifon, the parent group of Miracle Ear and Elite Hearing Network, published impressive first quarter 2019 financial results, showing revenue growth of 25.4% driven by solid organic growth and a large contribution from their M&A activity, notably from their recent purchase of the GAES hearing aid dispensing network based in Spain.
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Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States increased by 2.5% during the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, totaling 1,000,653 units—the second time unit volume has ever exceeded 1 million in a quarter.
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About 130 intrepid audiologists registered for, and more than 50 participated in, the AudLifestyle fundraising event held during this year’s AAA Convention which raised $4000 for four Student of Academy of Audiology (SAA) Chapters.
Read MoreThere is a movement afoot to breathe new life into Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM) and recast it for the 21st Century—and social media. In the past year, all the national professional organizations (AAA, ASHA, ADA, and IHS), along with HLAA and the ACI Alliance, have signed onto a public awareness campaign designed to bring hearing healthcare to the forefront during May. Here are some easy social media messages and movie clips to help promote Better Hearing & Speech Month, as well as your own great work in hearing healthcare—starting on May 1!
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Human beings are social creatures. This special report, featuring comments from leading experts in psychology and audiology, reviews new and important research on hearing loss, and shows why audiological care needs to renew its focus on helping patients regain their communication and social engagement activities—those things that make life meaningful and rewarding.
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Responding to published concerns by the FCC that captioned telephone services (CTS) are being utilized by people who are not appropriate candidates—leading to potential funding deficits of this critical service—the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association have jointly developed proposed best practices for determining eligibility for the program.
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“Depression, Hearing Loss, and Treatment with Hearing Aids” by Victor Bray, PhD, is a comprehensive summary of what we know about this subject, and provides a strong case for the partnership of audiologists and mental health experts in the battle against chronic depression.
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The Philips brand portfolio–one of the world’s best known and leading health technology brands–will enter the hearing aid market in a complete range of Philips HearLink premium hearing aids. Demant, the exclusive hearing aid brand licensee of Philips, looks to the potential of addressing new segments on a global scale combining first-class hearing technology with a well-known brand.
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Commentary on the recent purchase of BlameySaunders Hears by Sonova and the future potential for the “blended service model” in hearing aid dispensing.
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Adding value to audiology services, connectivity and remote care with hearing aids, and the dynamic changes in hearing healthcare—ranging from reimbursement to over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids—were some of the major themes of the 2019 American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Ohio on March 27-30.
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