Passings: Sue Scott, Hearing Industry Marketing Manager
The hearing industry lost a wonderful person and astute marketing manager on October 28 as Sue Scott passed away at age 59 in Edina, Minn, after a valiant battle against cancer.
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Author: Karl
Hearing is Hard: Doppler Labs Shuts Its Doors
Doppler Labs—the San Francisco-based developer of the DUBS Acoustic Filters, Here Active Listening, and Here One Wireless Smart Earbuds—announced its closing this week. In this blog, Hearing Review editor Karl Strom looks at some of the assumptions about the hearing industry.
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Passings: Erik Westermann, Co-founder of Widex
Erik Westermann—who with Christian Tøpholm founded Widex in Denmark in 1956—died quietly in his sleep last Tuesday morning, October 24. He was 94.
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Oticon Names Rasmus Borsting as VP of Business Development and Strategy
Rasmus Borsting has been promoted to vice president of business development and strategy at Oticon Inc. Borsting will work with the executive team to develop strategies that identify and drive continued business growth for Oticon, and he will report directly to Oticon President Gary Rosenblum.
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Sivantos Introduces New Signia Nx Platform with Own Voice Processing
Sivantos has launched the Signia Nx, a new hearing aid platform that offers own voice processing (OVP) and reportedly the only true combination of Bluetooth and binaural audio processing link (Ultra HD e2e).
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Webinar: Four Things You Can Do to Improve Your Hearing Care Website
In this free 23-minute webinar, online marketing expert Edward Smelser details four simple ways to boost your online presence while getting the results you want from your online marketing.
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Hearing Aid Sales in Q3 2017 on Low Side of Normal
Hearing aid unit sales remained relatively flat in the third quarter of 2017 but still within historical growth norms, according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC.
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IHS 2017 Convention Highlights New Market Challenges and Resources
The International Hearing Society’s 66th annual convention focused on over-the-counter hearing aids, disruptive technology, legislative gains, and new resources for the training of dispensing professionals.
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ADA’s 40th Convention Prepares Members for Disruption and OTC Devices
The center of conversation at this year’s ADA Convention was what impact OTC hearing devices would have on the market, their pros and cons, and how best to prepare a practice for changes in the wake of the OTC Hearing Aid Act of 2017.
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President Trump Signs OTC Hearing Aid Legislation into Law
On Friday, August 18, President Donald Trump signed into law today the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017, legislation that includes the Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act designed to provide greater public accessibility and affordability with over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. FDA will now be charged with creating and regulating a new class of OTC hearing aids.
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New Webinar: The Art of Increasing Conversion Rates with Incoming Calls
In this new 18-minute webinar, courtesy of CareCredit, long-time hearing industry expert Von Hansen points out the most important learnable skills and traits for receptionists and patient care coordinators; how to answer commonly asked questions; and how training and scripting can be invaluable in converting new leads into lifelong patients.
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Noise Reduction, Compression for Clinicians, and More: An Interview with Ted Venema, PhD
Douglas Beck, AuD, interviews long-time educator and clinician Ted Venema, PhD, about the issues surrounding hearing aid compression, inner and outer hair cell loss, digital noise reduction, speech in noise, and verification.
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Hearing Aid Sales Return to Industry Norms in H1 2017
Total US unit sales increased by 3.4% and 2.3% in the first two quarters of 2017, making for a total unit sales increase of 2.8% in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year—or a total of 1.87 million hearing aids sold.
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Letters: Larry Humes Responds to “A Perspective on the Indiana University OTC Outcome Study”
Larry Humes, PhD, responds to the July 2017 Hearing Review article by John Tecca, which addressed Dr Humes recent article about OTC hearing aids in the American Journal of Audiology and a summary article in the May 2017 Hearing Review.
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Hearing Aid Dispensing Practices: Take Our Current Market Trends Survey
Hearing Review has been conducting surveys for over 20 years. Be a part of this legacy and contribute to the professional content of our publication.
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