CareCredit is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a Sweepstakes for cardholders. The CareCredit credit card is a flexible payment option available at more than 200,000 locations across the United States, including hearing health, veterinary, cosmetic, dental and vision practices. With nearly $70 billion of care financed since 1987, CareCredit has helped millions of people in the past 30 years.
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A special supplement in the January edition of The Hearing Review explains why Effortless Hearing is important, describes hearing aid elements that can help achieve Effortless Hearing, and presents clinical evidence on how the features in the new Widex BEYOND hearing aid improve listening experiences.
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Researchers have found that a cognitive training program improved the tinnitus perception, memory, attention, and concentration of patients with tinnitus. The study appears online in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
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Otonomy has announced the enrollment of the first patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating OTO-104 for the prevention of hearing loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with platinum-based agents.
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Eosera™ Inc has announced the introduction of Earwax MD™ which is designed to be a solution for earwax impaction. The new product is said to offer a safe, effective, simple, over-the-counter solution that benefits the entire ear care industry.
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ABC’s Shark Tank will feature Vibes Founder Jackson Mann on January 27th at 9:00pm/8:00pm Central. Vibes is a producer of high-fidelity earplugs designed specifically for live music and entertainment.
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Amplifon has announce that it has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of MiniSom in Portugal, part of the AudioNova retail business Sonova AG acquired in September 2016. The two companies are also reported to be negotiating Amplifon’s potential acquisition of Sonova’s AudioNova retail business in France.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies’ Ear Health product line is designed to help individuals take a proactive and empowered approach to ear care, offering solutions for ear wax, earaches, itchy ears, dry ears, and for protecting ears from damaging sounds. The products are sold from hearing care professionals’ offices, and are designed to help professionals better serve their patients’ overall ear health needs with easier, one-stop hearing healthcare.
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GSI has appointed Tony Lombardo, MS, to the company’s audiology team. In his new position, he will focus on training, support, and education.
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An updated clinical practice guideline from AAO-HNS is said to provide evidence-based recommendations on diagnosis and treatment of earwax (cerumen impaction), as well as important patient information on the dos and don’ts of earwax and healthy ear care.
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According to HIA statistics, 3.65 million hearing aid units were dispensed in the United States during 2016—or 8.7% more than in 2017. For the private/commercial sector, hearing aid unit sales grew by 10.6% in 2016—a strong follow-up to the 7.8% gains experienced in 2015. However, when accounting for gains by Big Box retailers and other factors, unit gains for most dispensing practices in 2016 were more likely to be around 6%.
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A Wall Street Journal opinion article is highly critical of the hearing care profession and the writer believes free-market reforms should make “hearing aids as easy to purchase as glasses.”
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Geary McCandless, PhD, a leading audiologist, recognized nationally and internationally for his innovative research in electrophysiology and hearing aid fitting, passed away on January 4, 2017. Among many accomplishments, he was a pioneer in the use of auditory evoked potentials in children, and he conducted research which helped establish normative standards for acoustic immittance measurements. He was also among the first to advocate “open ear molds” through large vents to reduce sound pressure at the tympanic membrane, thereby reducing potential noise induced hearing loss, and with Paul Lyragaard developed the widely used prescriptive method for hearing aid fitting known as POGO (Prescription of Gain and Output).
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Robert (Bob) Eastman has been appointed Vice President of Sales at Unitron US and will head up the company’s commercial sales in the United States.
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Here are some excellent articles and columns that you shouldn’t miss from The Hearing Review during 2016.
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