Otonomy Inc announced that the FDA has approved OTIPRIO™ for the treatment of pediatric patients with bilateral otitis media with effusion undergoing tympanostomy tube placement.
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Some market analysts have become infatuated with the recent turmoil at Starkey Hearing Technologies—and the possibility that the company could become even more of an acquisition target. Here’s our take.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) held its 2015 Annual Convention last week at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, DC. Here’s a quick peek at some of the events during this year’s conference.
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The fate of Unison—the proposed joint convention of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) and International Hearing Society (IHS) scheduled for September 8-11, 2016—was put into question last week, presumably due to an ongoing disagreement between the two professional organizations.
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In giving qualified support to the PCAST recommendations, ADA is the first among the hearing care professional organizations to publicly endorse, at least in principle, the PCAST’s report to the president. However, ADA listed a number of important qualifications emphasizing the importance of the audiologists’ role in hearing evaluation and diagnostics, dispensing, and aural rehabilitation, as well as some necessary standards for PSAPs, entry-level devices, and hearables.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) kicks off its annual convention on Thursday, November 12, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Here is a quick look at the events and educational offerings available to attendees.
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IntriCon has purchased PC Werth Ltd of London, one of the UK’s oldest multi-line suppliers of hearing healthcare products and a supplier to the National Health Service (NHS), the world’s largest provider of hearing aids.
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A 23-minute webinar about implementing a layered approach to physician and patient marketing using disease state messaging is now available on-demand. In the webinar Brad Dodson and Robert Tysoe explain how to effectively implement a “Disease State Marketing plan” at your practice and target those physician offices that have patients with high co-morbidity correlations with hearing loss. By using a muti-layered approach that involves both your front office, as well as you and/or your professional staff, the presenters demonstrate how to increase the effectiveness of your physician marketing program.
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News about a new patent lawsuit in Germany between GN and WDH concerning datalogging, and a perspective on the recent patent war between the two companies.
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In this 16-minute webinar, Kevin St Clergy explains how to diagnose the type of marketing that might work best for a practice, understand which three marketing strategies work at the local level, and put together a proven 12-month marketing plan that gets results. The webinar is brought to Hearing Review readers courtesy of CareCredit.
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A study published in the October edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society compared the trajectory of cognitive decline among older adults who were using hearing aids and those who were not. The study found no difference in the rate of cognitive decline between a control group of people with no reported hearing loss and people with hearing loss who used hearing aids. By contrast, untreated hearing loss was significantly associated with lower baseline scores on a well-established test of cognitive function during the 25-year follow-up period.
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For the overall US hearing aid market, unit sales are up 7.2% in 2015. Unit sales in the private/commercial sector have maintained a steady clip throughout the year, totaling a 7.7% growth rate through September.
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The European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) will host its 60th annual convention in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 14-16.
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Martha McGarity, former sales director of The Hearing Journal, passed away on September 2nd in Sacramento, Calif, after a long battle with cancer.
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Allegations in a lawsuit filed against Starkey Hearing Technologies suggest the surprise firings in September, which included Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka and Operations VP Keith Guggenberger, were the result of an inter-office power struggle that created a schism inside the company. Guggenberger has filed a $10.9 million wrongful breach of contract complaint against the company.
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