More than ever before, the fields of audiology and hearing aid specialists need each other. A joint convention of IHS and ADA members—politically unthinkable just 10 years ago—might just be one of the revolutionary moves our industry needs.
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Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom reviews the top news articles, columns, and commentary during the past year.
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Top-10 Hearing Review articles for 2014, as judged by reader interest and website traffic, as well as a dozen more “must reads” in case you missed them in 2014.
Read MoreA perspective on hearing aid sales in the age of Big Box retailing by Stuart Motechin, AuD.
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What hearing care professionals cannot lose sight of is that you have a proven and comprehensive solution for an extremely detrimental and debilitating (if untreated) chronic health condition: hearing loss.
Read MoreThe International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global...
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We typically don’t expect to see a parade of characters coming through our doors on any given day. But there are times when we end up with more that our share. Dr Van Vliet shows how good preparation, efficient and flexible systems, and a dose of humility help get us through those bad days.
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The hearing aid industry will top 3 million units in 2014. Here is a review of projected 2014 hearing aid sales and a perspective on what the growth of Costco represents for the overall hearing healthcare market.
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Results from a study published in the October JAAA indicate that the so-called “hearing aid effect” has diminished, if not completely disappeared, in the 21st century.
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A number of spontaneous comments and postings in response to the recent death of audiology legend Marion Downs, who many consider to be the “Mother of Pediatric Audiology.”
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GN Store Nord A/S—the Danish parent company of ReSound, Beltone, Interton, Otometrics, and GN Netcom (maker of Jabra headsets—reported 8% organic revenue growth and a 14% increase in EBITA for the third quarter of 2014.
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Marion Downs—a legendary figure in audiology who most people regard as the “Mother of Pediatric Audiology”—has passed away at age 100. Downs is widely credited for establishing the first infant hearing screening program in the United States, the forerunner of the current universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program responsible for checking the hearing of some 4 million US newborns each year.
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A special 1-hour seminar, “10 Winning Tips for Patient Loyalty,” moderated by long-time industry researcher Sergei Kochkin, PhD, included both established factors and new ideas for increasing patient loyalty in an era when repeat customers and patient referrals are vital to a hearing care practice’s survival.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology 2014 Convention provided new insights into many of today’s hottest topics in audiology, from aging and cognition, to private practice management in the age of Big Box retailers, to effective tinnitus management.
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Dr Lin, one of the most widely respected researchers in the area of hearing loss and cognition, presented a 1-hour keynote that touched on many of today’s hottest topics in hearing healthcare, including the relationship between hearing, cognition, and general health, as well as the dynamic hearing aid distribution system.
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