Med-El Survey: Fewer Than 3 in 10 Americans Believe Society Knows Enough About Hearing Loss
A new Med-El survey of more than 1,000 US adults finds that nearly half believe public awareness of hearing loss is lacking.
Category: Counseling & Education
Counseling & Education
Latest
Counseling & Education
Latest
The Therapeutic Use of Humor in Audiology
A psychologist explores how humor—when used thoughtfully—can help hearing care professionals connect with patients and better meet their needs.
Counseling & Education
Latest
Celebrating 35 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Educating audiology patients about their rights to accessibility under ADA could be a great opportunity to build trust and develop a deeper connection with them over time.
New Online Course Helps Older Adults with Hearing and Vision Loss
Helen Keller Services unveiled an online course to help older adults adapt to combined hearing and vision loss with the help of technology.
Read More
Signia and the Dallas Cowboys Promote Hearing Health Awareness
Signia and the Dallas Cowboys will partner to raise awareness of hearing health, educating communities on the importance of healthy hearing.
Read More
Grieving that Hearing Aids Have Improved Our Lives
After hearing aids improve their lives, a couple grieves for the time they lost to poor communication in their marriage.
Read More
Organic Communication Management for Dispensing Audiologists
How dispensing audiologists can develop an organic communication strategy aimed at decreasing the negative emotions that accompany hearing loss.
Read More
Why I Took 30 Years to Accept Hearing Aids
Hearing Review publisher and president Roy Felts, talks about why age-related stigma kept him from accepting hearing aids.
Read More
The Power of Empathy and Compassion
Patient Care | September 2022 Hearing Review Giving voice to the unspoken pain...
Read More
Organizations Building Awareness for Environmental Noise Control
Resources for quiet spaces.
Read More
AHead Simulations Launches New Audio CARL and Platform
Based on more than four years of user feedback and requests, the new Audio CARL and CARL platform help “expand the use cases and value in which the CARL manikins can provide to hands-on education, research, and development of hearing technologies, and the provision of hearing aids in hearing clinics, all while fitting in better with clinical workflows,” according to the company’s announcement.
Read More
What Is Important to Your Hearing Aid Clients… and Are They Satisfied?
What are the major drivers of customer satisfaction with hearing aids? Almost all surveys emphasize the importance of hearing speech in noise. Recent consumer surveys also indicate that the main drivers of hearing aid satisfaction are sound quality or hearing aid performance over their satisfaction with the hearing care professional (HCP) or hearing aid physical qualities. Listening situations most important to hearing aid users for speech understanding are: 1:1 conversations and group conversations in noise, soft speech in quiet, understanding speech without visual cues, and speech at a distance.
Read More
40 Years of Consumer Comments: Interactions Between Users and the Hearing Care Professionals
It takes two to tango. A lot has changed during 40 years of hearing aid evolution. However, the role of the hearing care professional—as interpreter, counselor, and hearing aid fitter—has remained a vital part of the process while evolving to encompass new technologies, from smartphones to teleaudiology.
Read More
Plural Releases ‘Hearing Science Fundamentals, 2nd Ed’
The text is divided into four clear sections to cover everything from the physics of sound to the anatomy and physiology of the auditory pathway and beyond.
Read More
Patient-centric Follow-up: The Key Differentiator in Hearing Healthcare
As patient-centric care gains steam in both general medicine and hearing health—while being juxtaposed by new OTC and DIY hearing solutions—a renewed focus on follow-up services is crucial. This special report looks at follow-up AR protocols and perspectives, and includes perspectives from Nancy Tye-Murray, Brian Taylor, Cherilee Rutherford, Ron Leavitt, Susanna Løve, Dave Blanchard, and more.
Read More
Ida Institute Launches Course on ‘Child-centered Care’
The free four-part course explains the key cognitive skills developed as children age, techniques for communicating with pediatric clients, and which Ida tools will make the communication more fun and effective. The material supports hearing care professionals in enabling children to contribute in ways that make them a meaningful part of their care.
Read More
Plural Releases New Remote Care Textbook by Brian Taylor, AuD
Plural Publishing announced the release of “Relationship-Centered Consultation Skills for Audiologists: Remote and In-Person Care” by Brian Taylor, a how-to guide for clinicians who want to provide evidence-based, holistic care to persons with hearing loss.
Read More
Altruistic Marketing: A Win-Win Approach to Success by Providing Hospice Care Services
Hearing care professionals are in a unique positon to make a life (and death) altering impact for the terminally ill while simultaneously positioning their practices for future success. The symbiotic character of altruistic marketing through services provided to hospice and palliative care agencies provides a unique opportunity to positively impact the communication and emotional needs of families while providing significant positive marketing benefits to practitioners.
Read More