NationsBenefits to Manage Sam’s Club Hearing Centers Nationwide
The partnership will integrate NationsHearing clinical services and technology into the retail club’s locations across the US.
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WS Audiology Postpones Plans for Hear.com IPO
WS Audiology, the parent company of Signia and Widex, has postponed its plans to submit its subsidiary, Hear.com, for an IPO “due to current challenging equity market conditions.”
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NationsBenefits Introduces Remote Telehealth Services
The company has developed digital technologies that allow access to hearing tests and related care from any location, including their homes, local community, and mobile devices when on the go.
NationsHearing Rebrands to NationsBenefits; Launches New Website
NationsHearing, LLC, a hearing aid and services benefit, announced that the company has completed a redesign and rebrand to NationsBenefits.
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Vision Benefits of America Partners with Your Hearing Network
Vision Benefits of America, Inc (VBA), a commercial group benefits organization, announced it has...
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Audiology Exclusive Aims to Drive Down Costs for Hearing Care Professionals
Unlike a buying group, the concept behind the Audiology Exclusive system has been compared to discount sites like Groupon. On the company’s website, hearing professionals will find short-term promotions each week from a variety of different hearing healthcare businesses—supplies, equipment, hearing devices, software, etc.
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AuDConnex Launches Micro-Grant Hearing Aid Program
The grant opportunity is being made available to hearing healthcare providers who are aligned with philanthropic work in their community and abroad.
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AuDStandard Partners with Hearing Tracker
In addition to offering hearing care professionals discounted pricing and the freedom to choose between customized services or money-saving rebates, AuDStandard members will now reportedly receive a boost in online visibility through Hearing Tracker’s lead generation platform:
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Hearing Aid Sales Increase by 2.5% in First Quarter of 2019
Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States increased by 2.5% during the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, totaling 1,000,653 units—the second time unit volume has ever exceeded 1 million in a quarter.
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Blog: BlameySaunders and the “Blended Model” in Hearing Aid Dispensing
Commentary on the recent purchase of BlameySaunders Hears by Sonova and the future potential for the “blended service model” in hearing aid dispensing.
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Hearing Health & Technology Matters Releases 2018 Hearing Professional Dispensing Survey
One of the most striking responses from the survey revealed that over half of all respondents said they believed hearing aids are not affordable and accessible for most Americans today.
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AuDConnex Appoints Paul Harkness Executive Vice President
AuDConnex announced the addition of Paul Harkness to their team as executive vice president. Harkness has more than two decades of experience in the hearing care industry.
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William Demant and Philips Enter into Hearing Aid Branding Partnership
William Demant—parent group of Oticon, Sonic, and Bernafon—has announced a licensing agreement with Philips to bring Philips-branded solutions to hearing healthcare. Combining William Demant’s hearing aid technology with Philips’ global brand presence in healthcare, the cooperation will enrich the hearing healthcare experience and support the healthy lifestyle and active life of even more people with hearing loss, say the companies.
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Amplifon to Purchase GAES Group for $616 Million
Amplifon SpA has announced its intent to purchase the privately owned GAES Group, Spain’s largest hearing aid distributor, for €528 million (US$616.6 million). “This major acquisition represents a key milestone in the history of our company and perfectly fits Amplifon’s growth strategy, allowing us to consolidate our global leadership and enabling us to become a market leader in Spain, as well as consolidate our market position in Portugal while also entering the Latin American region,” said Amplifon CEO Enrico Vita.
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Etymotic Research Merges with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio
Two well-known names and company owners in hearing device manufacturing are joining forces. Etymotic Research Founder Mead Killion announced that his company has merged with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio, a prominent hearing aid and PSAP manufacturer owned by Henry Smith, founder of Authorized Hearing Systems (AHS), America Hears, and more recently Liberty Hearing Aids and Lucid Audio.
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‘Hearing Review’ Survey of RIC Pricing in 2017
Hearing aid pricing trends relative to practice affiliation and gross revenues.
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Letters: Costco Replies to Hearing Review Article “The Costco Effect”
While Costco’s Christian Anthis likes the article, he takes exception to the characterization of the devices being offered at Costco as “entry-level hearing aids.”
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Walgreens and Starkey Collaborate on Walgreens Hearing; Unique Expansion Program for Current Practice Owners
Called Walgreens Hearing, the new outlets are unique to the marketplace because they are designed to create new business opportunities for existing dispensing offices to partner with Starkey and serve patients at Walgreens stores in their communities. Walgreens Hearing currently exist in two pilot stores that opened last month in the Minneapolis-St Paul market, with about six others opening in three other states, some by mid-April.
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