Audigy to Offer Auris Practice Solutions Virtual Audiology Model
Audigy and Auris Practice Solutions have partnered to expand the reach of MaestroAuD, a scalable virtual audiology model.
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Telehealth in 2023 Report Reveals Insights from Healthcare Workers
A new report, Telehealth in 2023, issued by national healthcare consultancy Sage Growth Partners (SGP), uncovers answers to many key questions relating to the future of telehealth, according to an announcement from SGP.
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LatestInterview with Joel Lockwood, President, Sycle LLC
“The Hearing Review’s” Editor Emeritus, Karl Strom, recently sat down with Joel Lockwood, President and CEO of Sycle LLC to discuss how the company has helped its clients maintain their practices during the pandemic as well as helping to design solutions that incorporate digital efficiencies to help better manage patient relationships.
T-Mobile and Zyter Partner on Telehealth Solution
Together, the companies are “making virtual care more accessible to more people, which serves to improve patient outcomes, reduce readmission rates, and increase overall patient well-being,” according to the companies’ announcement.
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The Rise of the Disrupters in Hearing Healthcare
With the rise of telecare and DIY/self-fit hearing devices (for at least milder hearing losses), hearing healthcare stakeholders will need to determine how and in what markets they do business.
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Integration of eAudiology: The Way Through and the Way Forward
The Phonak Blended Real-time Interactions and Digital-Guided Experiences (BRIDGE) model provides a flexible method for delivering critical components in hearing healthcare via eAudiology. While the BRIDGE is exceptionally useful for traversing the pandemic, its true value lies in future patient care models.
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Expanding Your Hearing Care Beyond the Walls of Your Clinic
Expanding hearing care outside the walls of the clinic requires solutions that involve the hearing care professional as well as apps that empower the users. Widex Remote Care provides a comprehensive solution for the hearing care professionals working remotely, with access to all fitting functionality, while Widex apps help hearing aid users personalize their sound in the moment. Data from the AI-functionality in Widex apps show how users react to changes in their environment, including major ones like the COVID-19 crisis.
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Survey Shows Audiology Remote Care Visits Are Beneficial
Dr Gabrielle Saunders, a senior research fellow at The University of Manchester, says findings from the survey of 140 audiologists are a rare positive in the crisis which has caused misery across the world.
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Study Shows Benefits and Challenges of Telehealth
The study reported several boons for telehealth patients, including reductions in stress, missed work, the number of hospital visits, travel time, and exposure to pathogens, in addition to improving access to care with the option for out-of-state consultations.
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Blog: Sound Quality as a Tipping Point for the Younger, Milder Hearing Loss Market
Exceptional sound quality—above all the other “bells and whistles” that the latest generation of hearing aids provide (eg, connectivity, remote fine-tuning, hands-free phone calls, motion-sensors and tap controls, virtual assistants, etc)—may turn out to be THE final hurdle for convincing younger people with milder hearing losses to purchase a hearing aid.
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How to Use Teleaudiology Technologies in a New Setup or in an Existing Office
A large selection of teleaudiology solutions now exist that provides greater practice efficiencies and much higher levels of outreach and accessibility for your patients—and for other consumers who should be your patients. Here is just a brief sampling of some of the options for enhancing your teleaudiology capabilities.
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‘Harvard Business Review’ Article Gives Strategies for Virtual Communication
As many people continue to work remotely, they continue to rely on technology like Zoom to stay in...
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‘Face Mask Mode’ Now Offered in Signia Hearing Aids
Signia has announced the debut of what it calls the world’s first setting for a hearing device which specifically improves audibility for those communicating with someone wearing a face covering. Built within the company’s proprietary app, Signia’s Face Mask Mode is reportedly the most complete solution on the market, requiring no in-person adjustments with a hearing care professional.
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Senior Access to Telehealth Technology May Be Limited
The article cites hurdles such as small icons, difficult-to-read typefaces, and inadequate captioning that hinder usage by those who may need the technologies the most, given their increased susceptibility to COVID-19.
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The Age of Telehealth
Every crisis has a silver lining and one of the clear front-runners during the COVID-19 pandemic is the increased use of virtual healthcare visits, says author Archelle Georgiou, MD. Telehealth for getting medical care over the Internet has been available for more than 20 years, but use of the technology was low until the pandemic severely restricted providers and patients from having face-to-face visits.
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COVID-19 and How It’s Speeding Up the Future of Healthcare
COVID-19 has transformed healthcare. The clinician’s role has taken on an increased significance. Because of this, it has sped up the adoption of technology to keep the hearing healthcare professional and the patient connected, even when social distancing is keeping them apart.
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The ‘New Normal’ for Hearing Healthcare in the UK
Were we, as an industry, ready for the pandemic? That remains to be seen. What is certain is that the pandemic brought what the professionals are calling a “watershed moment” to the audiology industry, which promoted a positive outlook on remote and telehealth care.
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VA to Offer Enhanced Remote Audiology Care for Veterans
The Enterprise Remote Tuning of Hearing Instruments (ERTHI) program, in conjunction with the VA Audiology and Speech Pathology Program Office, will allow veterans to interact “virtually” with audiologists, who can help fine tune and adjust the hearing aid’s settings to fit the needs of its user.
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