WSA's new EMPOWERS U program connects Doctor of Audiology students with mentorship, paid externships, scholarships, and career-placement support through structured university partnerships.
Amplifon has been named among Forbes’ World’s Top Companies for Women 2025 for the second consecutive year.
Simulation appears both sensitive to identifying training needs related to REM and other core competencies, such as cerumen management and earmold impressions, as well as capable of providing the necessary outlet for follow-up training. It also offers valuable opportunities for between-clinician comparison.
ASHA announced that it has opened applications for its new Assistants Certification program, which offers opportunities for assistants to demonstrate their commitment to the audiology and speech-language pathology professions and meet uniform standards of competency.
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A new paper from a group of private-practice audiologists explores how the future of hearing healthcare depends upon recognizing and serving patients from a whole-person perspective—moving away from the narrow view of addressing hearing loss through amplification only, to becoming “hearing loss mitigation counselors” and treating the needs of the individual.
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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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In general, business conditions improved significantly, with US hearing aid sales estimated at about 85% of what they were last June. Most market analysts are also predicting large increases in sales for 2021-2022 due to pent-up demand.
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In addition to remote check-ins and receiving real-time wait times, patients can locate and select in-network medical providers, by reviewing the provider’s specific information and a display of average wait times.
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The consensus, according to the article, seems to be that doctors or dentists that are accepting patients are likely to be taking greater precautions—such as deep cleaning, wearing masks and protective equipment, and temperature checks— than normal to protect patients and staff.
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At Audiologist Hearing Aid Specialists, you can have a free hearing assessment with no obligations. Book an appointment with a local private audiologist from the network, anywhere in the UK.
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The British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA) has published results from an April survey of its UK members about how they were responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey has several interesting parallels to a Hearing Review survey of US hearing care practices during the same period in mid-April.
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The steps, outlined on the CDC’s website, include taking proactive measures with patients who may be considered “high risk,” and scheduling them for telemedicine appointments, if possible.
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How much will be forgiven from a PPP loan? When does the 8-week period for using the loan begin and what kinds of requirements surround it? Michael Scholl of Starkey provides answers to 5 common questions about the PPP and EIDL loan programs
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A survey on how audiologists and hearing aid specialists are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic in their practices during April-May 2020.
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Managing a hearing care practice has never been more challenging than during the Covid-19 pandemic. Practice management expert and industry veteran Dan Quall, MS, provides tips for managing cash-flow, revenue generation and patient care, and how to prepare your practice for emerging from this crisis stronger than ever.
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In the age of social distancing protocols related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hearing care practitioners are transitioning to telehealth or teleaudiology solutions for remote patient appointments, fittings, and adjustments.
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If you own a hearing healthcare practice and intend to file an application for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), do it right away. That’s the advice I’ve been receiving from industry experts and banking executives in my local community.
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Telehealth, in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, is becoming a critical way to provide service to hearing healthcare patients while adhering to the guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
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