Results of the Covid-19 Impact Survey #2 (April 9-17) for Hearing Healthcare Practices
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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Hearing Review Coronavirus Impact Survey #1 Results (March 19-24)
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Hearing Review surveyed hearing care professionals during the past week regarding how the outbreak is impacting their business. Here are the results.
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BIHIMA Releases Q4 Results for Hearing Device Market
According to the report, the key finding is that private (non-NHS) units were “very strong in Q4” with sales up 9.7% on the same period in 2018 and up 8.1% on Q3 2019. Over the whole of 2019, private units were up 6.9% on 2018.
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I Love Hearing Audiology Group Launches New Website
The hearing aid information center compiles dozens of frequently asked questions about the hearing aid selection and fitting process, which can be “overwhelming” without guidance to those exploring how hearing aids can help. The site also answers common questions about tinnitus.
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Advanced Bionics Initiates Voluntary Field Corrective Action; Sonova Reports ‘Strong’ Hearing Instruments Business Results
AB has notified relevant regulatory bodies that it will retrieve un-implanted devices of the initial version of HiRes Ultra and Ultra 3D cochlear implant devices, which are currently superseded by a recently approved new version of the devices.
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare, Part 3: Differentiating the Practice with Product and Technology
Adding value to the patient experience requires change. The use of innovative products and technologies in a hearing healthcare practice is essential for survival—and it is expected by patients. Why send patients to the internet or electronic stores for products that can be offered in the practice and increase the patient experience? Why not use technology to improve practice procedures and efficiency?
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Managed Care and Your Hearing Care Business: An Interview with Sycle’s Ridge Sampson
HR sat down with Sycle Co-founder and CEO Ridge Sampson to talk about the changing audiology market, and how he views the role of managed care, third-party reimbursement, and how they are influencing the hearing healthcare field.
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Queen Elizabeth II Photographed Wearing Hearing Aid
Queen Elizabeth was photographed with what appears to be a Signia Silk hearing aid in her right ear. Apart from some audiological nit-picking, some on social media suggested that the 93-year-old monarch might spur hearing aid sales with her proactive approach to better hearing.
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AuDACITY 2019 Spotlights Hearing Loss in Older Adults
Starting Thursday in National Harbor, Md, this year’s ADA convention schedule is particularly packed with special sessions for audiologists who work with older adults, in addition to the usual wide variety of business-oriented sessions that help independent hearing care practice owners build their businesses.
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Humana’s 2020 Medicare Advantage Plans Include Hearing Care Coverage
Many Medicare Advantage plans include benefits for services that Medicare doesn’t cover, including eye exams, preventive dental care, and hearing coverage.
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Inaugural Empower Conference Tackles Changes in Hearing Healthcare
About 650 audiologists, hearing aid specialists, and ENT physicians attended the inaugural Empower Conference in Orlando, hosted by Your Hearing Network (YHN). The conference featured almost 100 educational sessions and participation from over 40 companies and organizations in the hearing healthcare field.
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GN Announces Gitte Pugholm Aabo as CEO of GN Hearing
GN Store Nord announced that Jakob Gudbrand has informed the company that he needs to resign from his position as CEO of GN Hearing for personal and family reasons.
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Service-Delivery Considerations of Direct-to-Consumer Devices in the New Age of Rehabilitative Hearing Healthcare
While hearing care professionals might perceive OTC/DTC as a threat or detrimental to their professional autonomy and livelihood, authors Rupa Balachandran and Amyn Amlani show how there are opportunities to meet the demand of listeners with impaired hearing through the provision of revenue-generating professional services. These service opportunities allow for the preservation of the independent practice channel for those practitioners who understand and recognize the economics of the transformed, and continually evolving, US hearing healthcare environment.
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British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association Q2 2019 Report Shows Decline in NHS Market
However, private sales in the UK continued their strong performance with hearing instrument sales up 4.4% on Q1, from 82,573 to 86,250 units sold.
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare, Part 1: Developing a Sound Competitive Strategy
Should you try to compete on price, focus on a specific audiological niche like pediatrics or implants, or differentiate your practice by creating a unique patient experience? Longtime private practice audiologist, Robert Traynor, EdD, MBA, explains how to “avoid getting stuck in the middle” and instead develop a competitive strategy that is right for your hearing healthcare practice and right for your market.
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