Brian Taylor and ADA Executive Director Stephanie Czuhajewski provide a counterpoint to a recent Hearing Review editorial by ASHA President Jaynee Handelsman that cautioned against over-the-counter (OTC) hearing devices.
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VARTA-Microbattery Inc announced the appointment of Michelle Martucci to Regional Sales Manager. She will support customers and manage VARTA’s sales representatives in the northeast and central US.
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iHear Medical, a startup specializing in web-enabled hearing solutions, signed an agreement with Flex to serve as iHear Medical’s primary manufacturer and supplier for mass production of its web-enabled, affordable hearing solutions.
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iHear® Medical has announced the launch of an online hearing solutions platform. The company is now taking orders for its invisible iHEARHD® hearing aid, and the iHearTest™, which recently received FDA approval as the first home hearing screener.
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Hearing Network recently shared its views of the current hearing care marketplace, stating that markups by local hearing centers result in overcharges for hearing aids and batteries. Hearing Network proposes a different model of hearing care that makes it more affordable for consumers.
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Sonic’s newest addition to the Cheer family, the Cheer20 miniRITE hearing aid, combines technology, convenience and value, creating opportunities for more users to experience natural sound, along with features not always expected in an entry-level model.
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Dr Van Vliet argues that providing affordable, accessible hearing care is complicated, and technology alone won’t solve the problem, but improvements in the process will help. As recommendations from NAS are reviewed, it is important to consider processes as well.
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This study evaluates 11 low-end and high-end hearing aids and PSAPs, and shows that all high-end hearing aids were able to fit most audiometric configurations, and 2 high-end PSAPs and 1 app were able to fit up to a moderate loss configuration.
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At AudiologyNOW! 2016, The Hearing Review and CareCredit offered data from two recent surveys and hosted a panel of four experts from audiology, dentistry, and private practice.
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Sonova Holding AG—the world’s largest hearing aid manufacturer and parent company of Phonak, Unitron, and Advanced Bionics—has announced its intention to purchase AudioNova, Europe’s second-largest hearing aid retailer for US$952 million.
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Auditdata’s increasing activities in the US have been fueled by its acquisition of Otovation, and its relatively new partnership with Sycle.net–growth that demanded a strengthening of the US team, which Joy Glen joined as VP of US Sales in March 2016.
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Covering AudiologyNOW! 2016, The New York Times reports that hearing aid technologies at the event were impressive, but the real issue on attendees’ minds was how consumer electronics are encroaching on the industry by offering less expensive PSAPs.
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Brian Taylor, AuD, summarizes findings from recent studies about people who complain of hearing loss but are found to have near-normal audiograms, and introduces strategies and tools for assessing how our field might be of greater service to them—while paving a path for what he calls “interventional audiology.”
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Earlens has hired long-time Starkey executive Phil Lyons as its senior VP of sales and professional education. The company plans to launch its unique Light-Driven Hearing Aid in the second quarter of this year.
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Signia, the new hearing aid brand from Sivantos, has unveiled primax, described as the company’s most advanced hearing aid platform to date, and the first technology clinically proven by independent studies to reduce listening effort throughout the day while providing “better than normal” hearing in challenging listening environments.
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