Betty DeKraker, AuD, the owner of a small hearing clinic in Ontario, is one of five small business owners receiving an AMFB 2016 Small Business Achievement Award. DeKraker’s clinic achieved exponential growth within its first 18 months, with sales numbers she hadn’t forecasted reaching until year five.
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France’s Autorité de la concurrence (Ac) is gathering information to assess the French hearing aid retail sector, with the goal of publishing possible recommendations for improving competition in hearing healthcare and increasing the utilization of hearing devices.
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Hansaton Acoustics announced Adam Miller as its new regional sales manager for the upper midwest territory. Described by Hansaton as an “industry spitfire,” Miller has seven years of sales experience, including three years at Starkey Hearing Technologies.
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AudioNova International BV, Europe’s second-largest hearing aid retailer, is being put up for sale and could garner an offer of around $500 million euros ($559 million), according to a report from Bloomberg Business.
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iHear Medical announced that it received FDA clearance for the iHearTest, the first hearing test approved for over-the-counter (OTC) sales. The iHearTest is intended to profile hearing ability based on WHO guidelines, targeting adults who suspect they have hearing loss, or those reluctant to seek professional evaluation for a basic hearing assessment.
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The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has issued a formal response to the October report of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The PCAST report to President Obama contained its recommendations relating to hearing aid technology and consumer hearing products.
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A licensed hearing aid dispenser and owner of Syracuse Hearing Aid Centers in New York was recently arrested on charges that he operated a criminal scheme in his insurance billing practices. According to reports, the business fraudulently billed more than $1.6 million by selling public employees custom fit earbuds, then billing the state insurance for hearing aids.
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Benson Medical Instruments announced it was awarded a contract by the US Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) to provide NEXT audiometers to all Military Entrance Processing Sites for applicant hearing tests. MEPCOM’s mission is to evaluate applicants’ eligibility for service for all branches of the US military.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), a national organization representing people with hearing loss, has announced that it enthusiastically endorses a new report issued by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). This announcement comes on the heels of an announcement from HIA, which strongly opposes the PCAST recommendations.
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Registration is open for The Hearing Review’s “What Research on First-time Hearing Aid Users Tells Us” webinar, scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST. This webinar is brought to Hearing Review readers by CareCredit.
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Unitron is participating in EUHA 2015 in Germany to launch the company’s new Stride family of BTE and ITE hearing aids, as well as new solutions. This week Unitron also is launching its new products at the company’s International Partner Forum in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Benson Medical Instruments, which designs and manufactures audiometers, spirometers, and software to manage hearing conservation and occupational spirometry programs for companies, has announced a new ID masking feature in its software for occupational hearing tests that helps protect employees’ private data.
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For mass retailers looking to tap into health conscious seniors and Baby Boomers, hearing aids are a dream come true.
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IntriCon Corporation announced that it received approval from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) Audiology Supplies Group for its hearing aid products. IntriCon’s hearing aids will be distributed to the NHS under PC Werth’s Kamplex brand name.
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On September 10, 2015, the IOM’s Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults held its third in a series of three open meetings in Washington, DC. The third meeting covered international perspectives on hearing aid accessibility, young adult perspectives on hearing loss, and improving accessibility and affordability.
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