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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ADA has partnered with IntriCon to launch a low-cost hearing aid to compete with PSAPs, over-the-counter, and Big Box hearing devices. With a wholesale membership cost ranging from $150-250, the new hearing aids are expected to present a high-quality low-cost alternative that will place the provider and evidence-based services—not the device—at the center of the hearing healthcare journey.
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Although the private sector is estimated to make up about 78% of the US hearing aid market, only about 39% of unit sales are estimated to come from true independents. Here is a perspective on the independents by Wayne Staab, PhD.
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Oticon Inc will support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the launch of its “Hear in Pink” national campaign in September and October, combining messages about hearing health and breast cancer awareness and helping to raise funds to support research.
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This article describes a new silver-zinc rechargeable battery system that is located in a battery door that can be retrofitted into many popular hearing aids.
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The Hearing Review asked Sikka Software to summarize some of its hearing care sales metrics, which are displayed in the real-time “National Trends Hearing Care KPI Ticker” at the bottom of our Home Page. This is a visual summary of the data with notes from the company.
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