Verification and validation (V & V) are clinical tools to ensure functionality of hearing aids as well as individual patient benefit. However, they are not always employed by clinicians, even though they have been found to be correlated with user satisfaction. Rationale and research into the benefits of verification and validation measures are discussed, in addition to ways to implement them into clinical practice.
Read MoreRenata Batteries has developed a new line of 0% mercury silver oxide button cell batteries for hearing aids and other consumer devices.
Read MoreSonus, a division of Amplifon USA, has announced the creation of the first hearing industry franchise model. Kathy Foltner, AuD, will lead the launch in the eastern United States.
Read Moreaudifon USA has named Grant Smith as vice president of sales and Eunice Straw as a new staff audiologist.
Read MoreAvada Audiology is now offering a 4-week intensive training course designed for clinicians that are new to Avada. The course presents basic information, as well as very intensive hands-on learning of techniques.
Read MoreOtometrics announced that it will have a new US home base, effective at the end of February. The new location will have new offices, an R & D center, as well as a customer education and training center.
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Bob Dylan famously said “Don’t look back,” but this time of the year it’s hard not to. As an industry, we’ve come a long way. In January 2011, we find ourselves several generations removed from the initial digital technologies introduced in t
Read MoreSonova, parent company of Phonak and Unitron, has reported more than 8% organic growth in the first 6 months of its fiscal year in addition to revenue gains from its recent acquisitions.
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HR’s annual look, from the perspective of industry participants, at new product/service offerings and events in 2010, as well as what might be expected for 2011 and beyond.
Read MoreWilliam Demant Holding announced today, November 30th, that it had closed its merger with Otix Global, Inc, having cleared approval from the US Federal Trade Commission.
Read MoreP2i, a nano-coating supplier to the hearing industry, has reported significantly increased revenue in its fiscal year ending July 31, 2010.
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TOP NEWS and HEADLINES in October Bidding War Over: Otix Chooses WDH JAMA: Newborn Hearing Screening Improves Developmental Outcomes Causal Link to Super Vision in Deaf Discovered President to Sign Technology and Access Bill into Law
Read MoreThe hearing instrument manufacturer, Sona Hearing, has entered the US market with some novel business concepts designed to improve the logistics between manufacturers and dispensers, while providing consumers with a new way to select product features.
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Marketing professionals and practitioners/dispensers wax about cerumen management and the otoscopic products they utilize and sell.
Read MoreWith GN ReSound A/S updating its offer to $64.2 million, the stakes are high and perhaps going higher in what’s becoming a bidding war between GN and William Demant Holding for Otix Global.
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