CD Provides Tools to Help Practices Successfully Connect With Patients
CareCredit®, Costa Mesa, Calif, is offering a free educational CD titled, “Increase Sales by Effectively Connecting with Patients,” featuring Von Hansen.
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Offer Your Patients More Choice With Open-fit Btes
Question: What percentage of hearing aids purchased in 2004, 2005, and so far in 2006 were BTE hearing instruments? Answer: 26%, 32%, and 42%.1 It is no surprise the open-fit BTEs are the leading fo
Read MoreInterton Announces New Executive Leadership
Interton, Minneapolis, has added three new members to its executive team. Carsten Buhl has been named vice president of business operations; Paul Martin is the new vice president of sales; and Christina Papke will be taking on the director of commercial sales position.
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Three Easy Options for Promoting Batteries for Increased Patient Loyalty and Business Growth
Are you looking at ways to increase patient loyalty and grow your practice? Hearing Aid Battery Clubs offer you the opportunity to do both by making batteries part of your patient relationship. Rayovac Pro
Read MoreStarkey CEO to Deliver Keynote Address at Pepperdine’s Graduate School Commencement Exercises
William Austin, founder and CEO of the Starkey Hearing Foundation and Starkey Laboratories, will be honored with the highest honor of its kind, the Doctor of Laws degree, by Pepperdine University at its annual commencement ceremony, Saturday, July 8, 2006, at Alumni Park on the Malibu campus.
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Provide No-interest Payment Plans to Patients for Better Customer Satisfaction
The philosophy behind CareCredit was borne out of the needs of both doctors and patients to have a payment method for non-insured medical services. The company and the value it offers today’s hearing care community
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The HR 2006 Dispenser Survey
How is the relative health of your hearing care office/practice? This year’s survey provides a gauge for assessing your office’s activities relative to others across the United States. The HR 2006 Dispenser Survey reveals that, in 2005, binaural fitting rates and the use of directional systems rose rapidly, open-ear aids now constitute one-quarter of all BTE fittings, and the average price of hearing aids has remained relatively flat during the past year. Find out how your office compares to others in this year’s survey.
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Are We Big Enough?
How many offices are there that dispense hearing instruments in the United States, and how many professional business owners are there? One can have a lively debate on this question. For example, there are 12,349 Yellow
Read MoreOticon Adds Five New Pediatric Team Members
Oticon Inc, Somerset, NJ, expands its pediatric sales and training force to 20 members with the addition of four new Pediatric Account Managers and a new in-house Pediatric Audiologist.
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Study Points to the Value of Third-party Payment Plans
Hearing instrument pricing concerns still weigh heavily on the consumer. In a recent study, the availability of a payment plan came in fourth behind only the hearing care professional’s reputation, products/services offered, and location of the office/practice.
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Multimedia: Better Tools Facilitate a Better Process
The widespread use of digital technology is making another huge impact: multimedia tools that support the entire hearing care process, from diagnosis to counseling, to ongoing aural rehabilitation.
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Rapid Product Changes Mark The New Mature Digital
A summary of hearing industry statistics and speculation on what they may portend.
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Facts vs Myths: The “Skinny” on Slim-Tube Open Fittings
Separating truth from fiction in open fittings. The popularity of open-fit hearing aids has increased dramatically, in large part due to digital features, feedback phase-inversion systems, and cosmetically appealing, instant-fit “slim” tubing. Although the magnitude of the effect is slightly less than with occluded shells or earmolds, open-fit devices equipped with directional microphones—contrary to popular belief—do provide improved speech recognition in noise compared to the unaided or omni-directional conditions.
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Marketplace ’06
In this section, HR presents a glimpse of the various products and services out on the market today.
Read MoreEmbracing the Internet Age
With 62% of Americans using the Internet to research health care, make sure your business is not left behind. Here are some tips on how to create a Web site
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