Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study
When fitting compression circuitry hearing aids to patients with ANSD, slowing down the compression attack/ release time may have a positive impact on speech production.
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Van Vliet’s Final Word: Patient Privacy vs Patient Care and Safety
I have a good friend whose wife has a severe hearing loss. Other members of her immediate family are affected as well. Her severe loss is one of those that we would expect to benefit greatly from amplification, but she has a very poor success rat
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What’s New About NAL-NL2?
A concise summary of some of the key changes to the ubiquitous NAL fitting algorithm.
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Expert Roundtable: Issues in Audition, Cognition, and Amplification
We Hear with Our Brains!By Douglas L. Beck, AuD (moderator/guest-editor)Cognitive Load and AmplificationBy Brent Edwards, PhDHigher-level Processing and Aided Speech-Understanding in Older AdultsBy Larry E. Humes, PhDThe Cognitive Part of Speech Reco
Read MoreOregon’s Pacific University School of Audiology Receives CAA Accreditation
Pacific University’s new Doctor of Audiology degree program has received accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The 3-year AuD program will begin this fall in Hillsboro, Ore, with 23 students.
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Employing the “Talk and Tweak Method” When Faced with Vague Sound Quality Complaints
Dennis Van Vliet, AuD, discusses the age-old “Talk and Tweak” method for achieving sound quality
Read MoreSix Hearing Aid Manufacturers Form Hearing Research Consortium
The hearing industry’s largest manufacturers have collaborated to create the Hearing Industry Research Consortium (IRC). The IRC’s mission is reportedly to develop and direct a non-competitive, mutually agreed upon research agenda that is designed to benefit the industry, as well as hearing professionals and end users.
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Van Vliet’s Final Word: Considerations for Patients with Cognitive Deficits
Considerations for Patients with Cognitive Deficits
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Van Vliet’s Final Word – How do We Establish a Rapport that Communicates our Competence and Purpose?
Van Vliet’s Final Word – How do We Establish a Rapport that Communicates our Competence and Purpose?
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3D Digital Ear Scanners Steal the Show at AAA
Although most hearing industry conventions are usually dominated by news of a new hearing aid, the big talk of the American Academy of Audiology’s AudiologyNOW! in Boston was the introduction of 3D digital ear scanners. The idea that one d
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What’s New at AAA 2012?
If you missed 2012 AAA in Boston, here’s a summary of the new hearing products and services featured on the showroom floor.
Read MoreAudigy Group Hosts AGX Technology Summit
Audigy Group recently hosted more than 350 hearing care professionals in Scottsdale, Ariz for a national summit on the newest advances in hearing care and hearing technology.
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This Old Anvil
One of my favorite poems is Carl Sandburg’s The People Yes. In it, he writes: “This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers. There are men who can’t be bought. The fireborn are at home in fire. The stars make no noise. You can’t hinder
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Ensuring Successful Passage on the Patient Journey—So We Don’t Get Squashed
Long-time industry commentator and award-winning columnist Dennis Van Vliet brings his views to the pages of HR. This month, Dr Van Vliet examines the need for a systematic method of evaluating outcomes within a practice.
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The Secret Is Service
As new direct-to-consumer (DTC) online distributors continue to enter our market, dispensing professionals need to remember that it is their skills and services that define our industry’s collective value to the consumer.
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