The FTC held the workshop, “Now Hear This” looking at a myriad of issues surrounding technology and competition in hearing healthcare, as well as how over-the-counter hearing aids might impact customer satisfaction, the use of amplification products, consumer safety, and professional care.
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GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound LiNX 3D™, which is designed to take Smart Hearing to new levels, and features a comprehensive ecosystem that connects hearing aids, all wireless accessories, and smartphone apps to make everything work together. The new hearing care solution also offers teleaudiology features with remote fine-tuning and remote hearing aid updates enabled by GN’s proprietary and secure cloud solution.
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World Wide Hearing (WWH), a Quebec, Canada-based non-profit organization that provides access to affordable hearing aids to children and youth in developing countries and underserved communities, is one of the 10 finalists competing for a $750,000 grant in the 2017 edition of Google.org Impact Challenge, Canada. Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has pledged to donate $5 million to 10 non-profit organizations utilizing technology to help effect social change.
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Recognizing that formal training in telemedicine is not widely offered to physicians-in-training, the American Medical Association adopted a new policy to ensure medical students learn to use telecare.
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Researchers at UC Davis have shown that the California Tele-Audiology Program (CTP), which provides follow-up diagnostic evaluations for infants who did not pass their initial newborn hearing test, dramatically improves access to audiologists. Families with access to CTP had 100% participation in follow up evaluations.
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The newly developed app reportedly adheres to international calibration standards, can be loaded onto a low-cost, smartphone, is automated, and continuously monitors background noise to ensure reliable testing.
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The Telecommunications Industry Association says policies and practices should be in place to enable telehealth and remote patient monitoring in the digital medical age.
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The American Medical Association says it believes that the appropriate use of telemedicine to deliver care to patients could greatly improve access and quality of care, while maintaining patient safety.
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This edition of HR contains the first full-fledged dispenser survey this magazine has conducted since 2006, and I feel a little bad because a lot of the information that it contains is not particularly positive or uplifting.
Read MoreThe editor chooses his Top-10 articles for 2013, along with several others that could just as well have been in the Top-10.
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The August 2013 Hearing Review is now on the Web!
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The 2013 American Academy of Audiology’s convention celebrated the Academy’s 25th anniversary. Although attendance was down compared to previous years, there was no lack of excitement or things to see.
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An overview of the VA telehealth and pilot tele-audiology programs.
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Some unique features and programs that are part of the world’s largest tele-audiology system.
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A look at the new International Hearing Care Technician Training Certificate for extending worldwide hearing care.
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