Comorbidities and Hearing Care
We need to celebrate the victories when we can. The progress made in creating awareness about the links between diabetes and hearing loss has been impressive.
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Diabetes and Hearing Loss
Researchers examining the link between hearing loss and lifestyle factors believe that hearing healthcare has an important role in diabetes care and management. And now the American Diabetes Association, the CDC, and others are starting to agree…
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Current Crises, Future Opportunities: The Audiology Profession at the Crossroads
While no one can say with absolute certainty what the future holds, Harvey Abrams, Ph.D., offers...
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Oticon Honors Veterans on National Vietnam Veterans Day
As an official supplier of hearing devices to the Veterans Administration (VA), Department of Defense (DOD), and other federal agencies, Oticon has “the privilege of bringing life-saving technology to many US veterans and active-duty military service personnel.”
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WHO Releases First ‘World Report on Hearing’
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing.
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Phone Script Tips: Arming Your Receptionist or PCC with the Tools to Succeed
In some ways, handling the initial phone call from a potential customer is as important as programming a hearing aid, says hearing care consultant Von Hansen. Because you don’t have to worry about hearing aid programming, verification and validation, AR, etc, if you can’t get the patient to come into your office in the first place.
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Frequency Therapeutics Appoints Kevin Franck as SVP
Dr Franck will lead pre-commercial strategy and launch planning for Frequency’s clinical pipeline, including its lead program aimed at developing a restorative treatment for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), the most common form of hearing loss.
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Managing Managed Care
Managed care is substantially growing in depth and breadth every year. Telehealth, OTC, the current pandemic, and other factors significantly impact the modern hearing care office in tandem with managed care. Therefore, as we evaluate, select and participate in managed care, we must seek and select the opportunities which best meet the goals and needs of the modern hearing care office.
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Link Between Dual Sensory Loss and Depression
People with combined vision and hearing loss are nearly four times more likely to experience depression and more than three times more likely to suffer chronic anxiety, according to a new study published in the journal “Frontiers in Psychology” and led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
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CSD Unites Community Foundation Launches
The Foundation is a grant provider and partner that works collaboratively with deaf-led organizations and communities to achieve long-term, widespread impact.
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Ida Institute Partners with NAL
This is the non-profit institute’s “first formal collaboration with an organization exclusively focused on research and represents a significant milestone for the entire Ida community.”
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Synchrony/CareCredit to Acquire Allegro Credit
Synchrony announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Allegro Credit, a provider of point-of-sale consumer financing for audiology products, dental services, and musical instruments.
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MedPB Presents “Adapt to Thrive in 2021: How to Reduce Uncertainty and Sell More Hearing Aids”
MedPB is offering the free web event, “How to Reduce Uncertainty and Sell More Hearing Aids”, starting on Wednesday, January 27, designed to highlight how hearing care practices are growing despite the pandemic, as well as strategies for getting patients “stick like glue” and increase sales.
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The Resurgence of Covid-19 and Adjustments in Hearing Care Marketing
Covid-19 is still impacting hearing aid sales, but these strategies can blunt its effects while preparing your practice for what many experts predict will be an excellent year for hearing healthcare in 2021.
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Listen Technologies Launches Private Channels Feature
The new feature is part of a firmware upgrade to Listen EVERYWHERE, the award-winning wireless system that streams audio and customized content directly to smartphones and smart devices.
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