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Individualizing Hearing Healthcare: New Opportunities in OTC Hearing Aids

Individualizing Hearing Healthcare: New Opportunities in OTC Hearing Aids

Jun 10, 2020 | , | 0 |

With the current and future changes in hearing healthcare, we have a newfound opportunity and increased flexibility for individualized care. Whether we are considering the level of service or the application of advanced hearing aid processing, one size does not fit all. Here is a brief summary of the research about how hearing care professionals can make meaningful differences in the individual care of consumers who are using amplification products—regardless of whether these are OTC or traditionally dispensed hearing devices.

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Comparing Parent Perceptions to Datalogging Information in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Comparing Parent Perceptions to Datalogging Information in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Mar 11, 2020 | , | 0 |

This study found that using datalogging as a tool for counseling parents about their child’s use of and experience with the cochlear implant helps increase wear time, proactively identify technical issues for troubleshooting, and gain new insights into the child’s listening environment and needs. This type of counseling not only provides an objective basis to encourage consistent device use, but also serves as a tool to motivate, reward, or validate parental support of their children’s listening needs.

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Well-Hearing is Well-Being

Well-Hearing is Well-Being

Mar 2, 2020 | | 0 |

The goal of this position statement is to propose a model of well-being that would be easy to use in clinical audiology practice and considers the domains of socio-emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being as core dimensions of well-being. While hearing loss and its associated communication challenges can indeed impact these core well-being dimensions, growing evidence shows that hearing rehabilitation can provide benefits in the same three domains.

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