Interactive sessions included getting “hands-on” with various hearing instruments and cochlear implants while other classes discussed life in private practice and the importance of incorporating Family Centered Care.
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The RRT is an integrated speech test that provides a platform for individualized counseling. The goal is to provide a better understanding of each patient’s communication difficulties, then use that understanding to set realistic expectations. We believe the use of this tool, along with other tools that allow individualized fine-tuning, could help promote greater patient satisfaction for hearing aids.
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Audiologist Marshall Chasin posits a simple test that can be employed with a piano or keyboard that might quickly screen people for the possibility of a cochlear dead zone.
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Dennis Van Vliet recently attended the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) conference and was reminded that “stepping out of the silo of work that I do every day into another, but related, realm is important to broaden my understanding of the larger discipline.”
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Should you try to compete on price, focus on a specific audiological niche like pediatrics or implants, or differentiate your practice by creating a unique patient experience? Longtime private practice audiologist, Robert Traynor, EdD, MBA, explains how to “avoid getting stuck in the middle” and instead develop a competitive strategy that is right for your hearing healthcare practice and right for your market.
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The new technology is based on a recent hearing aid specification, Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) on Bluetooth Low Energy Connection-Oriented Channels, which Google has developed in collaboration with GN Hearing and Cochlear.
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The new portfolio is said to package ReSound LiNX Quattro technology with “brilliant sound and excellent streaming into discreet custom-crafted hearing aids,” according to GN’s announcement.
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Combining seizure-preventing electrical stimulation with repetitive musical tones improves processing of sounds in the brain, according to new research.
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AB 598, authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), would require private health insurance companies to cover the costs of hearing aids for children.
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Still located at www.sensaphonics.com, the new site features a “sleek, modern design with enhanced shopping functionality,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Hearing aids continue to offer special programs for special listening needs. But just how good are these programs, and what types of preferences do hearing aid wearers have when using them? This study compares two special programs with the Universal program in Widex EVOKE hearing aids. Along with some revealing insights into fitting individual patients, the results demonstrated that both special programs performed the job they were designed to do, and the overall study shows the potential benefits of providing special programs for special listening situations and individual preferences.
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According to the online survey of more than 1,000 US adults ages 65-80 conducted in June, the prevalence of hearing loss among those who listened to loud music when they were young (ie, in their teens and 20s) is 40% greater than the percentage of hearing loss indicated in studies of older Americans that don’t include questions about music listening habits.
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The organization was built on Bill Austin’s vision—So the World May Hear—and empowers individuals and communities to achieve their full potential. The Summer Sounds Benefit replaces the previous Starkey Gala celebration which ran for 20 years and was a highlight on the Twin Cities’ social calendar.
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The conference was organized by the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance and supported by the UHealth Ear Institute and other academic and private sector organizations.
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The researchers found that noise trauma causes substantially greater changes in neural processing of complex sounds compared with age-related metabolic loss, potentially explaining large differences in speech perception commonly seen between people with the same clinically defined degree of hearing loss based on an audiogram.
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