American and British Tinnitus Associations Announce Partnership
The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) and British Tinnitus Association (BTA) have announced...
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Researchers ‘Reprogram’ Mature Inner Ear Cells to Regenerate
A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a...
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Asymptotic Hearing Loss: When Is a Metaphor Just a Metaphor?
Like all healthcare fields where the clinician needs to explain complex concepts to the lay public, metaphors are used. In the optical field, “nearsighted” and “farsighted” are actually good metaphors despite their simplicity and academic inaccuracy. In the field of audiology, we have the description of the audiogram with the piano keyboard across the top; a good explanation, but limited in that it’s only the right hand side of the keyboard and musical notes are not pure-tones.
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare Part 2: Differentiating a Practice with Comorbidity Screening, Monitoring, and Diagnostics
A differentiation strategy does not occur by accident. This discussion focuses on differentiating a practice with screening for comorbid conditions related to hearing loss, using close and regular monitoring of your patients’ status, and the use of an up-to-date and evidence-based approach to diagnostic assessment.
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Bose Receives FDA Class II Designation for Self-fitting Hearing Aid, Favorable ITC Ruling on Headphone Patent Infringement
The FDA published its final order on Bose’s De Novo application for a self-fitting hearing aid. The new hearing aid is a Class II device subject to controls similar to other wireless hearing aids, but with special safety and labeling requirements. This is not to be confused with an “OTC hearing device.” In unrelated news, the US ITC has ruled that several companies have infringed on Bose patents related to the company’s “StayHear” headphone tips.
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IHS 2019 Convention Sets the Stage for Future
The 68th International Hearing Society (IHS) Convention was held September 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, with its theme “setting the stage” for the future of quality hearing healthcare.
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Inaugural Empower Conference Tackles Changes in Hearing Healthcare
About 650 audiologists, hearing aid specialists, and ENT physicians attended the inaugural Empower Conference in Orlando, hosted by Your Hearing Network (YHN). The conference featured almost 100 educational sessions and participation from over 40 companies and organizations in the hearing healthcare field.
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What Sen Elizabeth Warren and President Trump Have in Common
In an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Warren, when asked what she and the President agreed on, mentioned the “Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017,” which President Trump signed into law that same year.
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Blue Shield of California Adds Hearing Aid Benefit to Medicare Supplement Plan
Blue Shield’s Medicare Supplement Plan G Extra is available to Medicare beneficiaries throughout California that’s designed to be affordable, according to the company’s announcement.
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Oticon Team Presented at Recent Empower Conference in Orlando
The Oticon Team reported on hearing healthcare trends, technology innovations, and clinical advances at Empower Conference.
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Service-Delivery Considerations of Direct-to-Consumer Devices in the New Age of Rehabilitative Hearing Healthcare
While hearing care professionals might perceive OTC/DTC as a threat or detrimental to their professional autonomy and livelihood, authors Rupa Balachandran and Amyn Amlani show how there are opportunities to meet the demand of listeners with impaired hearing through the provision of revenue-generating professional services. These service opportunities allow for the preservation of the independent practice channel for those practitioners who understand and recognize the economics of the transformed, and continually evolving, US hearing healthcare environment.
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Audiology Rankings and Workforce
On July 12, the “US News & World Report MONEY” website ranked Audiology as the 29th best healthcare job—dead last on this particular list of 29 healthcare professions.
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Competing in the New Era of Hearing Healthcare, Part 1: Developing a Sound Competitive Strategy
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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Blog: Recent Audiology Rankings Pose Some Questions
On July 12, the US News & World Report MONEY website ranked Audiology as the 29th best health care job—dead last on its list. Didn’t these lists only recently rank Audiology as one of the top jobs?
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The University of Miami Hosts 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children
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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