Survival Strategies in a Competitive Hearing Healthcare Market
Practice owners need effective methods that consider current and potential global market risks, while reviewing and analyzing the market within a specific locale.
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Starkey Shifts to Global R&D Approach; Closes Berkeley SHRC
Starkey Hearing Technologies will be expanding its research and development globally by establishing an advanced development center in Israel; the company closed the Starkey Hearing Research Center (SHRC) in Berkeley, Calif, in late June.
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AUDNET Hearing Group’s First ‘Collaborative Empowerment Expo’ Took Place June 14-15
This member conference, what AUDNET says was designed to “inform, inspire, and engage” the constituencies that collectively are AUDNET Hearing Group, brought exceptional speakers, powerful member expertise, valuable supplier information, and a lot of fun to the AHG member experience.
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InnerScope Hearing Technologies Announces ‘Hearing Better in America’ Marketing Campaign
With this enhancement and re-launch, the Company currently has two eCommerce DTC sales platforms dedicated to helping the hearing-impaired community find what it says are “easy and affordable” hearing solutions.
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InnerScope Announces LOI with AlgorKorea for Distribution of Devices
This Agreement will allow the Company the ability to offer self-fitting hearing aid devices direct-to-consumer through its www.nohasslehearing.com eCommerce store.
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NIDCD Announces Retirement of Director Jim Battey
On June 1, Battey will retire as the director of the NIDCD, the governmental organization announced. He has been a dedicated public servant for 35 years, according to the NIDCD, joining the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1983.
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Embracing Limitations: A Sensational TED Talk and an Interview with Justin Osmond
Once in a while, something comes along so interesting that it qualifies as a “Eureka moment” without even being directly related to hard science or clinical topics. One such instance is the recent TED Talk by Justin Osmond titled “Embracing Our Limitations.” Watch the TED Talk and get the inside scoop on its creation from Osmond in this interview by Douglas Beck, AuD.
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AAA 2018 Convention Gains a New Vibe in Nashville on 30th Anniversary
The AAA 2018 convention in Nashville last week brought a new positive vibe to the Academy gathering, with an exceptional number of audiologists attending, bustling exposition hall, and a positive message of change in tribute to 30 years of excellence for the organization.
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Starkey Hearing Innovation Expo Puts Futuristic Spin (and Inertial Sensors) on Hearing Aids
The Expo brought 3,200 dispensing professionals and their guests—one of the largest congregations of hearing healthcare business owners in the world—from over 40 different countries for four days of learning, inspiration, and fun.
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Data Mining in the Era of Disruptive Technology
In this new era of disruptive technology, hearing care practices need valuable information to help increase the knowledge of decision makers. Primus Business Analytics is designed to help owners and managers effectively identify growth and development opportunities, understand best-practice protocols, the duration and scope of testing, and assist in fine-tuning in ways that would otherwise be virtually impossible.
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InnerScope Hearing Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with Advantego
The Company plans to build a hearing health digital channel which will be a cloud-based monthly subscription using Avantego’s communication platform. It will be designed to deliver tailored and personalized content for individual practices or a network of practices, according to the announcement.
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HIA Holds 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington DC
HIA addressed patient safety and education, delivery care, innovation, and public policy at the meeting “Hearing Forward 2020.”
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Are Post-Fitting Follow-up Visits Not Hearing Aid Best Practices?
This article offers a brief review of select audiological literature related to follow-up visits and their importance, common activities, and best practices, and also presents a field study that examines, in detail, one practice’s follow-ups and outcomes.
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iHEAR Medical Partners with Atlazo to Develop Hearing Aids
The ultra-low power System on Chip (SoC) platform will offer machine learning, analytics, connectivity, and integrated power management capabilities that are designed to enable energy efficiency, size reduction, and cost savings.
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Audiology Patient Choice Act Introduced by Senators Warren and Paul
US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul have introduced the Audiology Patient Choice Act, which is designed to ensure that seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare have access to a full range of hearing and balance health care services provided by licensed audiologists. The bill mirrors legislation introduced in the US House last year and has a history of contention between the hearing healthcare professional organizations.
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