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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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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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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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 addressed patient safety and education, delivery care, innovation, and public policy at the meeting “Hearing Forward 2020.”
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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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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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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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Hearing aid pricing trends relative to practice affiliation and gross revenues.
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Shapiro has helped direct policymakers and business leaders on the importance of innovation in the US economy and helped ensure that technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
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IntriCon has taken another major step forward in its hearing aid and hearables offerings—this time adding audio streaming functionality. IntriCon’s and NXP’s R&D teams merged hearing aid engineering and wireless audio streaming semiconductor technology to deliver hearing aid devices that can stream wireless audio from IntriCon’s wireless accessories. It intends to launch this technology—coupled with a remote microphone—into its Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) and Direct-to-Insurance (DTI) channels in the first half of 2018.
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The hearing healthcare landscape is changing, but there are several ways to not only survive but thrive in this new age including Medicare Advantage programs and constantly improving direct-to-consumer hearing devices. Part 1 looks at practical pathways for shifting to a fee-for-service (unbundled) business model.
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Garry Gordon, MS, Del Hawk, AuD, and Michael J. Metz, PhD, say that marketing conditions are changing, and not everyone will need a Rolls Royce if a Ford or Chevrolet will do. They state that both hearing aid manufacturers and the various professional delivery channels need to recognize and acknowledge these changes.
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IntriCon Corporation, the Minneapolis-based manufacturer of branded hearing aids and hearables including hi HealthInnovations and EarVenture and the new owner of Hearing Help Express, recorded sales of $88.3 million, up 29.9% from $68.0 million in 2016. The company is expanding its manufacturing footprint and is looking ahead to the emerging OTC hearing aid market.
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Tinnitus Shield has been designed to protect against damaging sounds shown to cause tinnitus for individuals at risk of acquiring this condition.
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