Total US unit sales increased by 3.4% and 2.3% in the first two quarters of 2017, making for a total unit sales increase of 2.8% in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year—or a total of 1.87 million hearing aids sold.
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This financial progress reportedly enables the company to initiate its planned redefinition of its business growth strategy, concentrating the scope of its activities as a medical technology innovator, specializing in the design, development, and production of its own suite of proprietary therapeutic and diagnostic medical devices.
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In his new role, Taylor will work with Director of Professional Development, Jim Fedio, and Director of Managed Care, Dan Quall, to create efficiencies for patient management and profits for hearing health providers.
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For the second year in a row, Southwestern Hearing was the only hearing aid company in America to be honored, placing 30th in the small business category.
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Eva’s sound processing is tailored to treat distinct hearing loss patterns experienced by women. Loud sounds above 85 dB are reduced for a comfortable listening experience in noisy settings.
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This month’s cover is meant to depict the turmoil that our industry finds itself in, as disruptive technology threatens to change some long-standing rules about hearing aid distribution and over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids move a step closer to reality.
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The bottom line is that benefit with a hearing instrument can and should be measured, assessed, adjusted, and documented to achieve maximum performance capabilities for all patients.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) is in full support of the bill and has issued an Action Alert to encourage consumers—especially those affected by hearing loss—to take action by writing to their senators and congressmen to vote in support of this groundbreaking legislation.
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It appears that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to tender some draft form of a classification for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids very soon—quite possibly at the June 9 National Academies’ Hearing Health Care Report Dissemination Meeting.
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The Hearing Industries Association (HIA)—the national trade association for manufacturers of hearing aids—believes that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates an Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aid category as required by legislation now under consideration in Congress (S.670/H.R.1652), such medical devices should meet the same FDA standards as existing hearing aids and should be offered only to people with mild hearing loss, HIA announced.
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“Whattage” represents the frequency with which a listener uses “What?”, cognate words, or behaviors that prompt repetitions by a communicatively significant other. The concept of “Whattage” has broad implications for marketing the value of hearing correction to the general public, as well as individual members of the communicative dyad.
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Can a fish with a malformed jaw tell us something about hearing loss in mice and humans? The answer is yes, according to a new publication in ‘Scientific Reports.’
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From May 21-23, hearing healthcare professionals gained a competitive edge with training from EarQ and Oticon, Smorum, Denmark, EarQ announced. The three-day event was held at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown Hotel in Syracuse, New York.
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In an effort to make certain types of hearing aids more accessible and affordable, US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, co-sponsored the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, the senator’s office announced. This bipartisan bill was introduced by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Charles Grassley (R-IA).
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Consumers are invited to HLAA2017, a communication-accessible educational program and trade show for people with hearing loss, hosted by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the organization announced.
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