A survey involving customers of one of the largest and longest-established US direct-mail hearing aid companies reveals surprising data on benefit, satisfaction, and value.
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As wireless communication technology and the Information Age merge, hearing care professionals are in a unique position to witness and be part of this important technology shift—and 2.4 GHz wireless may have a large impact on our future.
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President Ronald Reagan was fit with hearing aids in the early 1980s and again by Dr Thomas Powers in February 1988. Here is a first-hand account of fitting the President.
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“We’re now one of the largest—if not the largest—hearing aid distributors in the market, but I really don’t want anyone to know that,” said Costco VP Richard Chavez in a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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An innovation developed by a Purdue researcher in the College of Health and Human Sciences may make it possible for people with severe hearing loss to hear high-frequency sounds like "s," "sh," "f," and "th."
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The following article presents a 10-year (2002-2012) snapshot of regional private-sector hearing aid sales using statistics compiled by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC.
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Our quest in this blog post is to review the beginnings of Audiology to find the person who began the profession—and became the true “Father of Audiology.”
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The A/D converter has been an Achilles’ heel in hearing aid design. Here’s why, as well as details about a new hearing aid that has tackled this problem.
Read MoreAudiology Systems Inc (ASI), the distribution company for Otometrics and other hearing products, has expanded into California and Nevada with two new acquisitions.
Read MoreMice with noise induced hearing loss had about 20% of their hearing restored by a drug that uses a gamma secretese inhibitor originally developed to combat the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Lawrence Brethower, ScD, BC-HIS, director of Ozarks Technical Community College’s Hearing Instrument Science program, is putting his classroom on wheels.
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HR December 2012’s Staff Standpoint: Top Hearing Industry News Stories in 2012
Read MoreMore than 100 hearing care professionals from across the United States participated in Oticon’s 2012 Advanced Marketing Boot Camp, held June 22 to 24 in San Jose, Calif.
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A review of some of the inherent issues when listening to music via hearing aid processing, and how the processing affects sound quality.
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A thug named “John Smith” is looking for his lost C# and wants to find it—now. Just another night and case to solve—with some help from Hallowell Davis and the audiological literature.
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