The 2025 AAA Foundation Jill Botkin Hearing Health-Care Accessibility Scholarship is now accepting applications from audiology students committed to improving hearing care access in underserved communities.
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) cautions that OTC hearing aid rules currently under review by the FDA may unintentionally hinder or repeal important consumer protection authorities, undermining states’ ability to ensure safe and affordable access to hearing aids. Currently, all 50 states have hearing professional licensing requirements and many have important protections for hearing aid consumers, including advertising restrictions, as well as mandatory warrantees and returns.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on April 16 that it will be providing a Dear Colleague Letter reminding community partners that are involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response that the “Americans with Disabilities Act” applies to their services.
Covid-19 is still impacting hearing aid sales, but these strategies can blunt its effects while preparing your practice for what many experts predict will be an excellent year for hearing healthcare in 2021.
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The RGCP toolkit—sponsored by BIHIMA—was created to support GPs to consult effectively with deaf patients and provide training and support around deafness and hearing loss in primary care.
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Increasingly, consumers would rather pay for expensive goods and services with a series of loans, so they can stick to their budget and easily see what they owe. One may be for hearing aids, another for the car, making it easy to see how much money is going out. Many of these loans are low-interest and some may even be no-interest, ultimately adding value to the hearing care practice and potentially attracting many more patients.
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BSL users can now access Universal Credit through a video relay service provided by the Department for Work and Pensions. The move will support many of the 87,000 deaf BSL users currently living in the UK.
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When conducted via eAudiology, effective communication between hearing care practitioners and patients and their significant others is dependent on both technical and interpersonal factors.
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They are asking whether languages change so they are easier to produce, or whether they change in ways that make them easier for others to understand. Initial results challenge a long held notion that signs move toward the face in order to be easier to understand.
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Livio AI interfaces with a brand-new mobile app — Thrive™ Hearing and three new wireless accessories—the Starkey Hearing Technologies TV, the Remote, and the Remote Microphone +.
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The HIA submitted a comprehensive Addendum on June 30, 2016 to the FDA in response to questions the Agency posed in its April 21, 2016 Workshop regarding hearing healthcare and devices in the US.
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Updated: The FDA has released the agenda for its April 21, 2016 workshop on “Streamlining Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for Hearing Aids,” which can be viewed via FDA webcast. Dave Fabry, PhD, of Starkey will represent HIA on a panel that examines quality standards.
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The fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015 marked strong growth for the private sector, with an 8.2% increase in sales compared to Q4 2014. The VA increased its dispensing activity by 2.3%. Total hearing aid unit sales grew by 7.0% in Q4 2015. What is not known is how much private sector growth can be attributed to the market gains of low-cost retailers like Costco.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its third of three public workshops on Thursday, September 10 at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, DC. Remote registration is available.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its second of three public meetings on Tuesday, June 30. The IOM meetings will culminate in a consensus report that may provide context for future top-down governmental responses and influence decisions related to affordability and accessibility of hearing aids, PSAPs, tinnitus devices, and hearing care services.
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