Amyn Amlani Named Chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders at University of Oklahoma
As chair, Amlani will lead efforts to expand the department’s educational, research, and clinical impact.
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Cognivue, AIB to Hold Thought Leader Summit June 25-26
This complimentary educational event will focus on cognitive screening and the growing role of the audiologists and otolaryngologists within the larger cognitive health ecosystem.
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HHTM Appoints Chief Marketing Officer; Celebrates 9th Anniversary
The organization has announced the addition of Nick Fitzgerald as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer.
Real-Ear Measurement and Its Impact on Aided Audibility and Patient Loyalty
This article looks at how differences in the level of audibility provided by each fitting approach—REM vs Quick Fit—impacts speech understanding and, indirectly, patient loyalty towards the provider.
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Some Turbulent Seas Ahead…
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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OTC, Hearing Aids, and Cost as a Barrier to Purchase: An Interview with Amyn M. Amlani, PhD
The argument that a new FDA class of OTC hearing aids will dramatically expand the hearing healthcare market by making hearing aids more affordable is often taken as a “given.” However, research into what economists call “price elasticity”—or how much growth occurs in terms of market penetration when the cost of a product is reduced/increased—tend to suggest otherwise when it comes to hearing aids.
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Improving Patient Perception of Clinical Services Through Real-ear Measurements
This study assessed the impact of REMs on consumer satisfaction as a service component during hearing aid fittings. For the SERVAL scale, overall results revealed that the REM protocol reduced emotional distress, and improved perceived quality of service and value of the fitting compared to the Quick-fit protocol in 3 groups of participants.
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Blog Page: How Do We Increase Hearing Aid Adoption Rates?
In this blog post, Drs Holly Hosford-Dunn and Amyn Amlani analyze the influence of price on the hearing aid market–specifically, the connection between price and hearing aid adoption rates.
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Letters: Killion, Berger Comment on Approach for Assessing Musicians Earplugs
In February letters to the Hearing Review editor, Mead Killion and Elliott Berger comment on some statements made by authors Kris Chesky and Amyn M. Amlani in their January 2016 HR article titled “UNT Develops New Approach for Assessing Musicians Earplugs.”
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UNT Develops New Approach for Assessing Musicians Earplugs
Authors Chesky and Amlani respond to a recent critique of their data by Killion and Haapapuro in the November 2015 Hearing Review, and provide support for their assertions that musicians earplugs lack “flatness” in frequency attenuation.
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Improving Patient Compliance to Hearing Healthcare Services and Treatment through Self-Efficacy and Smartphone Applications
A self-administered hearing test application could improve patient compliance by funneling self-motivated patients into the healthcare system already primed to succeed with amplification technology.
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CareCredit and Hearing Review Host “State of the Industry” Dinner
CareCredit and The Hearing Review hosted a dinner on the eve of the AAA convention that highlighted the fast-paced changes in hearing healthcare and also posed some potential solutions for the future.
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