Free Webinar on Clinician Well-being Offered by Ida Institute
This four-part course taught by Dunay Schmulian, PhD, addresses causes and remedies for such things as vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
This four-part course taught by Dunay Schmulian, PhD, addresses causes and remedies for such things as vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
The 69th Annual International Hearing Society Convention will be held—in person!—on August 12-14 at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego. This year’s convention offers up to 9.5 CEUs, deep dives into the hottest topics in hearing healthcare, and networking with peers, subject-matter experts, and industry leaders.
In some ways, handling the initial phone call from a potential customer is as important as programming a hearing aid, says hearing care consultant Von Hansen. Because you don't have to worry about hearing aid programming, verification and validation, AR, etc, if you can’t get the patient to come into your office in the first place.
The American Diabetes Association has recognized hearing loss as being more common in people with diabetes, and added audiology to its table on referrals for initial diabetes care management in its recent updated “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2021” published in the January 2021 edition of Diabetes Care, the organization’s professional magazine.
Read MoreThe rise of the global pandemic has only raised the stakes for strong web-based marketing in the realm of hearing healthcare. Online reviews, patient referrals, and physician marketing also play a large role in today’s successful independent practice.
Read MoreWhile physicians are increasingly valuing the care and expertise of hearing care professionals, the perception surrounding hearing aids can occasionally get in the way. Here are some tips for emphasizing professional hearing care services while addressing affordability/accessibility issues to physicians.
Read MoreSpreading the word about tinnitus care throughout the community can help hearing care professionals stand out from the crowd while developing a busy niche. This article looks using tinnitus remediation and financing options to help build your practice.
Read MoreMany chronic health conditions are now being linked to hearing loss. Hearing care professionals can become “the hearing provider” for any future referrals of patients with hearing loss. However, some barriers, including the perception of accessibility and affordability, first need to be overcome.
Read MorePartnerships between lenders and hearing care professionals can ensure that proper information is relayed to consumers with specific loan possibilities, such as low-interest loans that can work over 24, 36, 48, or 60 months. “Successful hearing care providers understand how to position financing as the ability to move forward with an improved quality of life,” says Chris Klemick of Ally Lending, “which is being able to hear well on a daily basis.”
Read MoreA new paper from a group of private-practice audiologists explores how the future of hearing healthcare depends upon recognizing and serving patients from a whole-person perspective—moving away from the narrow view of addressing hearing loss through amplification only, to becoming “hearing loss mitigation counselors” and treating the needs of the individual.
Read MoreA new “Future Ear” podcast by Dave Kemp of Oaktree Products features great ideas and perspectives from six audiologists in different parts of the United States. The podcast highlights the uniqueness of some of the individual work situations and regions, and includes several excellent tips about how to adapt a practice in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery.
Read MoreA new webinar featuring Drs Douglas Beck and Clifford Olson addresses how Covid-19 is changing hearing healthcare private practice and the hearing industry. The webinar, recorded on Friday, June 19, 2020, is now available on demand.
Read MoreHearing healthcare practices made good progress toward recovery in May and look to do significantly better in June, according to results from The Hearing Review’s third survey that looks at the impact of the coronavirus on our field.
Read MoreIn response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) announced that it will be holding its annual convention online, and present AuDacity 2020: Forge Ahead & Forge Ahead Down Under, on October 16-17, 2020, in collaboration with Independent Audiologists Australia (IAA) and Independent Audiologists New Zealand (IANZ).
Read MoreFor the past 20 years, Dr Jennings was an Associate Professor and faculty member in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University and an Associate in the National Centre for Audiology, where her research made a large and lasting impact in adult aural rehabilitation, family-centered care and counseling, and many other areas of audiology.
Read MoreA bipartisan group is urging fellow Members of Congress to include provisions of the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (H.R. 4056/S. 2446) in upcoming COVID-19 packages. The bill would include eliminating physician order requirements, updating the Medicare statute to classify audiologists as (LLP) practitioners, and authorizing Medicare to reimburse audiologists for the Medicare-covered medically necessary treatment services.
Read MoreUS hearing aid unit sales dropped off the table after the first week of March. However, even with the “Great Lockdown,” first-quarter US hearing aid unit sales still came in about 1% above the same period last year, according to HIA statistics.
Read MoreA survey on how audiologists and hearing aid specialists are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic in their practices during April-May 2020.
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