M&As, the Blended Care Model, and Teleaudiology
What do the recent mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of hearing care dispensing networks mean for private practice audiologists and hearing aid specialists?
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ASHA Appoints A. Lynn Williams as 2021 President
In her term, Williams will work to advance the objectives of ASHA and its more than 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students in communication sciences and disorders.
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Staying Open: Are You an Essential Service?
Hearing healthcare professionals across the country are in a tough spot regarding how they should operate their practices during the punishing Covid-19 pandemic. David Smriga provides his perspectives and advice about the question, "Is hearing healthcare an 'essential service'?"
Unilateral Hearing Loss: Underappreciated, Undertreated
An introduction to the October 2019 special edition of The Hearing Review about unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in its many forms.
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PCC 2.0: From Awareness to Action!
The transition from a traditional, paternalistic, and provider-focused system to a model that considers patients as active partners in their own care is the next big challenge. Ida Institute Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen explains how this might be set into action in hearing healthcare.
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ADA to ‘Move the Needle’ at 2019 AuDACITY Convention on November 14-16
The Academy of Doctors of Audiology will hold its 2019 AuDACITY Convention on November 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. This year’s theme, “Move the Needle,” relects the need for practices to respond to the hearing health needs of older adults with quality hearing healthcare.
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UK Hearing and Optical Associations Meet to Discuss Future Collaboration
For some years, audiology has had a close relationship with optometry, with an increasing number of optical practices electing to offer their patients audiology services as a part of their clinical offering.
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IntriCon Provides Insights into OTC Hearing Aid Market; Experiences Some Headwinds in Q2 2019
The company is bullish on the prospects of the upcoming OTC hearing device regulations from FDA, which it anticipates being issued this November and implemented in mid-2020. In his comments to investors, IntriCon CEO Mark Gorder was also optimistic that the new OTC hearing device regulations would be more liberal relative to the amount of allowable gain and for whom the devices might be intended.
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Legislation Introduced to Promote Workforce Diversity in Allied Health Professions
This legislation would provide grants to increase opportunities for individuals who are from underrepresented backgrounds, including students from racial and ethnic minorities, in the professions of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology.
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Oticon Grant Funds Sertoma Scholarships for Students with Hearing Loss
The scholarship awards can be used for any school-related expenses including tuition, books, and supplies during any academic term, including the summer term.
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Oticon Grant Funds Sertoma Scholarships for Students with Hearing Loss
The scholarship awards can be used for any school-related expenses including tuition, books, and supplies during any academic term, including the summer term.
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ASHA Publishes Data on Annual Salaries from New Audiology Survey
Of the 1,615 respondents who reported how they were paid, more than 4 in 5 (81%) respondents were employed as clinical service providers whose salaries ranged from $79,095 for providers to $104,293 for administrators, supervisors, and directors. Private practice owners had an annual median salary of $84,000, according to the report.
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Blog: FDA to Issue First Proposed Rules on OTC Hearing Aids in November
It now appears the “OTC regulatory debate” could potentially follow the same general timeframe as the 2020 presidential race—starting with proposed rules by the FDA in November of this year.
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ASHA Publishes Data on Annual Salaries from New Audiology Survey
Of the 1,615 respondents who reported how they were paid, more than 4 in 5 (81%) respondents were employed as clinical service providers whose salaries ranged from $79,095 for providers to $104,293 for administrators, supervisors, and directors. Private practice owners had an annual median salary of $84,000, according to the report.
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Re-evaluating Best Practices for Patient Needs
Audiologist Dennis Van Vliet says smart, time-saving approaches to patient care must be efficient and not sacrifice the elements of good practice, but we shouldn’t doggedly stick to a prescribed routine that calls for rote completion of procedures when they yield little of the information needed to manage patients’ needs.
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We’re Almost There for Music…
Over the past several years, the hearing aid industry has responded to the need for improved hearing aid processing for the listening to, and the playing of, music. Better-configured A/D converters and a number innovations have provided great solutions. Marshall Chasin explains why emulating a single-channel processor might be the next “big step” forward for audiophiles with hearing aids.
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MedRx Celebrates 25th Anniversary
MedRx is celebrating its 25th anniversary in May. This article looks back on the many achievements and successes of the company, ranging from the Otowizard to the Avant ARC.
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Amplifon Off to a Hot Start in 2019
Amplifon, the parent group of Miracle Ear and Elite Hearing Network, published impressive first quarter 2019 financial results, showing revenue growth of 25.4% driven by solid organic growth and a large contribution from their M&A activity, notably from their recent purchase of the GAES hearing aid dispensing network based in Spain.
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