BIHIMA Launches 2026 Audiologist Survey to Track Shifts in Hearing Care
BIHIMA is inviting hearing care professionals across the UK and Ireland to participate in its 2026 audiologist survey, with findings slated for publication later this year.
BIHIMA is inviting hearing care professionals across the UK and Ireland to participate in its 2026 audiologist survey, with findings slated for publication later this year.
BIHIMA's EuroTrak UK 2025 survey reveals rising satisfaction among hearing device users, but also a slight dip in adoption.
BIHIMA released its Q1 2023 data on hearing instrument usage in the UK and Ireland, showing a four-year high in both regions.
The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) announced the release of Q2 2021 market data showing “massive growth in the Irish and UK private hearing instrument markets.”
Read MoreHearing instrument unit sales are down for Q1 of 2021 compared to the previous quarter, which is “unsurprising due to the lockdown restrictions that ran throughout spring this year and increased COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations at the start of the year,” according to an announcement from the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA).
Read MoreIn a recent survey of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA), consumers were questioned about their awareness of the co-existence of hearing loss and other diseases such as dementia, depression, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
Read MoreThe latest UK and Irish hearing instrument data for Q4 2020 shows significant NHS recovery in the final months of the year, despite a second national lockdown in December, according to an announcement from the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA).
Read MoreTo mark Tinnitus Week (February 1-7, 2021), The British Irish Hearing Instrument Association (BIHIMA) announced the results of a survey that questioned its research panel of UK audiologists on the subject of tinnitus awareness.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMany older people who may not have previously chosen to use technology in their everyday lives have been forced to embrace it to combat isolation during the pandemic, using iPads and smartphones to communicate with loved ones and carry out essential tasks such as online shopping and contacting GPs.
Read MoreAccording to BIHIMA’s announcement, the latest UK and Irish hearing instrument Q3 data shows that “the private hearing instrument market is recovering well, with the NHS market picking up at a slower rate.”
Read MoreQ2 shows the impact of the effects of the lockdown in the private sector and the scaling back of the NHS audiology service during lockdown, with an 85% reduction in sales in the UK in Q2 compared to Q1, according to BIHIMA’s report.
Read MoreIn a recent survey of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) and announced on its website, 16% of respondents self-reported suffering from hearing loss, with men being nearly twice as likely to suffer as women: 1 in 5 men reported suffering from hearing loss compared to 1 in 10 women.
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic has affected all of us in varying ways and our industry is responding admirably, pulling together to balance the need for provision with patient safety, while keeping infection risk as low as possible for audiologists and other clinical practitioners.
Read MoreNot surprisingly, the UK figures are slightly down on Q4 2019, with over 400,000 units sold. Ireland Q1 units were particularly robust following a strong Q4 in 2019, with 16,830 units sold, according to BIHIMA.
Read MoreBIHIMA supports the government’s recommendation that community audiology clinics are exempt from general retail closures, as well as the British Academy of Audiology’s (BAA) COVID-19 guidelines, which offer alternatives to face-to-face interactions.
Read MoreIt is the board’s hope to bring the sector together again, in person, in the not-too-distant future, but in the meantime we will continue to support the industry online and will be working with all our partners and stakeholders as we aim to remain united and resilient in the face of this unprecedented situation.
Read MoreAccording to the report, the key finding is that private (non-NHS) units were “very strong in Q4” with sales up 9.7% on the same period in 2018 and up 8.1% on Q3 2019. Over the whole of 2019, private units were up 6.9% on 2018.
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