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Study Indicates Tinnitus Patients Need Our Help

A recent JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery study, published online July 21, indicated that tinnitus affects nearly 10% of the US adult population, and more than half of individuals with tinnitus do not discuss it with their doctor. Dr Taylor covers the implications of the study for hearing healthcare providers.

RANTS! Some Things We Would Change—If We Could

There are a lot of things that might be changed in hearing assessment, treatment, and hearing aid fittings. Here are opinions from 5 long-time hearing care professionals who address some of their pet peeves…frequency lowering, speech in noise, the value of the audiogram and first fits, and more. Read the rants from Marshall Chasin, Laurel Christensen, Doug Beck, Calvin Staples, and Wayne Staab.

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Danish Drama: GN & WDH’s Patent War

Big drama engulfs the Big 6 lately, as top management at US hearing aid companies are forced out, either falling on their swords or being escorted from buildings by security. The real Big 6 drama, however, is the slow, fight-to-the-death that is playing in US and Danish courtrooms, starring two Danish hearing aid manufacturers in a high-stakes patent war.

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