Neurotone AI has integrated the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory into its Lace Pro auditory training app, giving hearing care providers a validated tool to monitor psychosocial outcomes between appointments.
Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body’s innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, announced that it will provide student conference sponsorship for a second year to the Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference, which will allow up to 75 audiology graduate students to attend the event at no cost.
A survey of 56 patients who compared the performance of the Signia Xperience Pure 312 7X hearing aids with their previous hearing aids found satisfaction ratings significantly higher for the Signia devices and also considerably higher than a recent (2018) EuroTrak survey that utilized many of the same survey questions. Wearer preference for Xperience was strong across common listening demands: speech understanding, listening effort, and overall preference. The results demonstrate Xperience wearers can expect high levels of satisfaction, a critical component of long-term success.
Created by the same team that publishes Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), the mission of FindHearing.com is said to “inform, educate, and empower consumers about the importance of hearing healthcare.”
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In this new role, Taylor will focus primarily on scientific marketing and communication, competitive analysis, and industry landscape and trends, while maintaining close relationships with global colleagues, customer-facing teams, and customers.
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In the ”New Age” of patient autonomy—as persons with hearing loss increasingly have the ability to self-direct their care by testing and purchasing hearing devices over-the-counter—counseling and customization are components that still require a human element, and at the heart of this human element is Interpersonal Audiology.
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Desmond joins John Bakke, Bob Tysoe, Brian Taylor, and Suzanne Younker on the MDEmails™contributor team.
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The hearing healthcare landscape is changing, but there are several ways to not only survive but thrive in this new age including Medicare Advantage programs and constantly improving direct-to-consumer hearing devices. Part 1 looks at practical pathways for shifting to a fee-for-service (unbundled) business model.
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“The Role of Communication Partners in the Audiological Rehabilitation” by Vinaya Manchaiah, PhD, and Brian Taylor, AuD, is a new book that uncovers the psychological and social processes that the communication partners of persons with hearing loss might experience.
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A new 3-part webinar courtesy of CareCredit provides insights into gaining new physician referrals from industry experts Brian Taylor, AuD, Bob Tysoe, and Brad Dodson.
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Bakke joins Bob Tysoe and Brian Taylor on the MDEmails contributor team.
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In his new role, Taylor will work with Director of Professional Development, Jim Fedio, and Director of Managed Care, Dan Quall, to create efficiencies for patient management and profits for hearing health providers.
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Clear Digital Media, a provider of custom digital signage and educational programming for the hearing health care industry, announced that they will be introducing MDEmails as their newest service.
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For this installment of “Inside the Research,” Dr Doug Beck asks Dr Brian Taylor about the second edition of his book, which covers fitting, dispensing, and the application of unique skills in audiology. The book from Plural Publishing, “Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids,” was co-authored by Dr Gus Mueller.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) announced that CUNY student Jessica Woodson won first prize during the 4th Annual ADA Student Business Plan Competition, sponsored by The Hearing Review at AuDacity 2016.
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Brian Taylor and ADA Executive Director Stephanie Czuhajewski provide a counterpoint to a recent Hearing Review editorial by ASHA President Jaynee Handelsman that cautioned against over-the-counter (OTC) hearing devices.
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The traditional model for serving patients allows for little differentiation for factors such as severe hearing loss, cognitive decline, physical limitations, and dexterity problems, which may end up being unfair to both the consumer and the clinician.
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As the hearing care field finds its way in the consumer-driven, integrated healthcare system, interventional audiology is likely to become a guiding principle of our profession.
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