Juliëtte Sterkens Joins Center for Hearing Access
The audiologist and hearing-access advocate will take on a leadership role at the national non-profit.
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HHTM Announces 2021 Innovator Award Winners
HHTM announced the winners of its second annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards. Through the annual awards program, HHTM honors technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry.
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Starkey Sponsors HLAA 2021 Virtual Convention
During the three-day event, participants will learn the latest about hearing health, communication access, and the technologies and strategies that help people with hearing loss live well. It includes a research symposium on Hearing Care for All, as well as workshops on advances in hearings aids, accessibility through mobile devices, hearing access in the workplace, and more.
Oticon Honors Veterans on National Vietnam Veterans Day
As an official supplier of hearing devices to the Veterans Administration (VA), Department of Defense (DOD), and other federal agencies, Oticon has “the privilege of bringing life-saving technology to many US veterans and active-duty military service personnel.”
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Florida Telehealth Bill Seeks to Legalize Direct Mail Hearing Aids and Amend Dispensing Laws
A new bill in Florida (CS/SB 700) intended to expand telehealth, make direct-mail hearing aids available to adults, and amend state dispensing laws was submitted to the Florida legislature on February 19.
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Frequency Therapeutics Appoints Kevin Franck as SVP
Dr Franck will lead pre-commercial strategy and launch planning for Frequency’s clinical pipeline, including its lead program aimed at developing a restorative treatment for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), the most common form of hearing loss.
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Ida Institute Appoints Two Members to Advisory Board
The non-profit’s Advisory Board, which meets for two-year fixed terms, welcomes Ruth Thomsen, Scientific Director of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, and James M. Harte, Senior Director at Eriksholm Research Centre in Denmark.
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ASHA Notes Challenge to Hearing Impaired Wearing Masks
As government and public health officials increasingly recommend the practice of wearing two masks to help protect against new and more contagious variants of COVID-19, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced that it is encouraging the public to be aware of the undue challenges that this measure will pose to people who are deaf or hard of hearing—and to take some simple steps to make communication more effective for the roughly 48 million Americans with hearing loss.
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Survey Highlights Impact of COVID-19 on Hearing Loss
Ninety-five percent of people living with hearing loss in the United States say masks and facial coverings impact their ability to communicate during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also heightened levels of anxiety, social isolation, and other mental health-related effects among nearly half of the nation’s hearing loss community.
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Mass Eye and Ear Experts Urge FDA to Allow OTC Hearing Aid Devices
In a new column published November 19, 2020 in “The New England Journal of Medicine,” the experts write that the FDA has remained silent after missing the statutory deadline to implement the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017.
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HLAA Releases ‘COVID-19 and Its Impact on the HLAA Community’ Survey
According to HLAA, the survey will gauge insights “about COVID and its effects on people with hearing loss, their caregivers, and hearing health professionals.”
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Cochlear Launches ‘Hearing 20/20’ Campaign
According to Cochlear, the campaign is supported by 10 hearing health nonprofit and industry partners, and establishes a simple, common metric—defined as 20 decibels in each ear—to help simplify the ongoing conversation and actions related to monitoring hearing health and treating hearing loss, especially among adults 55 years of age and older.
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What’s Going On? More Loops and Fewer Telecoils
Back in 2017, listings in the “Consumer’s Guide to Hearing Aids” indicated that 83% of the hearing aids capable of containing them had or could be fitted with telecoils. The figure for the “2020 Guide” has shrunk to 75%, but that is not a completely accurate picture of the situation.
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How to Differentiate Your Patient Care with 5 Best Practices
Audiologists and other hearing care providers are rapidly finding themselves in an era of “self-serve” hearing care. These new times afford us all an opportunity to examine how we practice and begin to incorporate improved means of addressing the hearing needs of our patients.
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HHTM Opens Public Voting Period for Inaugural ‘Hearing Technology Innovator Awards’
The Hearing Technology Innovator Awards is an international awards program designed to recognize and celebrate innovation within the hearing industry.
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‘First Global Consensus’ on Cochlear Implant Treatment for Adults with Hearing Loss Published
“This paper outlines the first global consensus on how we can optimize care for adults with severe to profound hearing loss. The recommendations for surgeons, audiology experts, and healthcare providers are crystal clear,” said Dr Craig Buchman.
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HLAA Announces Fall 2020 Virtual Walk4Hearing Events
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Walk4Hearing team at HLAA wants to make sure that everyone stays safe and healthy. Walk Days will be celebrated online and participants will walk with their family or as a team in their neighborhoods.
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HHTM Announces Inaugural ‘Hearing Technology Innovator Awards’ Program
Through the annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards, HHTM will honor technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry.
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