Beltone, named America’s #1 Hearing Care Retailer & Best in Customer Service by Newsweek, announced that it is raising awareness around noise-induced hearing loss in observance of National Protect Your Hearing Month.
Even before the worldwide pandemic, inevitable developments in our field were approaching, presenting both threats and opportunities. This article identifies six of the major developments and highlights the opportunities that could be nurtured for both patients and audiology practices.
In partnership with the United Way “Stuff the Bus” program, Oticon employees led a company-wide drive for donations of much needed backpacks and school supplies for local youngsters.
Developed in cooperation with technology partner Germany-based PATH MEDICAL, Otometrics delivers four modular solutions that are integrated with the Otometrics product family.
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The Minneapolis-based, high-fidelity earplug manufacturer, Vibes, has joined forces with the charities Hear the World Foundation and World Wide Hearing (WWH) Foundation International to bring access to hearing healthcare to 30,000 children in need in Peru.
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Clearwater Clinical and Ottawa University Faculty of Medicine expand the iHEAR program–a national hearing screening initiative in Canadian schools that uses SHOEBOX Audiometry to improve early intervention.
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Salus University collaborated with two Pennsylvania community colleges and the VA Medical Center on hearing health screenings for student veterans as part of the Veterans Readiness Initiative (VRI) Multisensory Screening & Care program.
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The discovery and management of cognitive issues, which may masquerade as or occur in tandem with hearing problems, allows the hearing healthcare professional to better address the global needs of the patient in a timely manner. In this article, Douglas Beck, Barbara Weinstein, and Michael Harvey advocate for the universal cognitive screening of patients aged 70 and older with hearing loss, even in the absence of obvious signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
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iHear Medical announced that it received FDA clearance for the iHearTest, the first hearing test approved for over-the-counter (OTC) sales. The iHearTest is intended to profile hearing ability based on WHO guidelines, targeting adults who suspect they have hearing loss, or those reluctant to seek professional evaluation for a basic hearing assessment.
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Audiology Systems, a US distributor of GN Otometrics products and other brands, has announced the addition of Ron Saks, Randi Winston-Gerson, AuD, and Diane Sabo, PhD, to the company’s screening division.
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Salus University students and faculty members from the optometry and audiology programs recently volunteered at the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fall Festival at Villanova University–considered to be the largest annual student-run Special Olympics event in the world.
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Serendipity Hearing, Huntington Beach, Calif, reports that it is continuing to grow its hearing healthcare brand by adding 18 new locations, making it the largest network of privately owned owner-operated hearing care clinics in California, with 47 locations across the state.
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Benson Medical Instruments announced it was awarded a contract by the US Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) to provide NEXT audiometers to all Military Entrance Processing Sites for applicant hearing tests. MEPCOM’s mission is to evaluate applicants’ eligibility for service for all branches of the US military.
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Audiology Systems, Schaumburg, Ill, announced that it will now be distributing the Sentiero line of audiology devices by PATH Medical Solutions in the United States.
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Unitron has announced that it worked with CUNY to design a physician’s hearing screening toolkit intended to help the general practitioner screen patients for hearing loss.
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A self-administered hearing test application could improve patient compliance by funneling self-motivated patients into the healthcare system already primed to succeed with amplification technology.
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Scientists with the National Hearing Test Project have developed a phone based hearing test to help people take the first step in managing their hearing health—with initial hearing loss testing via the telephone.
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This article is a micro-level analysis of how hearing care professionals can help patients deconstruct their hearing loss and reprogram “wrong messages.” To the extent that a person with hearing loss has internalized negative social norms, a “traditional” audiology or hearing care visit is likely to trigger shame-based self-evaluative cognitions. For example, “I didn’t study properly for the hearing test, therefore I’m unworthy.”
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