‘Forbes’ Article Discusses Challenges of WFH for Those Who Are Hard of Hearing
In order to comply with social distancing recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have transitioned to work-from-home scenarios.
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Better Messages on Better Hearing: Shaping Images and Attitudes for the Benefit of Our Patient
"Can we get to the point where hearing aids, like glasses, are the symbol of a solution, rather than a problem?" Dennis Van Vliet, AuD ponders that question in the August 2014 Final Word column.
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Staff Standpoint: Hearing Aid Sales and Music
Hearing Review Editor-in-Chief Karl Strom takes a look at second quarter hearing aid sales in this month's Staff Standpoint.
How Data from a Practice Benchmark Study Can Help Hearing Practices Compete—and Win
If hearing care professionals want to stay competitive and relevant, and attract new patients, they need to level the playing field. One of the most effective ways to do this is through differentiation. This article explores several key findings from a recent benchmark survey, and offers practical advice on putting these findings into action.
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Wanted: The Perfect Hearing Care Professional
For hearing aid and cochlear implant users, one of the most important people in our lives is our hearing care professional. In the July 2014 Blog Page, Gael Hannan explores this relationship.
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Back to Basics: Audiology Can Be a Family Affair
If a person has correctly answered the first 10 words in a word list, what is the probability that in the next 15 words, they would get 1 error, 2 errors, or 3 errors? Dr Chasin provides the answer.
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Final Word: “Best Practices” ≠ “Good-enough Practices”
In the July 2014 Final Word column, Dennis Van Vliet looks at what best practices look like in the “best practices.”
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The RIC as a Disruptive Technology
In just over a decade, RIC/RITE hearing aids have taken over half the US hearing aid market. What implications does this hold, and will RICs continue on their unparallelled growth trajectory?
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How Generational Trends Influence Buying Patterns: Consumers, Caregivers, and Professionals
In order to understand how different generations view hearing healthcare professional services—and especially hearing aids—it is necessary to define the generations and look at the social values each has in defining their generation. This article contrasts the Builders (1925-1945) and Baby Boomers (1946-1964) generations and cites implications for caregivers and dispensing professionals.
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CROS Your Heart: Renewed Hope for People with Asymmetric Hearing Losses
In selecting a CROS system, it is important to understand how the CROS system is designed to ensure the highest sound quality and SNR for as many situations as possible. This paper summarizes the current audiological thinking in the treatment of asymmetrical hearing loss.
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Binaural Hearing on the Telephone for Pre-school Children with Hearing Loss
Children who listened to a landline phone binaurally (using Phonak DuoPhone) experienced about a 20% improvement in live speech and quiet compared to the monaural condition. The results parallel results from previous studies on adults using a binaural telephone listening feature.
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Speech Intelligibility Benefits of Assisted Telephone Listening Methods
Understanding speech on the phone is one of the reasons given by hearing impaired individuals for seeking amplification. Phone use is made difficult by the absence of visual cues, inappropriate or inadequate coupling to the phone, and the presence of background noise. Many hearing aid users feel they are unsuccessful on the phone. This article outlines considerations that should be made by the hearing care professional as an aid to facilitate successful phone use. Data from a study comparing four telephone listening methods is presented.
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Creating the Right Hearing Aids for Active Kids, Including Tweens and Teen
Children and teens have unique expectations and fitting needs. This article focuses on why designing a product that combines highly desired hearing instrument features can lead to the successful fitting and use of amplification for active kids and teens.
Read MoreHearing Health Practices of Forestry and Wildlife Management Students
Noise exposure and perceptions of hearing were explored through a survey of 344 college students in forestry and wildlife management courses. Results support the need for education about noise-induced auditory damage along with promotion of healthy hearing habits at the collegiate level.
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Staying Competitive in Connectivity: 5 Things You Need to Know
Although virtually everyone recognizes that smartphone-enabled hearing aid technology is an important technological step, many express skepticism about its current usefulness for our key patient population. Here are 5 reasons why we should rethink our ideas about connectivity.
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A Solution for Lateral Migration and Cosmetic Gaps in RIC Hearing Aids
A new solution called EASYWEAR is designed to restore synergy to the shape and connection properties of the earwire to that of the ear canal, minimizing the occurrences of lateral migration and cosmetic gaps.
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What You Should Expect from SEO
Your goal should be to make sure your website establishes you as a dependable source of information and provides answers for the people searching for hearing care in your marketplace.
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Back to Basics: Obituary: The CROS Hearing Aid (1964-2014)
Marshall Chasin explains why the traditional CROS hearing aid, just 50 years old, has passed on.
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