Facilitating Family Communication: The Role of Advanced Hearing Aid Technology
How HCPs can bring family together, strengthen essential bonds, and boost quality of life through healthy hearing.
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Hamilton CapTel Sponsors Webinar on Profession of Audiology with Dr Harvey Abrams
Dr Abrams will explore both the crises and opportunities ahead for the hearing healthcare profession, including education and training, emerging business practices, and more.
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HHTM Appoints Chief Marketing Officer; Celebrates 9th Anniversary
The organization has announced the addition of Nick Fitzgerald as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer.
Cyber Attacks and How to Protect Your Practice: An Interview with Ridge Sampson of Sycle.net
As more and more of the hearing industry pursues digital transformation as a business strategy, practice owners are taking more time to educate themselves about the importance of data security and privacy.
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The Quest for Audiometric Zero
As with most sciences, there are some notable quirks in audiology, and the zero decibel point on the audiometer is one of them. Here is a brief history of the evolution of audiometric zero, the conflicting studies and controversies surrounding it, and how “0 dB” on the audiometer was ultimately established and standardized.
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Sivantos Reports Sustainability Progress as UN Global Compact Member
The United Nations has designed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that are said to “form a blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all.” They address the many global challenges humankind faces, including those related to health (SDG3), education (SDG 4), affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12).
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Expert Insight #7: Has ZPower made any updates to the Rechargeable System for Hearing Aids since it first launched?
Tim Powers answers questions about updates to the Rechargeable System for Hearing Aids. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions!
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Expert Insight #6: I’ve heard there are shipping restrictions for rechargeable batteries and products using them. Do the restrictions apply to hearing aids and accessories that use rechargeable batteries?
Dr Barry Freeman answers questions about shipping restrictions for rechargeable batteries. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions here!
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5th Annual Otometrics University to Take Place April 11-12; Otometrics Accepting Applications
Otometrics University allows students to network, learn about other audiology career paths aside from the clinical practice, and experience hands-on workshops on vHIT, VEMP, probe microphone measurement (PMM) or real-ear training, as well as a digital ear scanning with Otoscan.
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Mythbusters’ Myth #7: “Including Family Members in Decisions Just Complicates Matters”
Phonak has convened a select group of hearing healthcare experts who propose an audiologic treatment shift from a site-of-lesion focus to a family-centered care perspective as a means of increasing the value of our services and the uptake of hearing devices.
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Clear Digital Media Launches Hearing Tracker Reviews Plug-in for HNN
Hearing Tracker is an independent consumer review platform for hearing aids, hearing providers, and hearing centers. This creative collaboration is said to help unify web reviews and TV to form a combination that not only helps clients “build their online presence” but also helps influence client’s patients while they wait.
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Hearing Care Professionals ‘Impact’ Industry at 2018 Audigy Team Summit
Nearly 700 audiologists and office staff representing 270 independent hearing care and ENT practices across the United States and Canada convened in Las Vegas on September 20-22 for 3 days of hands-on learning, a robust exchange of experiences and ideas, and discussions about the future of the industry at Audigy’s biennial Team Summit.
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Expert Insight #5: How do I know how long a hearing aid battery will last, and do I need to clean the charging contacts?
Dr Barry Freeman answers questions about how long a hearing aid battery should last, and if you should clean the hearing aid and charger contacts. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions here!
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Expert Insight #4: Heat/Humidity and Battery Performance; Apps for Tracking Battery Life of Rechargeables
This week, Dr Barry Freeman answers questions about how temperature and humidity influences battery life, and why hearing aid apps can’t be used to track the service life of silver-zinc rechargeable batteries. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions here!
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Phonak Launches Accredited Family-Centered Care (FCC) eLearning Program
Goals of the program are to increase the confidence of hearing care professionals in their ability to implement FCC in their daily practice, as well as to raise awareness of the many benefits of FCC.
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Mythbusters’ Myth #6: “I Am Already Family-Centered, So What’s the Hype?”
Drs Barbra Timmer and Mary Beth Jennings provide information about what it really means to have a “family-centered care” (FCC) approach and why FCC so important.
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Mythbusters’ Myth #5: “Including Family Members in the Appointment Takes Up Too Much Valuable Time”
Sometimes colleagues complain that, while it may seem like a nice idea to include family members in the audiologic assessment and rehabilitation process (ie, nice to do), it is just too time consuming. But what if family involvement in the rehabilitation process not only provides more efficient use of time, but results in better outcomes? Drs Christopher Lind, Joseph Montano, and Gurgit Singh show why it’s a myth that “there isn’t time to include family members” in an appointment.
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Expert Insight #3: How many hearing aids are now rechargeable, and what can a hearing aid user do to ensure the rechargeable battery lasts all day?
This week, Barry Freeman answers questions about how many hearing aids sold are rechargeable, and what a hearing aid user can do to get the most hours out of a rechargeable hearing aid battery. Get new insights into power issues, and ask your own questions here!
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