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Walgreens and Starkey Collaborate on Walgreens Hearing; Unique Expansion...
Walgreens, Deerfield, Ill, and Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn, are collaborating on new hearing health centers in Walgreens stores, including two pilot stores that opened last month...
View ArticleLetters: Costco Replies to Hearing Review Article “The Costco Effect”
Dear Editor: Thank you for publishing the excellent article, “The Costco Effect” (December 2017 Hearing Review) by Leslie Lee, Ron Barrett, and J. Connon Samuel.1 It was refreshing to see the...
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Real-ear, Cognition, Speech-in-Noise, and More: An Interview with Todd...
Inside the Research | April 2018 Hearing Review By Douglas L. Beck, AuD Todd Ricketts, PhD Todd Ricketts, PhD, is a professor and vice chair of Graduate Studies at Vanderbilt University Medical Center...
View ArticleClear Digital Media Announces Partnership with American Heart Association
Clear Digital Media, a digital content creative and deployment agency for the hearing health-care market, announced a collaboration with the American Heart Association, a voluntary organization...
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Sivantos Acquires TruHearing
Sivantos—the parent company of Signia, Rexton, HearUSA, and hear.com—has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the third-party managed care administrator, TruHearing, based in...
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US Hearing Aid Sales Up 5.7% in First Quarter 2018
[Click on image to enlarge.] Quarterly US net unit hearing aid sales for the private/commercial (blue) and VA (red) markets, with year-on-year percentages for each and overall sales increases in bold...
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‘Almost Nearly Perfect’ Adult Aural Rehabilitation: A Tour of Denmark in 1977
Patient Care | May 2018 Hearing Review By Geoff Plant Reflections on a trip to Denmark’s hearing care facilities and the “Camelot Period” of AR A trip back to Denmark in the late 1970s shows the extent...
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Mythbusters’ Myth #4: I Have to Discuss the Audiogram
Family-Centered Care | May 2018 Hearing Review Editor’s Note: As reported in The Hearing Review online, Phonak has convened a select group of hearing healthcare experts to provide evidence-based...
View ArticleRenewed Controversy at AAA 2018 about the Audiology Patient Choice Act
Although The Hearing Review, a trade publication unaffiliated with any of the hearing-related professional associations, has been respectfully asked not to attend the major organizational...
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AAA 2018 Convention Gains a New Vibe in Nashville on 30th Anniversary
Events | June 2018 Hearing Review The AAA 2018 Convention held April 18-21 in Nashville was a breath of fresh air for the organization—even with some of the heated debate that the organization’s Board...
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EHIMA Data Shows 5.7% Increase in Global Hearing Aid Sales
More and more hard-of-hearing people get treated with hearing aids, according to The European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers’ Association’s (EHIMA) annual global sales numbers, EHIMA announced. In...
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Survival Strategies in a Competitive Hearing Healthcare Market
Marketing | June 2018 Hearing Review By Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA Part 1: Consolidation and events leading up to our present market environment To formulate any reasonable strategy for thriving in...
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Optimizing Hearing Aid Technology with Assistive Listening Systems
Patient Care | June 2018 Hearing Review By Micheline Shaffer A review of hearing aid/ALS compatible systems, as well as how and where to find them There’s no doubt about it: hearing aids change lives....
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Industry Consolidation, Act 2?
Staff Standpoint | June 2018 Hearing Review By Karl E. Strom Once in a while, the cosmic tumblers of the universe click into place and make something you do actually look intelligent, or even...
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25 Years of Mergers and Acquisitions in Hearing Healthcare
Market Data | Karl’s Blog, May 2018 [Click on chart to enlarge.] A quick unscientific summary of mergers and acquisitions in this list by year. Red bars are years in which there were 8 or more...
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Mythbusters’ Myth #5: “Including Family Members in the Appointment Takes Up...
Mythbusters | July 2018 Hearing Review Editor’s Note: As reported in The Hearing Review online, Phonak has convened a select group of hearing healthcare experts to provide evidence-based...
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Oticon Drive Marketing Conference Took Place June 1-3 in North Carolina
More than 150 hearing care professionals participated in the 2018 Oticon Drive Marketing Conference held June 1-3 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Oticon announced. The Oticon “marketing intensive” aims...
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Introduction to Special Edition on Audiology & Neuroscience
Audiology & Neuroscience | July 2018 Hearing Review By Douglas L. Beck, AuD Listening can be thought of as applying meaning to sound, allowing the brain to organize, establish vocabulary, develop...
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Own Voice Processing Has People Talking More
Tech Topic | July 2018 Hearing Review By Thomas A. Powers, PhD; D. Bradley Davis, AuD; Dirk Apel; and Amyn M. Amlani, PhD When new users were fitted with Own Voice Processing (OVP), increased...
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NICE Publishes Clinical Guidelines for Adults with Hearing Loss in UK
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a new guidance document on June 21 titled “Hearing Loss in Adults: Assessment and Management.” NICE is a multi-disciplinary...
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