Blue Shield of California Adds Hearing Aid Benefit to Medicare Supplement Plan
Blue Shield of California announced its new Medicare Supplement Plan G Extra, the latest addition to its Medicare Supplement plan portfolio that offers innovative services such as coverage for...
View ArticleInaugural Empower Conference Tackles Changes in Hearing Healthcare
About 650 audiologists, hearing aid specialists, and ENT physicians attended the inaugural Empower Conference on September 12-14 at the Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, hosted by Your Hearing...
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT: Veterans with Hearing Loss: Unique Needs and Audiological...
SPECIAL REPORT Veterans who have served our country have earned the right to the best care we can give them. Consistently, hearing loss and tinnitus have been the top-two service-connected disabilities...
View ArticleBlueprint Solutions Celebrates 10th Anniversary of US HQ
Blueprint Solutions announced its celebration of the 10th anniversary of operations in the United States in September. Founded in Toronto, Canada, in 2002, Blueprint Solutions opened its US...
View ArticleEosera Launches Two New Ear Care Products
Biotechnology company, Eosera, announced that it is not only expanding its line of products, but also moving to a facility that is double the size of its previous location, and hiring four new team...
View ArticleOtohub Products Receive CE Mark Certification from BSI
Otohub announced that its entire current products line (OtoPad, OtoRemote, and OtoKiosk) has earned CE Mark certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI). “Otohub is so proud and excited...
View ArticleHumana’s 2020 Medicare Advantage Plans Include Hearing Care Coverage
Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) announced that its Medicare Advantage plans for 2020 are designed to deliver “more ways to care for the whole person through affordable health benefits and wellness programs with...
View ArticleContralateral Routing of Signal: A Status Report 2019
SPECIAL ISSUE: Unilateral Hearing Loss | October 2019 Hearing Review A literature review on unilateral hearing loss and the effectiveness of CROS/BiCROS fittings By Douglas L. Beck, AuD, and Virginia...
View ArticleUnilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Current Perspectives
SPECIAL ISSUE: Unilateral Hearing Loss | October 2019 Hearing Review A brief review of the literature about UHL in children and management options By Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD It is now indisputable that...
View ArticleStarkey Hearing Innovation Expo Slated for January 15-19 in Las Vegas
Starkey Hearing Technologies has announced some of the highlights surrounding its upcoming Hearing Innovation Expo, one of the largest gatherings of hearing aid practice owners in the world. With the...
View ArticlePCC 2.0: From Awareness to Action!
Opinion | Patient Care The transition from a traditional, paternalistic, and provider-focused system to a model that considers patients as active partners in their own care is the next big challenge....
View ArticleA New Dual-Streaming CROS/BiCROS Solution
SPECIAL ISSUE: Unilateral Hearing Loss | Tech Topic | October 2019 Hearing Review By Susanna Løve Callaway, AuD, and Pernille Aaby Gade A CROS solution is often recommended for persons with...
View ArticleManaging People with Sensorineural and Conductive Unilateral Hearing Loss and...
SPECIAL ISSUE: Unilateral Hearing Loss | Tech Topic | Implants & Bone-anchored Solutions By Amanda O’Donnell, AuD, and Allison Racey, AuD CROS and BiCROS hearing aids are not the only treatment...
View ArticleUnilateral Hearing Loss: Underappreciated, Undertreated
Staff Standpoint | October 2019 Hearing Review Introduction to Special Issue on Unilateral Hearing Loss By Karl E. Strom, editor Decades of research have proven why binaural hearing provides a wealth...
View ArticleInaugural AudBoss Summit Held in Naples, Fla
About 160 private practice professionals attended the 2019 AudBoss Summit, said to be one of the field’s largest learning events dedicated solely to private practice audiologist owners/managers, on...
View ArticleExample of a Good Press Release for An Audiology Office Opening
Karl’s Blog | Practice Marketing By Karl Strom, editor Writing a good press release that hooks editors and contains all the important information is not always easy. As someone who scours hearing...
View ArticleUS Hearing Aid Sales Rise by 4.9% Through Q3 2019
Private-sector hearing aid sales increase by 4.2% during first three quarters of 2019 [Click on image to enlarge.] Quarterly hearing aid unit sales (2014-Q3 2019) with private/commercial sector sales...
View ArticleAuditdata Launches AuditdataOne Software Platform
Auditdata announced the launch of AuditdataOne, said to mark “a major milestone” in the continuous improvement of the company’s core software offering that is now used by more than 2,500 retail...
View Article‘Medicare Hearing Act of 2019’ Passes House Committee
The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed legislation by Rep Lucy McBath (GA-06) and Rep Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to make hearing devices more accessible for Medicare beneficiaries, according to an...
View ArticleBIHIMA’s Second Annual Conference to Take Place June 4-5, 2020
The British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) announced the details of its second conference, to be held on June 4-5, 2020 at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, UK....
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