Clinical Benefits of Patient-generated Health Data
Trends | August 2016 Hearing Review Part 1: How digital health is revolutionizing healthcare By Chris McIntyre Digital health isn’t a fad and the future of patient-generated data is coming much faster...
View ArticleDiagnosis of Dementia Affected by Hearing Loss
For at least three decades, several prominent audiology researchers have speculated that hearing loss can significantly impact performance on dementia tests—including the Mini-Mental State Examination...
View ArticleFamily-centered Audiology Care: Working with Difficult Conversations
Research | August 2016 Hearing Review Recommendations for moving toward a family-centered model in hearing healthcare By Kris English, PhD; Mary Beth Jennings, PhD; Christopher Lind, PhD; Joseph...
View ArticleThe Final Word: Using Data to Provide Fruitful Outcomes in Hearing Care
Final Word | August 2016 Hearing Review By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD Summer is an enjoyable time to enjoy the literal fruits that the season offers. Our small orchard in Yorba Linda, Calif, is a mix of...
View ArticleHearing Aid Leasing Program Enables Technology Upgrades
EPIC Hearing Healthcare has introduced HearTEK™ Leasing, the first hearing aid lease program with the option to upgrade to the latest hearing technology. An estimated 48 million people in the United...
View ArticleInsurance Resource Outlines Cochlear Implant Coverage
American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) has published a new online resource on insurance coverage for cochlear implants (CI) including employer plans, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security...
View ArticleAudioscan Extends Verifit2 Binaural Test System
Ontario-based Audioscan has announced the release of new software for Verifit2 (version 4.6), Axiom (version 1.12), and Verifit VF-1/ RM500SL (version 3.14). With the latest version of software, the...
View ArticleAuD Students Eye Industry Possibilities at Audigy University Summit
More than 30 students from schools across the country converged August 5-7 in Scottsdale, Ariz, for Audigy Group’s Audigy University Student Summit, an exclusive program dedicated to helping highly...
View ArticlePatients Can Apply for Same-day Financing in Provider’s Office
CareCredit, a California-based provider of promotional healthcare financing, has announced CareCredit Direct, a private and secure digital financing experience that allows patients to apply for...
View Article10 Easy and Ethical Ways to Get Online Reviews for Your Hearing Care Practice
Marketing | September 2016 Hearing Review Turn your hard work into gold by enlisting the help of your best advocates: Your clients By Susanne Jones, BC-HIS, and Mandy Cerka Mroz, AuD Consumers are...
View ArticleThe Final Word: Avoiding Distractions on the Path to Hearing Care
Final Word | September 2016 Hearing Review By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD My friend Tom recently bought a plug-in hybrid car from his son Mike. The car was nearly new, but Mike and his wife recently acquired...
View ArticleHearing Aid Fitting Rooms: Crucial First Impressions
Exceeding client expectations with acoustically treated fitting spaces. When delivering and fitting a new set of hearing aids, the first impression is of crucial importance for the client to make an...
View Article17-Minute Webinar: Six Simple Ways to Create the Practice of Your Dreams
What would your ideal private practice look like? How can you attain it? Gyl Kasewurm, AuD Gyl Kasewurm, AuD— a 30-year hearing industry veteran and owner of an extremely successful private...
View ArticleThe Final Word: How Offhand Remarks Can Guide Patient Treatment
Final Word | October 2016 Hearing Review By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD Not long ago, I was conducting an online search and came across a photo of a person upside down in mid-air. It was click-bait, and for...
View ArticleWhat Hearing Care Professionals Need to Know About Today’s Healthcare Economics
Interventional Audiology Services: Healthcare Economics | October 2016 Hearing Review Hearing care professionals will assume a significantly greater role in general healthcare, and one big reason is...
View ArticleIntervening in the Care of More Patients: Beyond Clinic-based Testing and...
Interventional Audiology Services: Serving More Patients | October 2016 Hearing Review Moving toward the Life-course Health Development Model being adopted by physicians By Brian Taylor, AuD When...
View ArticlePatient Complexity and Professional Time: Improving Efficiencies in the...
Interventional Audiology Services: Patient Complexity & Time | October 2016 Hearing Review Differentiating hearing care treatment plans based on the complexity of the patient By Dan Quall, MS, and...
View ArticleGruv Buttons Help Hearing Aid Users Insert Their RICs
Receiver-in-the-ear (RIC) hearing aids can be difficult for some users to insert into their ears. Along with mobility and dexterity limitations, the person’s fingers can slide off the receivers/tube,...
View ArticlePatient Engagement Through Interventional Counseling and Physician Outreach
Interventional Audiology Services: Physician Outreach | October 2016 Hearing Review A unique window of opportunity for outreach to physicians and their patients By Robert Tysoe People are awash in...
View ArticleBroader Insurance Coverage for Cochlear Implants Announced
Cochlear Limited, a manufacturer of implantable hearing devices–including cochlear implants, bone conduction and acoustic implants–designed to treat a range of moderate to profound types of hearing...
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