Category Archives: Guest Blog Posts

Get your patients excited about loops! – guest post by Juliette Sterkens

Posted on September 7, 2011 by AU Bankaitis

Hearing loops broadcast sound from a sound source wirelessly to hearing aids. All users need to do is switch their hearing aid to the telecoil or Mic + telecoil mode. Hearing loops provide phenomenal hearing in situations where poor acoustics, reduced word … Continue reading →

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Marketing on the Web, Self Talk & Audiology Clinics – guest post by Paul Dybala

Posted on August 3, 2011 by AU Bankaitis

How do you talk about yourself? Well, maybe not about yourself in a Stuart Smalley kind of way, but how you talk about yourself as a professional and/or your clinical practice.  I am a fan of making audiologist and audiology more … Continue reading →

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OTC wax removal drops – guest post by Bob Kemp

Posted on July 6, 2011 by AU Bankaitis

In the early 1970’s, in an attempt to allow faster approval of over-the-counter (OTC)  pharmaceutical preparations, the FDA created what is referred to as the “OTC Monograph”.  The monograph lists types of products and corresponding ingredients that could be used in … Continue reading →

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New & Exciting Technology from Unitron – guest post by Brian Taylor

Posted on June 15, 2011 by AU Bankaitis

As DSP technology continues to progress, hearing aid manufacturers are able to improve processing speed and algorithm performance.  Recently, Unitron’s Smartfocus™ algorithm, which has been clinically proven in several independent studies to outperform similar algorithms in noise, has been enhanced … Continue reading →

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