Tag Archives: hearing aids

Are You Locked In a “Race to the Bottom?” – guest post by Brandon M. Dawson

Manufacturers are competing with each other – and you – by offering the cheapest price on technology. What’s your next move? For years hearing aid manufacturers have been telling you that branding yourself and your expertise as the value proposition … Continue reading

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Product of the Moment for #AudPeeps: Mirror-Go-Round

Don’t you wish you could show your patients how their new hearing instruments look in their ears without having to break out that huge mirror and positioning it just so in order for it to reflect to the other main … Continue reading

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Hearing Aid Stigma – Patient’s Perspective

Hearing instrument technology has certainly come a long way over the past ten years.  Digital advances have made hearing instruments more versatile, offering consumers wireless connection to other devices including Smartphones and audio devices. Hearing instruments have also become smaller and re-designed to be … Continue reading

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Goals – Who need ’em? – guest post by Gyl Kasewurm

Most people spend more time planning their vacations than they do planning their lives. If you asked my husband about his golf vacation, he would tell you every explicit detail about the trip; however, if you ask him when he … Continue reading

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Vanish: Hide Your Patient’s Hearing Aids – guest post by Robert M. Traynor

The Problem: About 4 years ago, a hearing aid consumer came to me with a problem. Al Musser was using a very nice set of relatively new, high-end receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing instruments but remained concerned that the receiver wire covers were too … Continue reading

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Hearing Aids Made for iPhone – guest post by Jennifer Groth

Like many technical fields, audiology is rife with acronyms. Many are identical to those used in other fields, to the consternation of anyone trying to learn them. Take “REM” or “CIC”, for example. Recently, a new acronym has begun to … Continue reading

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 3

This is the third post in a three-part series addressing ideal business phone solutions for hearing aid wearers experiencing difficulty using the phone at work. Part 1 and Part 2 both addressed options for hearing instrument wearers employed in traditional work … Continue reading

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 2

This is the second post of a three-part series addressing ideal business phone solutions for hearing aid wearers experiencing difficulty using the phone at work. Part 1 outlined options for users of streamers and/or T-coil equipped hearing instruments using standard PBX phone systems. … Continue reading

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