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What in the World is OAKtober?
What in the world is OAKtober? Not to be confused with October, OAKtober is the official month of Oaktree Products, the company that I have been happily employed by for nearly seven years. OAKtober coincides with the tenth month of the calendar year … Continue reading
Comply Canal Tip Clarification
Comply™ offers a variety of products related to hearing aid maintenance and repair, including a line of temporary earmolds designed for hearing instrument demonstrations and/or as a provisional solution in those situations where a current hearing instrument wearer requires an earmold remake. There are … Continue reading
Alarming Facts about Hearing Smoke Detectors!!
Did you know that the standard signal emitted by most commercially available residential smoke detectors falls between 3,000-4,000 Hz? Furthermore, the majority of residential fires occur between 11pm and 7am when most people are sleeping. According to Bruck & Thomas … Continue reading
Dino-Lite vs Hi-Res Dino-Lite: what’s the difference?
There seems to be a little bit of confusion as to what the real difference is between the original Dino-Lite Digital Video Otoscope and the Hi-Resolution version of the same product. Other than price and image resolution capabilities, what makes these two sister … Continue reading
AlertMaster Gets a Facelift!
The Clarity AlertMaster® is an alerting system designed to provide visual notification of certain sounds or activities occurring in the home. While the system has been around for years, it recently received a much needed facelift and deserves another look in terms of what solutions this … Continue reading
Posted in Hearing Assistance Technology
Tagged ALD, Altering system, Assistive Listening Devices, Audiology, Hearing Assistance Technology, hearing loss, Oaktree Products
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Making the Correct Impression Decisions
Earmold impression material is packaged in a variety of forms including equal component systems, tub and accelerator, powder and liquid, individual units, and cartridge material. For those of you thinking about switching to cartridge material or considering a change in cartridge brand, keep … Continue reading
Posted in Impression Material
Tagged Audiology, earmolds, impression material, Oaktree Products
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The Misunderstood Macroview Video Otoscope
Did you know that the Welch Allyn Digital Macroview Video Otoscope not only captures images but can also record video? If you weren’t aware of this otoscope’s capabilities, don’t feel so bad; since the otoscope interfaces with the plug and play feature of computers, with older versions of Windows, you can … Continue reading
Posted in Otoscopes, Headlamps & Earlights
Tagged Audiology, Macroview, Oaktree Products, otoscopes
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Bright Idea for Cerumen Management
A popular cerumen removal instrument used by many of my customers at Oaktree Products is the Bionix lighted ear curette. This disposable curette interfaces with a LED light source which provides illumination along the length of the entire curette. To assemble the lighted ear curette, insert the end … Continue reading
Posted in Cerumen Management
Tagged Audiology, cerumen management, cerumen removal, Oaktree Products
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