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Nick Fitzgerald has served as HHTM’s Chief Marketing Officer for the past 3 years. He is the President and Owner of AuDSEO, a full service digital marketing agency. With over 15 years of digital marketing experience, Nick is a highly data-driven marketer, with expertise in search engine optimization, digital analytics and forensics, social media, digital advertising, and web development. He has been involved in the construction and optimization of nearly 1,000 web presences, including some of the largest Fortune 500 companies.
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Nov. 17, 2017

Oticon Announces Winners of 2017 Focus on People Awards

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SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — Oticon has announced the winners of its 19th annual Focus on People Awards, a program that honors outstanding people with hearing loss and hearing care professionals that have made a positive impact on the hearing loss community. The Focus on People Awards recognize individuals in four categories: Student, Adult, Advocacy and Practitioner. These are individuals that
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Nov. 15, 2017

Hearing Aid Maker, Intricon, Top Performing Public Company in Minnesota in 2017

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ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA —  Minnesota-based hearing aid maker, Intricon, has beat out the likes of Target, Best Buy, 3M and others, to become the best performing publicly-traded company in the state this year. The company’s value per share has more than doubled this year to more than $14/share, reaching a market value of approximately $100 million. Intricon has seen continued
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Nov. 08, 2017

Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Health Insurers Discriminate by Not Covering Hearing Aids; Outcome Could Set National Precedent

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — According to a report in the Yakima Herald, a Seattle law firm has filed suit against two health insurance companies due to the companies not covering treatment for hearing loss. The suit alleges that the exclusion of hearing loss treatment constitutes illegal discrimination under federal law. The outcome of the case could set a precedent for insurers
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Nov. 06, 2017

Oticon Appoints Thomas Behrens as Head of Audiology and Director of Audiology Research

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COPEHAGEN, DENMARK — On November 1, Oticon announced the appointment of Thomas Behrens as the Head of Audiology and Director of Audiology Research at Oticon’s global headquarters in Denmark. He is currently responsible for clinical research, professional communication and definition of the audiology in new products for Oticon. Prior to this, Behrens spent 10 years as Researcher and Project Manager
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Nov. 03, 2017

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Taps Dr. Kevin Franck as Audiology Director; RemotEAR Names Dr. Tom Powers as Partner

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts Eye and Ear announced the appointment of Kevin Franck, PhD, MBA, as Director of Audiology. He will oversee the audiology department at Mass. Eye and Ear as the hospital continues to grow its clinical and hearing research programs, and he will also serve on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology. Dr. Franck
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Nov. 01, 2017

Eargo Hearing Aid Secures $45 Million Investment for Product Innovation and Expansion

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA — Silicon Valley-based hearing aid maker, Eargo, announced the closing of a $45 million Series C investment round last week. The company, which has been manufacturing and selling rechargeable, direct-to-consumer hearing devices since 2015, will use the investment for “product innovation, market expansion and branding” According to the announcement, the new investment was led by Nan Fung
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Oct. 30, 2017

American Academy of Audiology Board Meets with FDA, Congress, and Private-Payer Representatives

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WASHINGTON, DC — Members of the board of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) conducted meetings last week with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), members of Congress, and representatives from the private-payer community. According to an announcement to its membership on October 30th, AAA said its board used the meetings to represent audiology’s interests relative to priority issues,
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Oct. 26, 2017

GN Audio Loses Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against Plantronics

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — On October 18, 2017, a jury in Federal District Court in Delaware ruled in favor of Plantronics in a lawsuit brought by GN Audio (formerly GN Netcom) in 2012 against the company over its business practices. Despite Plantronics having received a $3 million sanction in 2016 over intentionally deleting thousands of emails relevant to the case, the
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Oct. 24, 2017

Humana Expands Medicare Advantage Hearing Aid Benefit to 27 More States

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — Humana Inc, announced this month that it will be expanding its relationship with TruHearing, to offer hearing aid benefits to more of its Medicare Advantage plan subscribers. Currently, the company has been offering the benefit in Arizona, Arkansas, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. In 2018, the company will be offering the benefit in a total of
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Oct. 20, 2017

California Startup, SonicCloud, Nets $4M Investment to Make Phone Calls More Accessible for People With Hearing Loss

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — SonicCloud announced late last week that it will be launching with more than $4 million dollars to pursue its goal of making hearing technology accessible for people with hearing loss. The SonicCloud App, currently available on iOS (Apple) only, allows people with moderate to severe hearing loss to more clearly hear phone calls, using their own