Paul Teie

I recently had a remote appointment with one of my specialist MDs.  Since I am involved in training for our Remote Care initiative, I paid close attention.  I really like this doctor.  He has always impressed me in-person with his compassion, personableness, expertise and care.  Online, not so much.  His hair was a little mussed, the camera was fuzzy, his

Some blanket statements: Nobody ever obtained hearing aids because of the hearing test. The most important component of the hearing aid evaluation is the needs assessment.  Absolutes can be tricky. There is always an exception to an absolute. (There’s another absolute right there.)  Hyperbole!!  “A rhetorical formulation of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.” But these

In my job I have the opportunity to conduct many interviews with prospective hearing care providers. These interviews typically cover clinical and sales/counseling topics. Most of the time it is a pleasant experience during which we have a conversation that is stimulating, perhaps I learn something, and there is give and take.  As a trainer (teacher), if the interview is

All a person has to do to hear better is to wear hearing aids.  Slap on a pair and the world will be your oyster.  No more problems.  Easy peasy!   Or maybe not?  Definitely not!  Hearing aids are a tool.  All too often it is the only tool offered to our patients.  In that we do our patients a disservice

I hope that everyone who reads this feels as I do, that what they do is important.  But if you are on the fence, just read the press release below (and if you want to really dig into it, read the full article).   To my mind, our sense of hearing is the most important because it connects us with each

The audiogram is critical to being able to diagnose hearing loss and to properly fit hearing instruments.  But if you agree with me that the most important goal of the hearing evaluation is building a solid case that obtaining hearing instruments is among the best things your patient can do to help themselves and their loved ones, then the most

Think about this question for a moment… Would it be useful for you to know if your newly fit hearing aid patient has a realistic or unrealistic view of how well they can hear? You know who I’m talking about!  It is the patient with pretty good hearing who complains of all kinds of difficulty, and when they get hearing

Bear with me as I relate a brief true story.  One of the projects I decided to take on during the enforced hiatus of our global pandemic is to go through my Dad’s old slides to digitize them.  The first box of slides I received was mostly a bust – a lot of pics of buildings and people I did

I’ve had a little time on my hands lately. Funny, that. I’ve been baking bread (very tasty whole wheat – the kneading process is particularly useful these days), coloring in adult coloring books (not that kind of adult coloring books – though I’ve heard tell that that kind are available), walking the Corgis (it must be that Icelandic royal blood)

I hope that everyone within the reach of this essay feels that what they do is important.  But if you are on the fence, just read the press release below (and if you want to really dig into it, read the full article by clicking the link at the end of the article citation).   To my mind, our sense of