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Good news from the FDA this week—our first look at proposed rules for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The rules look promising, allowing for flexibility in product design and distribution method combined with needed regulation and labeling to ensure product safety. Hearing Loss Association of America, the largest consumer organization representing people with hearing loss in the United States, issued the

Brandon Sawalich, President and CEO of Starkey, sat down with Dr. Bob Traynor to discuss OTC hearing aids and other legislative initiatives impacting the hearing healthcare industry. They discuss the new advocacy initiative, Listen Carefully, which was recently launched by Starkey with the aim of “bridging the conversation between hearing healthcare providers and lawmakers in Washington, D.C.” Be sure to

George Cire, AuD, is a true industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience, much of it involving implantable hearing devices. During his conversation with Brian Taylor, George reviews the three types of implantable hearing solutions and updates us on candidacy requirements, including the relatively new 60-60 criteria. Dr. Cire also gives us some compelling reasons why clinicians who

Lindsey Jorgensen, AuD, PhD is a department chair, clinical director and assistant professor at the University of South Dakota. She sat down with Brian Taylor to discuss the tried and true prescriptive fitting method, used by hearing care professionals worldwide. Their discussion focuses on the limitations of manufacturer’s first-fit prescriptive fitting methods, how manufacturers and clinicians both bring something different

In this week’s technology spotlight, guest host Tony Sulsona speaks with John R. Luna, Chief Revenue Officer at Nuheara.  The pair discuss the changes in hearing health delivery over the past several years and how the hearables segment is becoming an important and growing part of the hearing healthcare journey – particularly among consumers younger than those typically seen in

This Week in Hearing viewers are in for a treat, as host, Amyn Amlani, has an unbridled conversation with notable international bloggers and industry experts, Geoff Cooling and Steve Claridge. In Part 1 of this webcast, they discuss whether today’s traditional hearing aid technology has improved noticeably over products from just a few years ago.   Hearing Healthcare: Service Delivery

In this week’s episode, Dave Kemp interviews Dr. James Fielding, the Founder and Managing Director of Audeara, and Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development for Knowles Corp. They break down the latest Qualcomm ‘State of Sound Report‘ and discuss the implications of the changing consumer preferences in audio and how it relates to hearing health. Be sure to subscribe to

“I love coming to the Walk so I can see other people like me,” one adorable hearing-aid-clad 10-year-old girl declared to the socially distanced crowd gathered in Riverside Park for the annual New York City Walk4Hearing. Her joy was as evident as it was contagious. I found myself thinking the same thing. We all want to feel like we belong. 

In this week’s technology spotlight, Dr. Bob Traynor speaks with Abhita Batra, CEO and Director of Otomagnetics. The company, a University of Maryland College Park spin-out, is developing a non-invasive method to deliver drugs and other therapeutic payloads to inner and middle ear compartments, to the eye, and into the skin. The inner ear is behind the blood-labyrinth barrier –

In this two-part conversation, Nick Reed, AuD, discusses what hearing care professionals need to know about public health and hearing loss.   In a wide-ranging interview with Brian Taylor, Reed, who is a research audiologist and assistant professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discusses why hearing loss of gradual onset in adults is not a benign condition and