Hear In Private Practice

To paraphrase from a little joke that went around some time ago:  “Our field is unique, just like every other field”.  There are likely some semi-universal truths, and therefore likely lots of lessons audiology can learn from others, if we listen and take heed.  Why is it important that we learn from others?  How about these for starters: So we

Here are ten rules you should be aware of if you wear hearing aids. In brief, they are: (1) Beware of hairspray. (2) Beware of dogs. (3) Be careful with little children. (4) Keep them dry. (5) Open the battery door at night. (6) Rub your hands to check aids. (7) Break in new hearing aids gradually. (8) Put your

By Dennis Kraus, Audio Infos Germany   At the IFA preview in early July 2016 in Hamburg, ReSound Germany Executive Director Joachim Gast explained to Audio Infos Germany why the company decided to have its own stand at big consumer electronic fairs like the IFA in Berlin or the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, and what benefits a manufacturer

By Michael Collins, AuD   My fellow hearing professionals, disruption is at our doorstep. I doubt that most of you would have thought just a few short years ago that our industry would be turned on its head in such a short amount of time by the likes of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the Food and Drug Administration

by Jerry L. Northern, PhD and Darrel L. Teter, PhD Audiology lost an illustrious leader from the Golden Age of Audiology (1960 – 1990) with the passing of Geary McCandless on January 4, 2017.  Those who knew him recognized his talents as a modern Renaissance man, i.e., a cultured person who is well informed, educated, and proficient in a wide

by Bruno Scala, Audio Infos France   40 years ago, Professor Claude-Henri Chouard performed the first cochlear implant. It was on September 22, 1976. A medical breakthrough that made history and that was possible only thanks to his boldness, perseverance, and talent. Professor Chouard and those who worked with him at that time, Patrick MacLeod, Claude Fugain and Bernard Meyer,

by Mike Metz Compensation for hearing-impaired workers has been sort of on the back burner for many years.  Audiologists are occasionally called upon to measure and compute the hearing disability associated with hearing injuries resulting from workplace noise exposure.  A potentially larger issue of workplace hearing loss involves “fitness for duty” decisions.   Audiologists are increasingly being asked to provide

There’s no doubt that “disruption” has been on the minds of many in the hearing industry in 2016. The post by Kim Cavitt, AuD, 2016: Will it be the Year of the Disruption? Gosh, I Hope So (originally published 2/16/2016) was the most-read post at Hearing Health this year. Please click on the article link to read, re-read, or add

by Katherine Bouton   People with hearing loss got a bit of a break last week when the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it is considering creating a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids. The aim, it said, would be to encourage “new, innovative, lower-cost products to millions of consumers.” Thirty million Americans suffer age-related hearing loss. Only

by Roy Rasmussen Use of cochlear implants is on the rise. By the end of 2010, approximately 219,000 people worldwide had received a cochlear implant, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Approximately 40 percent of children born profoundly deaf were receiving implants by the end of 2014, a rise of 25 percent in five years, prompting the Department