Hear In Private Practice

The greatest joy that our profession brings us is to help people hear well. People come to the office hearing poorly. They leave hearing better. They leave happy. And they leave us with a deep sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Today I want to add another tool to your toolbox. It a hearing aid feature you use everyday—the multi-program capacity

By Marshall Chasin, AuD  The following post was originally published in The Hearing Review and appears here by permission.   For the past several years the National Geographic channel has broadcast a panel show called “Duck Quacks Don’t Echo.”  The panel’s role is to tell if a certain science story is true or false. One of the biggest myths is

I have attempted to make this a daily question for myself the last several years and once a year I write about it. I am thankful that I have a staff now that wants to grow the office instead of wanting things to never change. It has been a challenge for me finding the right people who can grow with the

Today’s advanced hearing aids offer lots of features that consumers may find pretty amazing. As a result, hearing care providers may be tempted to parade these high-tech wonders in front of their patients to get them excited about what they offer. In my opinion, this is a huge mistake! If you promise too much, the patient will expect too much,

This week’s post is a followup on an earlier blog post in September concerning “streamers” and Bluetooth connectivity. Siemens has released its EasyTek, and at a recent training session in New Jersey audiologists were told that the device was compatible with pacemakers. However, when looking for written backup on the Internet I found a Norwegian handbook  that advised people to check with their cardiologist before using EasyTek

Those of us who have worked in this field for years have taken thousands of ear impressions. And, just like nurses who give injections every day, it is easy for us to become desensitized to the importance and potential risks of this procedure. Taking an ear impression is not a risk-free process. The safety of the patient’s ear can be

By Diana Holan, MS Since 2006, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) issues an annual 24-hour survey of domestic violence service agencies in the United States.  The results are staggering and have been alarmingly consistent since 2008. Every year, on that single survey day, these agencies answer well over 20,000 hotline calls and provide services to more than

This following story is true, and it happened to me. It has now been more than a year since this sad episode occurred, and I would like to say I have recovered. But if truth be told, this case has changed my life forever. Some wounds go very deep. Sarah and I worked together for more than 35 years. We

By Marshall Chasin, AuD. This post was originally published in Hearing Review and appears here by permission. I can’t tell you how often I have had the following conversation with someone at the Worker’s Compensation Board (also known as the Worker’s Safety and Insurance Board, in some jurisdictions) on behalf of a worker. Marshall: “Hello. I am calling on behalf

How many times have you told a patient what hearing aid they need, only to be told, “Well, that’s fine, but I want the other one.” At times there is a substantial difference between the hearing aid system that would work best for patients and the system that they want. Some hearing aids have the potential to be modified into