Hear In Private Practice

Oct. 09, 2012

The Start of a Tinnitus Support Group

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Editor’s Note:  One of the things I love about Tucson is even though it is close to a million people in the metro area, it still feels small town in some ways.  Being a Wyoming girl I am nostalgic for the small town feel.  Most of the Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers are kind to each other and like to
Oct. 02, 2012

Best of Hearing Health: Keeping Up With The Schedule

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I wrote previously about combining the best of the retail and medical online pharmacy buy prevacid no insurance with best prices today in the USA buy revia online revia online generic scheduling models to streamline our practices, yet still accommodate emergency appointments.  To help solve this problem, our appointment times tend to be longer than other practices and we know
Sep. 24, 2012

Harnessing the Power of Hollywood – Part 2

Christine Diles
The Movie Theater business is exactly that….a business.  We go to be entertained but to the owner and employees, it’s a job: a business, a livelihood,  it’s how they pay their bills.  Theater owners face the same challenges that private-practice hearing care providers face, or any business, for that matter. They need to manage the P&L, hire and train employees,
Sep. 11, 2012

Hearing Loss after a Liver Transplant?

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This past week I had a patient who received a liver transplant over 3 years ago.  He went to a world-renowned clinic for the procedure and during his post-transplant follow up he took advantage of his location and obtained diagnostic evaluation and treatment of his perceived hearing loss.  As a clinician, I know what I say and what the patient understands
Sep. 04, 2012

All in the Family

Christine Diles
Like all of us, the question of “What do you do?” comes up regularly.  When I say, “I’m an audiologist,”  online pharmacy buy finasteride without prescription with best prices today in the USA  I often get blank looks.  As all audiologists know, there usually needs to be a tag line.  My tag line generally goes something like this, “I take
Aug. 28, 2012

Harnessing the Power of Hollywood

Christine Diles
THE PLOT: Hollywood…..fame, fortune, bright lights, red carpets, beautiful people, grandiosity, power and influence.  The film industry has the ability to sway thought, fashion and culture.  Whether it be social issues, politics or how we look; Hollywood shapes our attitudes and behavior and they want us to go to the movies! Thirty-five million Americans are living with some degree of
Aug. 21, 2012

When a Drug Reaction leads to a horrible TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis)

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This week I am writing about Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), which came to my attention when one of our patients reported that he  has been dealing with this for the past year. TEN is a potentially life-threatening dermatologic disorder characterized by widespread erythema, necrosis  and bullous (blisters or bullae on the skin), a detachment of the epidermis (skin) and mucous membranes
Aug. 15, 2012

Risky Business

Christine Diles
online pharmacy order clomid no prescription with best prices today in the USA You’ve heard it said, “When you work for yourself, you work for a real tyrant.” A seasoned and successful businessman friend recently gave us another pearl: “If owning a business were easy, everyone would have one.” When you’re the boss, you get to make the rules.  You
Aug. 07, 2012

The Big Battery Deal

Christine Diles
Speaking of batteries, they seem to be a huge part of the hearing care provider’s day, albeit not generally a huge part of revenue.  A study published by a hearing aid manufacturer in 2009 reported that when looking at total practice revenue, batteries constituted 7% on average.  While I can’t quantify, I feel like we spend more than 7% of
Jul. 31, 2012

Cardiovascular Disease with a Little Hearing Loss on the Side

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Continuing my series on health topics as they relate to hearing loss, we come to Cardiovascular Disease (CV).  Cardiovascular disease includes both Heart Disease and strokes which are the number one and two killers in our society today, accounting for 33.6% of all deaths in the US .This disease is also one of the most preventable.  Physicians feel that early