Hear In Private Practice

A friend shared this link with me since we converse occasionally about motivating ourselves and those we work with.  We are in vastly different areas of the work force. He is a manager with Microsoft and I am in Private Practice Audiology.  The message he brought to me rings true across careers when it comes to having a positive attitude

Before we get started, I want to note that in the course of writing this post I kept stumbling across ideas for future posts (those “a-ha!” moments).  For the fun of it, I’ll throw in a few number signs (#) indicating those moments, and if you’re interesting in my pursuit of them, please send me an email or post a

In private practice we get price shoppers on the phone and it is up to our front desk to turn the phone call into an appointment.  Though it rarely happens, it can be a challenge for my staff because I have never given a free hearing exam.  In my earlier posts I went over some pros and cons of being

In part 1, I discussed my recollections as to how our industry has developed its retail pricing strategies, and how we responded to changes within the industry itself. Progress requires change, and we needed to make changes that would enable us to keep our retail prices  competitive and still be able to pay our bills.  The rapid rise of wholesale

The decision to become a participating provider is not as easy as you think.  We have seen managed care change dramatically over the past 20 years.  Even though hearing health care and hearing aids were often value-added discount items rather than covered benefits, it helped having the office or audiologist/dispenser’s name in the providers directory for referrals alone.  In Arizona,

I’ve always been a bit of a salesman, as well as a computer geek. For me, they went hand-in-hand, one benefiting the other. I purchased my first computer at age 9 by selling stationery door-to-door, raising enough money to purchase a Commodore VIC 20. The 20 stood for 20k of memory, if you can imagine that. I did fantastically with

Name that disorder The first is an “attack” of burning pain and redness of the pinna of one ear and is made worse by a variety of common things: touch, neck movement, lying on affected ear, contact with hot or cold water (drinking or touch) or straining.  Depending on the person, it can go on from 15 min to a

Today is a Big Day for this section.  We’re welcoming the first post by the new co-editor of Hear in Private Practice:  Scot Frink, MS.  Thank you, Scot, and welcome to The Blogs @ Hearing Health Matters!   Audiology began decades ago with a primary focus on treating our veterans returning from World War II. But, as with many successful

Best practices and ethical guidelines in audiology support the use of real ear probe measurements.{{1}}[[1]]Much of this post was contributed by my colleague Jennifer T. Lamfers, AuD[[1]]  But, how many practitioners use it in their practices?  Some conduct real ear measures on every patient, using the measures to adjust hearing aids to reach target gain to ensure audibility. Dispensing audiologists

Today we will focus on a clinical component here, as it has sparked interest from our readers.   Preeclampsia and Hearing Loss   Preeclampsia is a condition that causes blood pressure to rise suddenly and can occur anytime during pregnancy, delivery, and up to six weeks after delivery.  It can result in a host of medical problems, including stroke or