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Editor’s Note: This post, first published on August 23, 2011, ended with a hearkening of the future that is becoming a reality for audiology services as we enter 2019.  It bears republication as a reminder of the thinking and technology in place nearly 8 years ago. “In light of the global shortage of hearing health professionals and the overwhelming need

Editor’s Note: While our editorial team takes the week off for the holidays, we hope you enjoy the most viewed post this year at Hearing Views. This post was originally published on August 28, 2018.   by Mike Metz Views of third-party payers will vary among providers.  Professional qualifications and membership restrictions are seldom the reasons that clinicians and providers dislike

Unless you are a hermit (hermitess?), you have heard about and read the anonymous “inside resistance” op-ed published during the first week of September.  An anonymous senior member of the President’s staff wrote to the New York Times.[1]  The editorial was quite blunt and critical.  The Times was asked to allow it to be printed anonymously. They agreed. There are

Views of third-party payers will vary among providers.  Professional qualifications and membership restrictions are seldom the reasons that clinicians and providers dislike the folks who control their billing and receipts.  More often, it’s likely that the amount of money paid by insurers and other third parties that’s the key issue.  On the other hand, consumers generally love these third party

By Robert Castleton Wormus “The history of audiology, as well as general information about its scope, and who practices it, must be rewritten, and peer reviewed by audiologists.  To be continued.” Part Two  That’s where I left off in part one of Audiology: An Introspection. I realized the can of worms I was opening, but couldn’t avoid it.  Audiology is

Evolution is necessary, not only in nature but also in business. Generally, living organisms benefit from evolution. So do people and probably so do most patients.  Some folks seem to fear progress around them. Some quietly observe. Some argue violently. Most float by on the prevailing current without notice, comment, or participation.   For those of you who dispense hearing instruments,

By Robert Castleton Wormus I’m 76 years old and have been retired from Audiology for fifteen years. In retirement, I write a daily science journal, numerous social media blogs, poetry, novels, anecdotes, adventures, and prognostications about the future. It’s my avocation, and now I want to add my two cents about Audiology.   Clinical audiology, I have no doubt, will

by Mike Metz As PSAPs come into the marketplace, and as clinicians decide how to deal with them, there arises an issue of the need to addressing patient counselling.  Most hearing aid fittings come with recommendations for follow-up.  Most new cars sales also come with recommendations for follow-up.  What do PSAPs come with? Automobile sales typically consist of following up

By Robert Castleton Wormus   I retired from a successful, wonderfully fruitful, forty year career in audiology.1  I have ridiculously good health, and a seemingly infatigable love of Life, Nature and Science. Simply put, I’m blessed.   I’ve known it all my life, and yet, I’ve done very little to ‘pay it forward’; this is disconcerting to me, and I’ve

by Mike Metz If you know a better way of functionally describing transparency than by stating “one can see through it clearly”, let me know.  I would also like to have an alternative definition for “sterile”, “truthful”, “correct”, and “perfect”.  These words imply a state that is not compromised. Semi-truthful doesn’t mean almost the truth, it means wrong. Semi-perfect is