Hearing: The Social Sense
There is something very unique about the sense of hearing that sets it apart from every other sense we possess. Simply put, your hearing does not belong to you. At least, not entirely. This is the reason people get so frustrated when we don’t hear them first time, the reason they take it personally whenever…
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Design Thinking, Hearing Healthcare, and the New Normal: Using ‘Empathize’ to Identify Barriers and Opportunities
by Kate Baldocchi, AuD, Trisha Milnes, AuD, & Amyn M. Amlani, PhD COVID-19 proved to be a curve ball that left governments, economies, healthcare systems, and the citizens of the world in dismay. The impact of the virus tested our emotional-, mental-, familial-, social-, and physical-wellbeing, as well as our resilience, our grit, our humanity,…
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Coronavirus and Audiology Services
by Amyn M Amlani, PhD COVID-19, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2), is a previously unknown virus that captured the attention of the world in December 2019. Initial reports of this virus surfaced when a large number of pneumonia cases surfaced from a seafood market in Wuhan, a city in Eastern China, where…
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Pricing in Hearing Healthcare: Which Race are You Running? Part 3 – Implications of Health Insurance on Consumer Demand
by Amyn M Amlani, PhD Today’s blog, Part 3, is the last in the series, “Pricing in Hearing Healthcare: Which Race are You Running?” Thus far, we have covered the: Developing market segmentation occurring in hearing healthcare (Part 1), and the Negative effect (i.e., cannibalization) of reduced retail pricing on total revenue, consumer purchase intent,…
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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids as a Catalyst for Audiology Reimbursement Updates
Dear Readers: During this holiday season, the editors at Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) are taking some time off. However, we are not leaving you without anything to read on our blog this week. Instead, we are publishing a special holiday edition filled with what we call our Readers’ Choices. Our Readers’ Choices featured…
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