Design Thinking in Hearing Health: The Define Phase – Reframing Problems Through Collaboration, Synthesis & Divergent Questions
by Kate Baldocchi, AuD, Trisha Milnes, AuD, & Amyn M. Amlani, PhD In 2019, the reader was introduced to a conceptual overview of the design thinking process and how it could be utilized as a tool in serving the needs of listeners with hearing loss. Design thinking engagement and interactions are comprised of a non-linear,…
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US Hearing Aid Pricing: Part 1 – Nominal Wholesale-Side Trends
Editor’s Note: The last time Hearing Economics discussed hearing aid pricing was 2016, when then Section Editor, Holly Hosford-Dunn, provided readers with a comprehensive assessment of the market in a seven-part series. Starting with today’s blog on wholesale pricing (in a nominal sense), the aim is to build on Holly’s earlier work and share current…
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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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