Internet Interventions for Hearing Loss and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs): There Is a Connection?
Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD. Hearing loss impacts every facet of life and according to recent studies, increases the risk of death.{{1}}[[1]]Genther, D., Betz, J., Pratt, S., Martin, K., et al., (2015). Association Between Hearing Impairment and Risk of Hospitalization in Older Adults. JAGS.…
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Ear Devices to Anticipate Your Every Need: How Would Don Draper Handle This?
Q: What if the hearing aid industry designed its own auditory augmentation “facilitory system” to compete with existing visions on the drawing boards of giant software and consumer electronics companies? That rhetorical question, posed previously, envisioned an industry-wide platform strategy built on existing binaural, Bluetooth-enabled RIC-type products with the requisite amplification features married to emerging…
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Samsung Comes Calling on the Hearing Device Industry
It makes sense for companies like Apple and Samsung to gain competitive advantage through optimized supply chains that “lock up key product and component supplies.” (4/21/15 post) Samsung Electronics agrees, judging by recent developments in its patent activity, infrastructure, component acquisitions, and newly announced products. Moreover, Samsung Electronics thinks it makes especially good sense to focus on…
Read MoreMy Move from a Conventional Hearing Aid Manufacturer to a Consumer Electronics Company
“Signal & Noise” is a bimonthly, or sometimes monthly, column by Brian Taylor, AuD. Selecting and fitting hearing aids is, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, the primary tool audiologists and hearing instrument specialists use to address the needs of adults with hearing loss. Today, it is the hearing aid that…
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Just Good Enough on the à la carte Menu
“Signal & Noise” is a bimonthly column by Brian Taylor, AuD. In addition to fitting conventional hearing aids, audiologists and hearing instrument specialists may have the opportunity to adapt an à la carte approach to technology with a menu of offerings tailored to the “just good enough” needs of the individual. This menu may…
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