Survival of the Fittest Audiologists
Last post introduced readers to Tom Northey and his 2000 forecast of Audiology in the future, which predicted that today’s audiologists would fall into camps of survivors or scatter to the wind as competitive forces eased out the losers. Today’s post is for those of us interested in operating in survivor mode. Northey contrasted our…
Read MoreThat Vision Thing
How many readers remember Tom J. Northey, The One That Got Away? Mr. Northey is a ghost guest contributor this week, not because he’s deceased but because he came to Audiology, he saw the future, and he left for greener pastures. In 2000, he wrote a monumental forecast of our profession, published in audiologyonline. It probably…
Read MoreUS Hearing Device Patent Approvals for May and June 2014
Being an Audiologist wandering through the Wonderful World of Patents is like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland. I’m sure it’s better than mushrooms and the supply seems endless. New Patents, Birth Announcements, and Rebirths in WondEAR World May/June brought a shower of patents having to do with implants, adjustable magnet systems,…
Read MoreHearing Healthcare: Fish or Fowl?
March Phonak-Costco Madness ushered in urgency to the health of hearing healthcare providers. March Mayhem was foreshadowed for 3 years in Hearing Economics posts, starting with resurrection of 1990s prognostications of professional schizophrenia and bimodalism stemming from creative destruction. And lo, it came to pass as disruptive technologies and economics came among us and we were sore afraid. Otherwise,…
Read MoreSmartphone Control Apps for Hearing Devices: The Science
Hearing Economics is pleased to welcome back the Guest Contributors from Ear Machine for Part 2 of Smartphone Control Apps. Dianne spent 20 years at the University of Minnesota, teaching and doing research on hearing aids. She was director of advanced research at a major hearing aid manufacturer, and for the past 10 years has…
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