Category: Willingness to Pay

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Magic Mirror On the Wall…

Holly Hosford-Dunn adoption rate / Amyn M Amlani / Audiology / Consumer preference / healthcare expenditures / Hearing aid adoption rates / Hearing Aid Manufacturers / Hearing aids / Opportunity Cost / satisfaction / Smartphone hearing aid apps / treatment cost / Utility / Willingness to Pay

Amyn Amlani, PhD, has co-written the 2016 Pricing Update series in Hearing Economics.  Today’s post concludes the series for this year.  In the 1937 Disney classic movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Evil Queen stands in front of a mirror and pronounces, “Magic mirror, on the wall – who is the fairest one…

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The Well Being of Older Adults: The Role of Audiology

Holly Hosford-Dunn 4 Comments Age related hearing loss / Audiology / Barbara Weinstein PhD / Consumer preference / multimorbidity / OTC / Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2016 / Over-the-counter hearing aid / PCAST / President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology / Price / Pricing / Purchasing Decision / Retail / Utility / Willingness to Pay

Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD. Today’s post is especially timely, coinciding with yesterday’s announcement of a bipartisan bill being introduced by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) entitled the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2016 which aims to reduce cost and increase…

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Buying the Stairway…to Hearing

Holly Hosford-Dunn 2 Comments Amyn M Amlani / Audiology / Bundling / Consumer preference / Consumer Price Index (CPI) / Demand / Economics / Hearing aids / Price Elasticity / Pricing / Purchasing Decision / retail markup / Utility / Wholesale / Willingness to Pay

By Amyn Amlani and Holly Hosford-Dunn There’s a lady who’s sure All that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway to…[hearing]. We’re recalling the lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, as an inspiration for our series of posts on pricing.  In Part 3 of our series of blogs on pricing that commenced in…

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Impact of Probe-Microphone Measurements and NOAH Quick-Fit on Patient Satisfaction and Loyalty

Holly Hosford-Dunn 4 Comments adoption rate / Amyn M Amlani / Audiology / Hearing Aid Adoption Rate / Hearing aids / Noah quick fit / Patient Surveys / Perceived Value Measurement - Service Scale / probe microphone measures / Rapid Loyalty Survey / SERVAL / Verification / Willingness to Pay

Amyn Amlani, PhD, returns to Hearing Economics after a long absence, having written on “Efficacy of Smartphone-Based Technology in Improving Hearing Aid Adoption Rates” last July.   Dr. Amlani’s sustained interest in economic principles related to efficacy and consumer satisfaction are evident in these posts as well as several he wrote for the Hearing Health disruptions…

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Who’s at the Center of Your Practice – You or Your Patient?

Holly Hosford-Dunn 1 Comment Audiology / Chronic Care Model (CCM) / Chronic Health Condition / Harvey Abrams PhD / Health Belief Model (HBM) / Hearing aids / Hearing healthcare / Ida Institute / Patient-centered care Model / Stages of Change Model / Stakeholders / Transtheoretical Model / Utility / Willingness to Pay

“Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD.  To date, “Peeling the Onion” has focused on a rehabilitative approach to audiologic treatment to include such concepts as the Health Belief and Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) models. The primary objective (and, many would say, the compelling advantage) of the rehabilitative approach is to…

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