The Plural of Anecdote is NOT Data
by Harvey Abrams, PhD. “Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD. I participated in two events this week. One informed the other. The first event was the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Workshop held in Washington DC on April 18th. The other was the March for Science which, in my current geographical…
Read MorePlease, No More Shoes!
by Harvey Abrams, PhD. “Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD. As we all know by now, the third shoe (or was it a boot) dropped with a loud thud heard ’round the industry. The FDA appears to be investigating the feasibility of creating a new category of basic hearing aids that…
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Best of Hearing Economics 2016, a Year of Surprises
Wouldn’t you know it? Harvey Abram’s Waiting for the Second Shoe (of Three) to Drop from last summer was one of the most-read posts in Hearing Economics in 2016. Click on the link to read it, now that the FDA has dropped that 3rd shoe. As a refresher, Dr Abram’s “2nd Shoe” post laid out the territory…
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On-Site Reporting from NAS Public Meeting Last Week
by Barbara Weinstein Downstream Consequences of Aging is a bi-monthly series written by guest columnist Barbara Weinstein, PhD. Today’s post gives readers a sense of the simultaneous breathless drama and grinding diligence experienced by all participating stakeholders at last week’s pivotal NAS meeting. The Plenary: Sounds of Silence At the Dec. 7, 2016 Dissemination…
Read MoreWaiting for the Third Shoe (of Three) to Drop
“Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD. My last post, “Waiting for the Second Shoe (of three) to Drop”, was written just before the most recent IoM report was published. Now that it has, we are waiting for the last of the Hearing Health Industry Trilogy of Reports to appear; i.e., FDA’s…
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