Category: Wayne Staab PhD

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With a Tale, Forsooth, Northey Cameth Unto Us

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The Tom Northey series concludes today, wrapping up his 2000 treatise forecasting the future of our profession.1 He foresaw systematic changes headed straight at us and anticipated questions and issues that would rain down upon us.   Northey predicted a world of Audiology survivors and losers,  advised Audiologists to look beyond hearing aids for survival strategies, and gave Audiologists common-sense recommendations which we…

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Thanksgiving for Audiologists

Holly Hosford-Dunn 1 Comment Alan Desmond AuD / Audiology / Boutique Audiology / Coffee / Diana Holan MS / Division of Labor / Economics / Entrepreneurism / Hearing healthcare / Judy L Huch AuD / K Ray Katz / Practice Management / Sharon K Hopkins MA / Thanksgiving / Wayne Staab PhD

Professional networks and interaction are vital components of economic, professional and personal health.   Take a moment in this Thanksgiving week to appreciate how vital your colleagues are to the success of your practice and lifestyle.  It’s the one time you can combine economics and sentimentality, which I do every Thanksgiving.  The following is from…

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