Amptify and Blueprint Solutions Announce Integration
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Amptify and Blueprint Solutions have announced a partnership and an integration of their cloud-based audiology software for hearing healthcare professionals. Blueprint OMS has built a reputation as “the most scalable, customizable, configurable, and user-friendly office management system available for hearing healthcare today — developed with input from healthcare providers and backed…
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Starkey Announces Collaborative Research Study with Stanford Medicine
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has announced that it is entering into a research collaboration with researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine to study the use of hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to track and mitigate health risks as well as enhance speech intelligibility in challenging listening environments. According…
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Audiology, ENT professionals get ‘radically candid’ at Audigy retreat
More than 100 practice owners and decision-makers across the hearing care and ear, nose, and throat space recently convened in Stevenson, Washington, to tackle that and more at Audigy’s first-ever leadership retreat in October. The Oct. 27-30 event, a COVID-safe opportunity to bring leaders together during a historic time of challenge and change, focused on…
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Fuel Medical Announces Upcoming “Extra-Curricular” Symposium to Benefit Future Audiologists
CAMAS, WASHINGTON — Being an audiologist requires hours of preparation, education and time in the classroom and clinic. But succeeding as an audiologist requires even more. That’s the motivation behind Fuel Medical Group’s next session in the Extra-Curricular series. Extra-Curricular is a monthly virtual symposium designed to give audiology students some of the “extra” skills…
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Decibel Therapeutics Announces Extension of Research Term with Regeneron for Development of Gene Therapy Hearing Loss Treatments
BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS –– Decibel Therapeutics (Nasdaq: DBTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing transformative treatments to restore and improve hearing and balance, today announced that Regeneron has extended the research term of its collaboration with the company to discover and develop gene therapies for hearing loss. The research term will be extended…
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Songs For Sound and Phonak Partner to Bring Free Hearing Screenings & Awareness to Students in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — After being off the road for nearly two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nashville based 501c3 charity Songs for Sound in partnership with Phonak, launches their Hear the Music Project tour this month offering full-service hearing health services, education and access to care for all. The Hear the Music Project is…
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Frequency Therapeutics Provides Business Updates and Q3 2021 Financial Results
LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSSETTS — Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company focused on developing therapeutics to activate a person’s innate regenerative potential to restore function, has announced business updates and financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. “Frequency has made significant operational progress throughout this year, highlighted by the initiation…
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US House of Representatives Passes Bill Adding New Medicare Hearing Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After months of deliberations and negotiations, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) that includes several hearing-related provisions that would impact Medicare patients and providers, if ultimately enacted. The bill would add coverage of treatment services provided by audiologists—for the first time in…
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Starkey Names Jessica Perez Chief People Officer and EVP of Culture
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has announced the promotion of Jessica Perez to the newly created role of Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President of Culture. Perez is responsible for developing and executing people-centered strategies to support Starkey’s success. Ensuring Starkey’s values are “reinforced with every initiative and communication, she is a culture advocate and brand builder…
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UK and Irish Hearing Aid Sales Post Another Record in Q3 of 2021
The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) reports that the third quarter 2021 has set a second consecutive record as the hearing instrument market continues to recover from the effects of the pandemic. The UK private market sales have increased by 9% from Q2 to Q3 and are up by 36% on the third…
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