And The Beat Goes On…(but who’s writing the music?)
Seven months have gone by since the publication of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on the ways that technology can help individuals with mild to moderate hearing loss. PCAST The PCAST report seemed to be the start of a series of activities designed to change the delivery of hearing…
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Audiology, Hearing Aids, and the Future
by Mike Metz Have you come across those newspaper ads that try to solicit a varying number of people to participate in a “study” with “new” hearing aids? Who would do this? It’s just an ad gimmick, right? Despite likely being illegal in many states, how can such things that mislead consumers be good for…
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PCAST, PSAPs, and Likely Possibilities
By Michael Metz On May 12th, Brian Taylor placed a post on this website about Samsung and Apple perhaps influencing the hearing aid field. By now, everyone can probably discuss disruptive innovation. If you don’t know about this concept and its application to the “P-stuff” in the title, you have probably been off the grid…
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Down the Rabbit Hole
“Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland I’ve just returned from the 2016 AAA conference in Phoenix. As usual, the days and evenings were a…
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