PSAP and Hearable Market Encroachment, Part 2
The Hearing Disruptions series seeks to cover the rapid changes taking place in hearing healthcare. Today’s post is culled from recent topics presented to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults. Hearables: Hype and Market Entry Holly Hosford-Dunn, Ph.D. Presented at the June 30 IOM meeting…
Read MoreThe Importance of an Open Wireless Connectivity Protocol for Hearing Assistance Products
The Hearing Disruptions series seeks to cover the rapid changes taking place in hearing healthcare. Today’s post is culled from recent topics presented to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults. Richard Einhorn. Based upon an address presented June 30, 2015 at the Committee on Accessible and…
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Winning the War Against Hearing Loss, part 8: Enabling the Almost Deaf to Hear
The articles in this continuing series are all about miracles. Previously, I told you about Kim, David, Dr. Judy, Sam, and Michael & Ann. Our story today is about Sandy, a design engineer who works for a large manufacturing company. She has no functional hearing in her left ear and a profound hearing loss in…
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Winning the War against Hearing Loss, part 4: Hearing Well with a Cell Phone
By: Bob Martin, AuD Miracles happen in our field. Last time I discussed Kim who, thanks to her hearing aids, was able to work in a noisy bar and save her family’s home. This week, I want you to meet David, a real estate agent with severe hearing loss. In the past he could not…
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Winning the War Against Hearing Loss: Why It Took So Long
Part 2 in a series Technology impacts everyday life. Last year while driving home after skiing at Mammoth we got caught in a blinding snowstorm. It was night. Visibility was zero. I could not see the road. I had no way of knowing when to turn to get back to our lodge. Fortunately, we had…
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Update: Siemens Bluetooth Accessories and Pacemakers
This is a quick update from previous blogs on manufacturers of Bluetooth (or like) accessories and the specs for Pacemakers. As I have written in the past, we as a profession have many issues to watch, and this one is of personal interest to me. We need to monitor how things interact on our clients (patients)…
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