What Makes You Think You Are Special?
Editor’s Note: OK, put on your seat belts and prepare for disruption, or at least one professional’s view of such. By Geoffrey Cooling I read a recent commentary at the Hearing Review a few weeks ago and frankly it made me giggle a bit. In fact, it made me giggle a lot. In essence, it said that…
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How Hearing Aid Technology Has Evolved in Society, and Why — Part XI
Editor’s Note: Today’s post continues the discussion by Abigail Farmer and Bruno Sarda on the evolution of hearing aid technology. Implications and Policy Recommendations The hearing aid market as we know it is ripe for disruption. On one hand, hearing aids are expensive. They rely on proprietary technology that does not necessarily “play…
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How Hearing Aid Technology Has Evolved in Society, and Why — Part X
Editor’s Note: Today’s post continues the discussion by Abigail Farmer and Bruno Sarda on the evolution of hearing aid technology. However laudable the goal of encouraging medical evaluation might be, one result of this lack of insurance/Medicare coverage and access is to resort to other forms of hearing assistance, particularly for those with only…
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The Service Component: Should We Really Embrace Industry Disruption?
By Harvey Abrams, PhD In Kim Cavitt’s recent post, she argues that the disruptive forces facing our industry and profession can have the potential to positively impact accessibility to and affordability of hearing healthcare. I hope she’s right. When most of us think about disruptive forces these days, our minds understandably turn to products, specifically…
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Business of Hearing Healthcare: Establishing Yourself as the Authority
By Geoff Cooling It seems that on a regular basis something happens that gives the field of Audiology pause for thought. In recent times it has been confirmed that heavyweight Samsung will soon enter into our industry. This has been known for some time, but the point of entry was up for debate, but now…
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The PCAST Report and How it Could Harm Patients — Part 3
Editor’s Note: Today’s post concludes the discussion by Virginia Ramachandran, AuD, PhD, and Brad Stach, PhD, on why they believe the recommendations of the PCAST report could actually harm, rather than help, hearing impaired patients. PCAST Myth 6: Providing Over-The-Counter Access Will Be Safe for Consumers The report recommendations were provided for those consumers with “age-related, progressive,…
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