Innovations In Hearing

(Author’s note) I write this as a true believer and not for any financial gain.  Neither Etymōtic Research nor any very tall bald engineer with a bushy moustache has offered remuneration for this paean to QuickSIN.  It’s all me, folks.  I’ve done drunk the KoolAid.   –Paul Teie, MS First, a tiny bit of history is in order. The standard

One of the most useful ideas surrounding the concept of the  “Continuum of Denial”  is how it requires the provider to listen deeply.  In a two-day seminar I took on Motivational Interviewing several years ago, the facilitator was ever exhorting participants to “listen deeply”.  My question was, “OK, that sounds great.  So how do I do that?”  The answer is

Since the early days of clinical audiology, when Raymond Carhart pioneered a comprehensive listening skills program for WWII veterans fitted with hearing aids, the importance of auditory training has received a lot of lip service from hearing healthcare providers. Although many clinicians believe in its intrinsic value, and a handful of studies support its effectiveness, auditory training, in practice, often

A few months ago, start-up company, Listen Lively burst onto the hearing care scene. Offering a pair of modern hearing aids, plus two years of remote video conferencing appointments with a licensed audiologist, Listen Lively could be poised to shake-up the current brick and mortar hearing aid dispensing model. Recently, Listen Lively CEO, Adam Karp was queried by Hearing News

Many hearing professionals are uncomfortable about taking their counseling into the realm of anything approaching “therapy” or interpersonal counseling.  They feel ill-equipped to delve into these more intimate areas.  While I agree that “psychological” counseling is certainly beyond our scope of practice, “communication” counseling is clearly not.  In fact, when it comes to this kind of counseling, hearing professionals are

by Brian Taylor, AuD Nothing reflects the convergence of hearing aids and consumer audio devices like the flurry of new AI-driven features introduced at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. At the annual Las Vegas event, said to be attended by nearly 200,000 persons, many of the mainstay hearing aid manufacturers showcased products that just a year ago

Editor’s Note: While our editorial team takes the week off for the holidays, we hope you enjoy the most viewed post this year at Innovations in Hearing. This post was originally published on August 2, 2018. Nancy Williams, a person with hearing loss who holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is President and Founder of Auditory Insight, published an

by Brian Taylor, AuD, and Kelly Tremblay, PhD Two studies, published by JAMA Otolaryngology on November 8th are compulsory reads for hearing care professionals concerned about accessibility and affordability of hearing-related services. Both studies, which relied on insurance claims data from the OptumLabs Data Warehouse, a division of the for-profit UnitedHealth Group, add to the growing body of evidence demonstrating

by Kathryn ‘Kat’ Penno It’s no surprise that the healthcare industry has gained a lot of attention and media hype about being ripe for disruption. Audiology and the hearing aid market, in particular, is an interesting case. For many years the majority of the audiology profession has relied on a product to generate most of its revenue. I want to

Two broad categories of patients – help seekers with hearing devices and help seekers without hearing devices – will benefit from new forms of counseling and customization in a market landscape where persons with hearing loss can self-direct their care. Part 1 examined self-fitting hearing aids and the role audiologists could play in their selection and use. Part 2 takes