Proof That What We Do is Important!
I hope that everyone within the reach of this essay feels that what they do is important. But if you are on the fence, just read the press release below (and if you want to really dig into it, read the full article by clicking the link at the end of the article citation). To…
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We Are Teachers! Educate!
Much of what we do with our customer is education. Most of our patients have little or no knowledge of hearing, hearing loss or hearing aids – it is a black box. Hearing aids are particularly mysterious. Our patients don’t know what they can and cannot do, may never have experienced them, and may not…
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It’s Not Just Chit-Chat
I typically dislike euphemisms. For an excellent primer on how euphemisms can subtly change the meaning and impact of language, look at the late, great George Carlin’s brilliant comedic essay on how “shell shock” eventually became “PTSD”. His point is that euphemistic language can sometimes soften and “tame” difficult concepts. Perhaps we would do well…
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Ask the Next Question – A Fable
Once upon a time, a man had a home repair job to do and went to his local hardware store. He said to the salesman at the hardware store, “I have a job to do at home and I need a tool for the job.” The salesman said, “I have just the thing for you!” …
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A Modest Proposal: The Case for Speech-in-Noise Testing
The audiometric test battery is getting a little long in the tooth and could use some rejuvenation. For about the last 50 years the time-honored suite of tests has been in place virtually unchanged. Why should it change? After all, hearing is hearing. The auditory mechanism hasn’t changed. And hearing aid technology, well, we are…
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Tackling Two Big Bugaboos in the Hearing Industry
by Paul U. Teie, MS There are two big bugaboos in the hearing industry these days. Well, OK, there may be more – there are OTC hearing aids, audiology assistants, the pointless enmity between audiologists, hearing aid dispensers and ENTs, and I’m sure we could come up with others. But the two that seem to…
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