Category: Bob Alexander

Selling Hearing Aids: Ethical Issues – Again

Wayne Staab 2 Comments Ansel Kleiman / Audiologists / Audiology / Audiology / Bob Alexander / Ed O'Gara / Ethics / FDA / FTC / HAIC / Hearing Aid Dispensing / Hearing aid industry / HIA / IHAS / MPIRG / NHAS / Oticon

Conflicts/Turmoil/Antagonism This blog is a continuation of last week’s that described the changes manufacturers had to make as audiologists began to legally and ethically sell hearing aids for profit.  Today, having a hearing aid practice in which hearing aids are also sold is most likely the single largest employment opportunity for audiologists, and hearing aid…

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Audiologists in Industry – Wayne Staab Part 3

Wayne Staab 2 Comments Ansel Kleiman / ASHA / Audiology / Audiology / Bob Alexander / Ed O'Gara / Ethics / Hearing Aid Dispensing / Hearing aid industry / Jim Curran / National Hearing Aid Society / Telex / University of Minnesota Medical School / University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire / Wayne Staab

From the Academic to the Independent Entrepreneurial World In 1972 I was teaching at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.  This was part of my plan to move further west.  (Well, Eau Claire was further west than East Lansing, Michigan).  Being in charge also of the hearing clinic, I was at times contacted by…

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