RIC Hearing Aid Acoustic Considerations
Acoustic Application for Successful Hearing Aid Acceptance and Satisfaction A successful RIC hearing aid fitting, like many hearing aid fittings, is not necessarily related to any specific fitting formula, but is based on user satisfaction – the ability to hear, understand, and wear the hearing aid comfortably, without acoustic feedback, and in the presence of…
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Status of the Independent U.S. Hearing Aid Retail Market
by Wayne Staab, PhD Historically, we think of the U.S. hearing aid market being served primarily by independent dispensers. Following the very early years of hearing aid franchises, sales were made mostly by what we now refer to as independent hearing aid dealers (actually, at one time, called hearing aid audiologists). Over time, audiologists also…
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