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Navigating the Road Ahead, Part 3: What is a Mild or Moderate hearing problem?

While many will applaud the coming regulatory changes permitting the sale of OTC hearing devices, we need to consider more carefully possible negative impacts on consumers. Using a simplified approach to what is a mild or moderate loss bears some critical thinking. A basic question asks how such a loss should be defined as well as identified? […]

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Navigating the Road Ahead, Part 2: The Problem Might be Greater Than We Think

Harry Abrams’ response (“Auditory Training – A Familiar Value Proposition in an Era of Revolutionary Change”) to our initial post (“Navigating the Road Ahead”) was appreciated. We agree with him that one key to future success is to focus on rehabilitation as a core offering and to contemplate ways that such services can be provided to a much larger

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Navigating the Road Ahead, Part 1

Four years ago we wrote an article describing changes that were beginning to occur in the hearing business and speculating about what the implications might be (“Enable the Tribe and Speed the Journey Amid Turbulent Change” – Audiology Practices, Winter edition 2013). The gist of it was that a combination of new technologies, major demographic trends and

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Evidence Over Orthodoxy, Part 3: Where Do We Go From Here?

What does this wish list for consumers imply for the industry? Strengthening Education, Access and Availability are key ingredients. Also recognizing that while the industry with adaptation can provide important leadership, it will never attain the scale required to confront the problem entirely. Coalitions and partnerships will be required as well as new sources of public

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Evidence Over Orthodoxy, Part 2: Why are so Many People Left Out?

Why are so many people left out? There are several well-known reasons – stigma of older age, access to services and acquisition cost of products being the major ones. These are well documented in the literature and summarized in the Academy of Sciences report and the subsequent Congressional Act of 2017 which mandated a new class of over the counter

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