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Twenty Trends Influencing the Hearing Health Care Field |
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by Karl E. Strom |
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A review of the hearing health care market in 2005, and a look at the current trends influencing the dispensing of hearing instruments—as well as what might be in the wings for 2006 and beyond. |
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Looking Back...Moving Forward |
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Perspectives from 19 companies in the hearing industry on what occurred in 2005 and what can be expected in 2006. |
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Ring! “How Much Are Your Hearing Aids?” |
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by Von Hansen |
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The industry and dispensing professionals need to re-think how they do business from a “point-of-entry approach.” The Patient Care Coordinator—or the position often referred to as “the receptionist”—is easily one of the most important people in hearing health care. As such, they need training. |
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A “Small” Change in Verification: A Compact Live Speech REM System |
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by Gay Hosking Poe, MA, and Terry Ross |
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Although there is ample evidence that clinicians should be performing REM on all their patients, the test is not universally used in the verification/fitting process. Live speech REM is designed to provide an efficient way to administer this testing and obtain more useful information. |
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The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts |
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by Morten Wagner, BSEE, and Søren Lyngsø-Petersen, PhD |
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High product quality of hearing instrument components benefits everyone involved in the hearing health care process: the manufacturers, the dispensing professionals, and the consumers. Here’s a look at some of the quality control processes undertaken by components manufacturers. |
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Hearing Review Three-Year Index 2003-2005 |
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An index, by author and subject, of articles and select items that were published in the Hearing Review from January 2003-December 2005. |
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