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Fitting Tips |
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Turning High Clinical Standards into a Sustainable Competitive Advantage |
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by Brian Taylor, AuD |
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Establishing a process that uses evidence-based principles (EBP) results in better customer relations and technical expertise—and can also make a substantial difference in your bottom line. |
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| Business Tools and Batteries |
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Business Management |
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A Primer on Hearing Aid Warranties and Insurance Coverage |
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by John Ditzler |
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Where does a manufacturer's hearing aid warranty stop, what are the benefits to offering extended warranties, and who might be involved in each? |
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Technology |
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Power Up: Hearing Aid Batteries Enter the Era of Mini-BTEs and Wireless Devices |
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by Karl E. Strom |
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Hearing aid battery manufacturers offer their perspectives on the issues of changing hearing aid technology, new high-power challenges, and rust/corrosion and environmental concerns. |
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| Hearing Instrument Technology |
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Tech Topic |
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Automatic Hearing Instrument Adjustments Based on Environmental Listening Situations |
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by Jennifer Groth, MA; John Nelson, PhD; Charlotte Thunberg Jespersen, MA; and Laurel Christensen, PhD |
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An examination of the need for noise management systems and the rationale, research, and benefits of a new system designed to classify and optimize sound according to the listening environment. |
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A CIC Open-Fit System: Acoustic Optimization of Occlusion, Gain, and Feedback in CICs |
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by David Fabry, PhD |
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The components related to success with open-fit devices, with special emphasis on whether CIC devices can provide comparable benefits to micro-BTE devices for this purpose. |
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