The Audiologist Informer

HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop provides a detailed review of the new ReSound Omnia receiver-in-canal hearing aid family. The successor to the popular ReSound One, Omnia provides new speech enhancement and directional microphone features that aim to deliver better speech clarity—especially in background noise.

With the new financing, Yes Hearing—operating a network of over 500 mobile hearing care professionals who provide in-home hearing services—plans to advance the growth and scale of its direct-to-consumer operations and accelerate its proprietary home care technology platform.

It has been revealed that the majority owner of Demant has increased its GN Group stake to over 10%. But that doesn’t mean Demant is trying to take over GN Hearing, says a Sydbank analyst.

In this perspective article, the authors estimate the total annual direct carbon footprint of the hearing aid industry is about 100-150,000 ton CO2-eq, and for the individual bilateral hearing aid user it equates to about the same as driving 25-50 miles in a medium-sized gasoline-powered car. They propose several ways we might reduce the carbon footprint of hearing healthcare.

The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which governs coverage for Medicare Part B (outpatient) audiology and SLP services, cuts payment to providers, allows beneficiaries one audiology visit per year without a physician order, and simplifies a proposed billing method for that single visit.