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Consumers lack a reference or number that indicates hearing loss versus near-normal hearing. And before you say the issue is too complex, there are several good reasons why we need to make things simpler.
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These new CARL hearing loss simulation units look to bring better realism, ease-of-use, and accessibility to education, research, and clinical applications in hearing healthcare, at a far more affordable price-point. A trade-in program for existing CARL users is also offered.
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CMS is proposing broadened Medicare coverage for cochlear implantation from ≤40% correct to ≤60% correct in the best-aided listening condition on tape-recorded tests of open-set sentence recognition. CMS reached their conclusion after reviewing a recent consensus paper along with close to a dozen research studies that strongly suggest cochlear implantation in older adults is safe and effective and may facilitate healthy aging in adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
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Hearing Healthcare and Technology Matters (HTTM) announces a call for submissions for the third annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards.
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Hearing Tracker more than 12,000 hearing aid wearers about the importance to them of a slew of modern hearing aid features. The findings are slated for publication in an upcoming article in the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
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If Eargo Inc.’s recent 2020 financial report is any indication, 2021 may be the year direct-to-consumer (DTC) hearing aid companies emerge as a significant growth segment of the global hearing-aid market.
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Hear.com plans to introduce a "differentiated and lower cost direct-to-consumer retail model" which does not include appointments with hearing care professionals.
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All hearing aid manufacturers have a system of offering varying levels of technology. It is a standardised system of 3 or 4 technology levels at different price brackets.
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Telehealth technology isn’t new, but its widespread use literally exploded with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CivicScience data, the number of U.S. adults who reported intent to use telemedicine rose from 10% to 30% between February and March 2020.
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Phonak Marvel Bluetooth-compatible hearing aids drove parent holding company Sonova’s growth in the first half of the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
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Invisible hearing aid maker Eargo recruited top software, marketing, and finance executives who previously worked at Apple, Visa, and Tesla.
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The successful launch of Phonak Marvel hearing aids with universal Bluetooth connectivity helped Sonova Group post increases in revenue and profit for its 2018-19 fiscal year.
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