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'Why Won't My Ears Stop Ringing?'
December 2, 2011 12:49 PM by Rich Magda
Our editorial mission focuses so strongly on practice management that it can be easy to glance over the real-life effects of the hearing health conditions that are at the core of everything we do. This thought recently screached into my conscious when Read More...
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What Are You Saying About Buying Hearing Aids Online?
October 28, 2011 3:55 PM by Rich Magda
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) issued a news release this week stressing the importance of consumers seeing a hearing health practitioner before purchasing hearing aids. Noting the increasing availability of options for purchasing hearing aids Read More...
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OTC Hearing Aids On the Horizon?
October 14, 2011 3:40 PM by Rich Magda
The Better Hearing Institute issued a news release this week warning consumers of the inherent risks associated with purchasing over-the-counter, one-size-fits-all hearing aids instead of consulting a hearing healthcare professional. BHI supports this Read More...
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A New Site for Hearing Health Products & Services
September 16, 2011 1:12 PM by Rich Magda
Earlier this week we launched our newest specialty site, specifically focused on the products and services that help you to provide excellent patient care and operate a profitable practice. As one might expect, we're calling it the Hearing Practice Management Read More...
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Spreading Love for Hearing Loops
August 19, 2011 2:21 PM by Rich Magda
Our most recent feature story ("In the Loop," by Rob Senior) profiles Ed Ogiba, the president of the Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota, and his effort to create an expansive network of hearing loops in public places. In reading this article, I was Read More...
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Building a Web Presence
June 10, 2011 12:17 PM by Rich Magda
This morning I interviewed web developer George Richeson about his company's work with audiologist Ellen Mosher, owner of Los Gatos Audiology and Hearing Aid Clinic Inc., in Los Gatos, CA. Mr. Richeson's company, eMediaNode ( www.emedianode.com ), developed Read More...
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A Feel-Good Story
May 13, 2011 3:03 PM by Rich Magda
Our top feature story this week profiles a hearing instrument specialist who gave away a free set of hearing aids to the winner of a "Best Mom" essay contest. This was a feel-good story for me on several levels. The first one is obvious: a person who Read More...
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Offering Tax Credits for Hearing Aids
April 15, 2011 2:54 PM by Rich Magda
I remember being shocked when I learned that hearing aids are not covered by Medicare and most private insurers. I immediately thought of my parents and older relatives--particularly my Aunt Mitzie. It's a light-hearted family joke that you have to repeat Read More...
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Patient Success Stories
April 1, 2011 3:57 PM by Rich Magda
My latest article profiles a couple, married 25 years, who decided to receive cochlear implants at the same time. It has been four months since their "activation," and the progress they've made is truly remarkable. It has positively changed their lives Read More...
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Hearing Loops: Here for Good?
January 21, 2011 3:47 PM by Rich Magda
The Hearing Access Program recently announced that hearing loops are being installed all over New York City—at subway information booths and call boxes, in museums, gardens and taxis. According to Janice Schacter, the founder and chair of the Hearing Read More...
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Pipe Dream of Technological Breakthrough?
June 2, 2010 10:39 AM by Frank Visco
Last week I blogged about bewildering technology that might change the way hearing aids are fitted. This week I'm staying in the same category-that being "bewildering technology" related to hearing-but I'm going a bit more out on the limb to a technology Read More...
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Bewildering Technology
May 26, 2010 1:23 PM by Frank Visco
Technology bewilders me. Yes, I'm only 24 years old, which, if you use reverse age-discrimination, means I should be hip to all the new devices, but, really, I don't have a clue. Technologically, I'm so far gone that I'm both outdated and out of the loop--I'm Read More...
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YouTube Improves Accessibility with Auto-captioning
March 10, 2010 12:39 PM by Frank Visco
YouTube is reaching out to the hearing impaired audience by putting auto captions on the millions of videos hosted on the site. On the official YouTube blog, Hiroto Tokusei, product manager, explained the decision in a post entitled " The Future Will Read More...
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Students Win Award for Tinnitus Cure, Market Technology
January 7, 2010 2:55 PM by Frank Visco
Here at ADVANCE we use Web alerts to keep up on the various news concerning hearing healthcare topics. Unsurprisingly, one of the keywords I look for is "tinnitus," and it really is amazing how often we get alerts about new "cures." Usually these are Read More...
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Are LRADs Really Necessary?
October 7, 2009 2:14 PM by Frank Visco
Is it OK for police forces to use acoustic warfare to disperse unruly crowds and political protestors? That's the question I'm currently pondering, as I'm sure are many in the hearing industry (and, to be honest, the entire country) after the events that Read More...
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