What will retail audiology offer in five years time? I have written a series of articles on Hearing Aid Know outlining the recent explosion in innovation around augmented audio and the changes I believe it will bring to retail audiology moving forward. That innovation involves audio augmentation in consumer electronics.…
We run surveys on Hearing Aid Know regularly because we are nosy like that. We recently asked our readers a series of three questions about the online purchase of hearing aids. We have asked them before if they would purchase a hearing aid online, and they overwhelmingly answered yes, with…
I came across Lexie Hearing a while ago, I was late to the party. They had come across my radar in 2020, but I didn’t consider them that much. Recently, that has changed, their model piqued my interest and I got to speak to people behind it recently. I even…
I have been using the EarWay Pro ear wax removal tool for some time now and over that period I have settled on a set process for its use. I wanted to share it, just in case it was helpful to anyone who was just beginning their journey with it.…
Auditdata is offering an important opportunity to the wider audiological profession to shape the future of the equipment they use everyday. Would you like wireless transducers, what about easily controlled processes, maybe wireless REM systems? They have launched a survey designed to help them understand not just what you need,…
A hearing care professional asked me how I could support best practice hearing care with one breath, and then support self fit hearing aids and the idea that we may not sell hearing aids in the future with another? I would like to say it is because I am a…
I had a great chat with Dave Kempo and Giles Tongue recently about the Chatable app and how it and other technologies may fit within hearing care moving forward. For those of you who may not be familiar, Dave Kemp is the Business Development Manager at Oaktree Products in the…
A new tool for earwax removal at home could form part of our triage system for earwax removal appointments, it could mean more people served with less face to face appointments.
My last article set off quite the conversation; it seemed that many people thought there was some validity to my thoughts. Others weren’t so sure, and one told me to leave the fear-mongering to politicians. I don’t think what I do is fear-mongering; rather, I believe what I do is…
I don’t think your hearing aid sales are coming back I have found myself in the unusual position of dancing around a subject lately. Typically, my friends, associates and enemies will happily tell you, I have no issue broaching a topic or making a statement that does not concur with…