The Virto Black launch from Phonak is a most interesting strategy. Phonak has decided to take advantage of the the burgeoning acceptance of Hearables to to attack the stigma that still surrounds hearing aid use. That makes a lot of sense from everybody’s perspective. I believe the Virto Black delivers…
I wrote a couple of days ago about the new online initiative in Australia involving Blamey Saunders and Sonova. One of the things I promised to do was to review that website because I found it rather fascinating. To be honest, I think that we all may benefit from an…
Ear Wax Ear Wax Everywhere I find that when I undertake ear wax removal it is often a multi-process endeavour. By that I mean, it may start out as micro-suction ear wax removal and finish with manual or irrigation ear wax removal. My outlook really has always been the best…
I have been working with Auditdata’s Primus team recently, trying out their new Primus update. In this update, they have focused on what they call workflow support. In essence, it allows you to design the workflow of testing processes that you can use at different appointments. More than that, it…
I gave a presentation at an Optical conference recently to Independent Opticians about hearing healthcare as an offering within their business. It was a fascinating event and I heard many different points of views. I presented what I felt were the pros and cons of delivering hearing care in-house or…
In an interesting turn of events Blamey and Saunders of Australia has been purchased by Sonova outright. Blamey and Saunders are a fascinating business that were one of the first online hearing aid sellers that we at Hearing Aid Know felt confident to support. What does the sale mean though…
Which? 2018 Findings I reviewed the 2018 Which report on best hearing aid providers on Hearing Aid Know recently. Yet again, Independent hearing aid providers came out on top. However, there were some pretty interesting titbits in the report that made me wonder. Customers, who’d have em? Comparison surveys like…
Don’t let cognitive bias interfere with hearing aid recommendation I had the pleasure recently of making a short presentation to some Irish hearing aid audiologists on my experience with the latest Nx hearing aids from Signia. During the day and listening to some of the other presenters and the Dispensers…
Selling Hearing Aids Or Providing Holistic Hearing Solutions I have just come back from a two-day speaking event at BSHAA 2016 where I had hoped to challenge delegates thinking on technology, our business model and what exactly they do. I think I did just that for the two separate groups…
What if QuickSin results on one ear show that while the loss is aidable, you need +30dB for any chance at speech perception in noise while the other ear is at +6dB? What if QuickSin results on one ear show that you may never be able to deliver speech perception…