Staff Standpoint: Distribution Solution
Hearing Review July 2014 By Karl Strom, Editor-in-Chief Commoditization and changes in hearing aid distribution have received a lot of attention in recent years within this magazine, as well as at...
View ArticleHearing Aid Sales Up 2.9% in First Half of 2014
According to statistics compiled by the Hearing Industries Assn (HIA), Washington, DC, second-quarter US net unit hearing aids sales increased by 3.3% for the commercial market and 10.2% for the...
View ArticleState of the Industry Presentation, Part 1 of 5: Dispenser Survey Results...
Last April, just prior to the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention in Orlando, The Hearing Review hosted a “State of the Industry” dinner sponsored by CareCredit that drew more than 100...
View ArticleState of the Industry Presentation, Part 2 of 5: Price Inelasticity,...
Last April, just prior to the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention in Orlando, The Hearing Review hosted a “State of the Industry” dinner sponsored by CareCredit that drew more than 100...
View ArticleCareCredit and TIMS Audiology Software Integrate Full Range of Practice...
CareCredit, Costa Mesa, Calif, a leading healthcare credit card for more than 27 years, and TIMS Audiology Software, Billings, Mont, have announced the launch of newly integrated features that provide...
View ArticleState of the Industry Presentation, Part 3 of 5: Brian Taylor on...
Presenters and sponsors of the CareCredit/Hearing Review “State of the Industry” dinner in Orlando included Amyn Amlani, PhD, of the University of North Texas; HR’s editor Karl Strom and publisher Dana...
View ArticleState of the Industry Presentation, Part 4 of 5: Dan Quall on the Value of...
Last April, just prior to the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention in Orlando, The Hearing Review hosted a “State of the Industry” dinner sponsored by CareCredit that drew more than 100...
View ArticleState of the Industry Presentation, Part 5 of 5: Q & A and Comments
Last April, just prior to the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention in Orlando, The Hearing Review hosted a “State of the Industry” dinner sponsored by CareCredit that drew more than 100...
View ArticleNew Financing Services from Audiology Systems Announced
Financing options make equipment purchases more manageable for hearing healthcare practices. Request a quote, call for options, and get online approval. Audiology Systems, a US distributor of GN...
View ArticleKnow Your Marketing; Know Your ROI
Marketing | November 2014 Hearing Review Knowing your marketing ROI is critical. Here’s how to do it. By Scott Berger, MBA, and Lindsey Brennan-Pierangeli Effective marketing requires establishing...
View ArticleSelf-Funding 101 for Private Practice Owners
Business Management | February 2015 Hearing Review A look at some available options, as well as the potential tax implications. By Mark E. Battersby Mark E. Battersby is a tax and financial freelance...
View Articlehi HealthInnovations Introduces Hearing Aid Discount Program
hi HealthInnovations, Minnetonka, Minn, has introduced a new hearing aid discount program for health plans intended to help plan participants purchase high-tech, custom program hearing aids. According...
View ArticleInspirational Leadership as a Key to Success
Business Management | April 2015 Hearing Review How you can implement Employee Lifecycle Management in your practice By Ernie Paolini and Jodi Bryan, PHR Inspirational leadership results from...
View ArticleTaking Control of Your Student Loans
Career Management: Student Loans | April 2015 Hearing Review Hearing care professionals can benefit from loan repayment strategies By Cynthia Boman Thompson, MS, CFP The total of student loan debt has...
View ArticleHearing Care Practices: Top 10 Dumbest Business Mistakes
Gyl Kasewurm, AuD, has worked for 30 years in the healthcare industry, and takes pride in the majority of decisions she has made, but admits she has made a few mistakes along the way to running a...
View ArticleBlog: Speculation on the Institute of Medicine’s Second Meeting on Accessible...
By Karl Strom The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults held its second of three open meetings on June 30 at the Keck Center of the...
View ArticleHearing Aid Sales Increase by 8.8% in First Half of 2015
Although not quite approaching the double-digit (11.3%) sales increase of the first quarter, second-quarter US net hearing aid unit volume increased by 6.5% compared to the same period last year,...
View ArticleYour Business and Practice Benchmarking
Marketing | August 2015 Hearing Review Why care about industry benchmarks? Because it provides your business with insights and a guide for future improvement and growth. By Ronald Gleitman, PhD In this...
View Article20-minute Webinar: “How to Employ a Multi-layered Marketing Approach” by Gyl...
Gyl Kasewurm, AuD Dr Gyl Kasewurm has provided a 20-minute webinar about how she uses many different marketing methods—ranging from conventional external and internal marketing to an “intentional...
View Article20-minute Webinar: Reducing Returns for Credit by Gyl Kasewurm, AuD
In her 20-minute webinar, Dr Kasewurm outlines how her practice has reduced the return-for-credit rate to about 1%. It’s a “dreaded moment” for every dispensing professional: the patient who returns...
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