Apple’s new Loud Sound Reduction capability scans the environment 46,000 times a second for sudden peaks in sound, reducing them to a safe level.
A hearing healthcare veteran consultant, who has significant hearing loss, describes 7 market-tested best practices. Understanding the consumer-patient journey is crucial to developing strategic priorities for companies across hearing healthcare, from hearing aids to cochlear implants to gene/drug therapy.
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
The funding round was led by Distributed Ventures and included participation from Idealab NY and Elements Health Ventures. Tuned plans to use the funding to contract with more employers and third party administrators, said Danny Aronson, co-founder and CEO of the startup.
Over-the-counter hearing aids are hitting the market, but many consumers may not know what product is best for them. Tuned and Soundly, both hearing care companies, are collaborating to provide guidance.
If FDA's decision on making hearing aids available over the counter leads to greater adoption, it could encourage consumers to learn more about their condition, and therefore improve the health literacy of the public. The downstream effect of this is to increase the perceived value of the audiologist beyond mere salespeople of a medical device, which audiologists everywhere should applaud.
An overlooked yet central aspect of Apple’s solution is that the AirPods Pro now integrates customized amplification with hearing protection against noise in a single device.
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.
With hearing loss considered to be a social determinant of health, Medicare Advantage payers have taken a more comprehensive approach to hearing healthcare over the last five years. And in turn device makers have responded.
Last week, the FDA approved an expanded indication for single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss for MED-EL's Synchrony cochlear implant device, opening up the potential for millions of new patients to access the technology to improve their hearing health.
UnitedHealthcare Hearing is a combination of the insurer's existing hi HealthInnovations direct-to-consumer hearing aid company and EPIC Hearing Healthcare, the hearing benefits provider acquired by UnitedHealth Group last year.