Family-Centered Care: What you need to get started!
Bringing FCC into the clinical world sounds easy, but getting started takes more than good intentions. A recent study revealed barriers and facilitators in implementing this approach.
Clinical Practice
Guidance on audiological best practice and how to improve your business, including marketing ideas and how to stand out from your competitors.
Leveraging the power of impactful patient testimonials
Reading and watching testimonials has become a natural part of the buyer journey. Having several testimonials that are viewable on your website and social channel can increase your chances of gaining prospective clients.
Roger™ versus non-adaptive remote microphones – What’s the difference?
Choosing a remote microphone system for the classroom should be done by considering the functional needs of the student with hearing loss. Drawing upon empirical evidence, professional knowledge, and the author’s own personal experiences as an audiologist with profound hearing loss, Peter Stelmacovich shows the differences in performance that can be expected from these different technologies.
What does the future hold for hearing healthcare?
Phonak invested in a two-part seminar series to provide hearing care professionals with insights and perspectives on where the hearing healthcare industry and its patients are heading now and into the future.
When listening feels like work
In this interview, Professor Graham Naylor shares the latest research on listening fatigue and why it might be one of the reasons driving clients to visit your clinic.
Making a good impression… before the impression begins
Take your “impressions” to the next level by cultivating a special clinic space that is relaxing and encourages open communication.
How can AudiogramDirect be the tool to help you reengage patients?
Helping patients to move toward hearing devices isn’t always a cut-and-dry process. It takes time, energy, and a combination of in-office appointments and Remote Support sessions.
Unravelling the custom process
In this interview, Stefan Launer speaks to all things custom – past, present and future. We discuss challenges that have been overcome to create smaller products with greater functionality and we look towards challenges and future potential in this realm.
Phonak Roger™: Accessory or accessibility?
While hearing aid accessories have not always been viewed as ‘essential’, with social distancing and wearing masks making it harder for communication, it’s time to change our mindset.
How to be part of your patient’s medical support team
When patients feel that their healthcare is well coordinated, they feel less vulnerable and powerless in the face of illness.
The masking dilemma revisited
The challenges of communicating during the pandemic are constantly evolving. These tips can help persons with hearing loss remain safe and socially engaged during what we now refer to as ‘the new normal’.
Handling grief in a time of self-quarantine
What unprecedented, large-scale grief events can teach us about patient care.