5 Tips For Healthy Hearing This Summer By Nicole Klutz, Au.D., Phonak Audiology Manager Your skin isn’t the only body part that needs protecting this summer. With loud summer activities as well as sand, sun and surf, your ears put up with a lot. Be kind to your hearing this season using these five tips. […]
Understanding Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children By Whitney Adamson, Phonak Product Manager, Marketing In just four decades, our understanding of Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) in children has grown tremendously, aided in part by the widespread implementation of universal newborn hearing screenings, which allow for earlier identification. At the same time, there is still so much to […]
A Discussion on Rechargeable From the Desk of … Barb VanSomeren, Phonak VP of Marketing, and Jason Mayer, Phonak VP of Commercial Sales Did you know that rechargeability is one of the top features patients desire in a hearing aid? In this video, Barb VanSomeren and Jason Mayer discuss more about rechargeable hearing aids and […]
Wellness Corner: Understanding the Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline By Christine Jones, Au.D., Phonak Audiology Vice President June is Alzheimer’s Awareness month, making it a perfect opportunity to reflect on what we know — and don’t know — about the link between cognition and hearing. Here’s what we do know: Around 50% of people […]
Inside FCC: Provide Healthcare That Goes Beyond Hearing Loss By Nicole Klutz, Au.D., Phonak Audiology Manager Cognition and hearing loss. These two topics have been in the spotlight over the past year with ongoing research continuing to point to a potential connection or causal relationship between them. Johns Hopkins has completed numerous studies that have […]
Pushing the Hearing Care Field Forward Helping people with hearing loss live a life without limitations is our passion at Phonak. This drives us to look at many aspects of audiology that we believe push the hearing care field forward. Eight ambassadors for audiology met for a three-day strategic retreat on May 21-23. “Our goal […]
R!SE Up Within the Hearing Industry Our success is the success of our hearing care professionals. Through true business relationships and by helping our partners build successful businesses, we’ll be able to succeed together to better support those people living with hearing loss. More than 140 Inner Circle members joined Phonak team members for our […]
Life is on … Getting Closer With D.J. Demers “Comedy kinda chose me,” said D.J. Demers. “I got on stage when I was 21, and that first laugh hooked me in!” As an award-winning, stand-up comedian, D.J. appeared on season 11 of “America’s Got Talent.” He has performed stand-up on Conan twice, and he was the […]
Don’t Stick Stuff in Your Ear: What to Share With Patients Cotton swabs, pencils, ear buds, fingers and even DIY ear molds … there are a lot of items people like to stick in their ears. However, the need to stick items in ears can also lead to serious injuries, infections and even permanent hearing […]
3 Tips to Celebrate Better Hearing & Speech Month Every Month May provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness and educate your community to the importance of hearing health. However, you can continue the celebration throughout the year using these three easy tips. 1. Get Social Make one of your weekly social posts a tip […]