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Until we remove commissions, which I believe can cloud a clinician’s judgement, patients have every right to question the motives of their hearing provider.

Buyer beware

15/10/2015 - Audiologists, Ethics, Hearing Aids

Are you getting the hearing aid you need or the more expensive one that means bigger commissions?

A couple of months ago there was a great expose on ABC Radio National concerning commissions and hearing aid sales. It has really opened up an awareness and started conversations about the ethics of having commissions in hearing healthcare and the lack of disclosure of this practice....

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Lyric is amazing hearing aid technology

Lyric embedded hearing aid – amazing and freeing technology

11/04/2015 - Hearing Aids, Treatment

Lyric myths dispelled I have written several times in the past about the Lyric, the disposable hearing aid that sits deep into the ear canal just millimetres away from the ear drum for months at a time. Two years on we are now one of the top Lyric providers in the country, and I have personally fitted more Lyrics than anyone else in the country. But even though Lyric has taken off there's still...

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Noisy environments can make hearing an even greater challenge

How can you improve your hearing in noisy restaurants?

01/03/2015 - Central Auditory Processing, Hearing Aids, Treatment

Grant Collins, Principal Audiologist at Clarity Hearing Solutions, tackles the problem of hearing well in noisy social environments.

One of the hardest environments to be able to maintain a conversation is a noisy restaurant or cafe. It doesn't matter if it's untreated hearing loss, an auditory processing deficit, an older hearing aids, or with completely normal hearing - hearing with other noise around is difficult. But there are some simple strategies you can use with and without hearing aids to aid your communication in t...

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More to hearing well than just a hearing aid

22/02/2015 - Audiologists, Hearing Aids, Treatment

Clarity’s principal Audiologist, Grant Collins points out that there’s much more to treating hearing issues than just the hearing aid.

As part of my day to day work I look at online research on hearing and subsequent rehabilitation treatment. Consequently my browser analyses my search data and I am bombarded with a lot of hearing aid company ads popping up, and in a worrying trend some of these are for online sales. Here is my opinion as well as the Australian Association of Audiologists in Private Practice's (AAAPP) position sta...

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Industrial deafness can take years to manifest itself. Get tested early and regularly.

Hearing treatment for loss through work covered

06/02/2015 - Industrial Deafness, Insurance, Workcover

Even the smallest payout will usually cover the cost of a good set of quality hearing aids.

If you feel your hearing may have been permanently damaged as a consequence of your workplace than you may be entitled to have your hearing tested, and if a significant permanent hearing loss is determined then you may be entitled to compensation. You can then use it to pay for the treatment of the hearing loss if necessary. There are several ways to get the process initiated but basically it can...

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