John Greer Clark

John Greer Clark, PhD, is a professor and director of audiology education at the University of Cincinnati..

Audiology's Threatened Autonomy May Be Self-Inflicted: Opinion Editorial

In March of this year, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law a consumer protection bill for people with hearing loss ensuring that those who purchase hearing aids in her state will be counseled on the benefits and availability of telecoil technology. A handful of other states have done the same with legislation in more states pending. Audiologists frequently have been among the opponents to these legislative initiatives.

HAT Awareness: Efficiency May Be the Key to Increased Use

As audiologists are well aware, even the highest levels of hearing aid technology fit to best practice standards (Academy, 2006; ASHA, 2006) fail to meet the daily listening demands of many patients with hearing loss (Lesner, 2003; Laplante-Levesque et al, 2013). Indeed, as Table 1 reveals, the degree of hearing deficit remaining post-hearing aid fitting can be substantial.

Topic(s): Hearing Assistive Technologies (HAT), Audiologist, Patient care

Author(s):

John Greer Clark

Brittany Gilb

Publication Issue: Audiology Today March/April 2019