Hearing Care Professionals Stand Out at Phonak Event As partners in hearing healthcare, Phonak continually reaches out to hearing care professionals to hear their thoughts about the industry and to gather insights. On Jan. 16-18, approximately 40 customers visited the Phonak U.S. office during our third Stand Out event. Attendees were able to freely give […]
Phonak Spotlight Meet: Kelly Wassell, Director of Marketing—Lyric Education: M.S., Speech and Hearing, from Washington University/CID; B.S., Habilitation of the Deaf, from Texas Christian University Joined Phonak: November 1998 Why did you choose your field of study? Kelly Wassell: During my studies in deaf education, I was intrigued by hearing sciences and how hearing contributed […]
Local School Kids Get Hands-on Learning About Hearing Aids Our mission is to reconnect people to the beauty of sound. When you get to see that mission first-hand, life is on. On January 15, 2018, approximately 30 students, teachers and chaperones from Illinois School District 70 visited the Aurora Operations and Distribution Center (AODC) in […]
A Boy, His Horse and a Hearing ‘Magic Pen’ “Jack knows what happiness is,” said Mariana Barquet, of Indiana, about her six-year-old son with hearing loss. “Every morning, he opens up his curtains and yells, ‘Mom, the sun came up!’” With a love of scary monsters, Jack enjoys the Goosebumps book series and even asked […]
Hearing Is Believing: Not All Pediatric Hearing Aids Are Created Equal In December 2017, we asked pediatric audiologists: Are all hearing aids made equal? We then prompted them to take the Hearing is Believing test to compare audibility between different manufacturers’ hearing aids. The results are in: Nine out of 10 listeners agree that Phonak […]
Discover What’s New on the Phonak Store We all know that business doesn’t always happen during business hours. That’s why we’ve developed some new features on the Phonak store for you. Check out these four new features that can help make running your business easier: Warranty Expiration Report: Retrieve information on expiring warranties. Invoice Management: […]
Save the Date — 2018 Phonak Regional Training Events Get ready to open new doors for your patients. Phonak continues to bring innovative hearing technology, and we want you to experience our newest offerings first-hand. Come join us at a regional training event near you. Hear our research findings and experience hands-on feature demonstrations. Our […]
Help Hearing Health Be a Priority Through Your Marketing Did you know that life/self-improvement is the No. 2 New Year’s resolution*? Now while most people will be planning on joining a gym or cutting down on calories, it will be up to you to help them consider making their hearing health a priority. “Those with […]
Meet: Lisa Hos, Au.D., Product Manager, Custom Products Education: M.S. from Illinois State University; Au.D. from Salus University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Joined Phonak: January 2006 Why did you choose the field of audiology? Hos: I started out in Speech Pathology like many audiologists, and I realized it wasn’t quite the right fit. So I […]
Engaging Families in Their Child’s Hearing Care Management The Phonak Pediatric Family-Centered Care (FCC) initiative recently created a Question Prompt List (QPL) to help parents get the information they need during their child’s clinic visit. It covers three main categories: Our Child’s Diagnosis Family Concerns Management of Devices Providing the QPL to parents as part […]