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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 […]
Hearing Experts Address Common (Mis-)beliefs in Mythbusters Series Hearing loss impacts more than just the patient experiencing the hearing issues. Evidence shows that treatment outcomes are better when family members are involved; however, there’s a low percentage of family and friends actually brought in to the hearing healthcare process. A group of hearing health industry […]
Phonak Hearing Aids Featured in Medical Engineer Article The Audéo B-Direct, Virto B-Titanium and SWORD were recently spotlighted in a recent online article by Medical Design Technology. “Sound Design: The Anatomy of a Modern Hearing Aid” overviews how hearing aids work and how far they have come. Share this article with patients and family members […]
Nicole Klutz Au.D., Product Manager, Lyric Education: Undergraduate in Communication Sciences — University of Maine, Orono; Doctorate of Audiology — Western Michigan University Joined Phonak: 2013 Why did you choose the field of audiology? Klutz: Once I learned about the hearing system and the natural mechanism that is so tiny but so powerful, I was […]