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Open Ear Acoustics

Donald J. Schum, PhD

January 10, 2005

Please explain the concept of Open Ear Acoustics?   Read More


WDRC for Mild Hearing Losses

Donald J. Schum, PhD

October 20, 2003

For people with great degrees of loss can understand their dynamic range is less but for mild losses, we don't check for recruitment before prescription. How about a person having good low frequency h...   Read More


Binaural Balance

Donald J. Schum, PhD

January 13, 2003

In practice we sometimes bump into the binaural Hearing Aid fitting with the instruments of different technologies. I mean the situation when patient is fitted with analog (classic) instrument on one...   Read More


Fitting Rules and Hearing Aids

Donald J. Schum, PhD

September 2, 2002

Regarding the multiplicity of fitting rules available for digital (and even non-digital) instruments, how do I choose a particular fitting rationale?   Read More


Marketing via local service organizations

Peter Mark, MD

November 26, 2001

Regarding business communities, how important is it to be active in the local service organizations (Lions, Rotary, Better Business Bureau, etc.)? If you were lecturing at one of their meetings, what...   Read More


Advertising in the local newspaper

Peter Mark, MD

October 26, 2001

If you were writing an advertisement for a local newspaper, what are the key ingredients that should be included in the advertisement (and why) and what should be avoided (and why)?   Read More


Marketing

Peter Mark, MD

September 28, 2001

What are the most effective and important issues to address when marketing to physicians?   Read More


Annoyance and Hearing Aids

Donald J. Schum, PhD

April 11, 2001

Your article, ''Annoyance and Hearing Aids'' suggests several sources of user annoyance with amplification. How might digital signal processors impact ''annoyance'' issues?   Read More


Dilemmas for Audiologists: Scenarios for Ethical Decision Making