Stadelmaier Optik AG acquired SHOEBOX QuickTest from Beyond Medical Solutions AG (GMS). They set the system up in their optical centers as a way of offering additional services to their clients. The service offers added value for their customers, but it also helps Stadelmaier generate additional revenue for their hearing center.
Houston Eye Associates employed rapid hearing assessments in their ophthalmology clinic to generate referrals to their affiliated hearing clinic. The result? Better access to hearing care for their patients and increased revenue for the hearing center.
Rogers Hearing Solutions -- with offices in Peabody, Marlborough, Tewksbury, and Winthrop MA as well as Portsmouth, NH – is an Audibel-affiliated hearing retail chain. They have been providing patients with high-quality hearing care for over 40 years, offering uniquely personalized services. Periodically, they expand their hearing testing services beyond the clinic, offering mobile testing where and when needed.
In the summer of 2016, Brenda Tulio and her son traveled to the Dominican Republic (D.R.) with the Haitian Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Team (HHART). HHART missions are supported, organized, and led by Rotary Clubs in Central Canada. Their primary mission is to help improve the quality of life of poor and disadvantaged people – primarily of Haitian heritage – living near Puerto Plata and Sosua, Dominical Republic.
In the summer of 2016, a second-year medical student traveled to the Dominican Republic for six weeks to perform an independent hearing study funded by his university. Although the capital city has a newly established audiology-training program that has started to provide substantial improvements in resources for individuals with hearing loss, resources outside of the capital city for hearing health remain scarce.
