Stop Stigmatizing Your Own Product: an Open Letter to the FDA
Hearing device marketing is at a crossroads as the FDA considers over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid guidelines skip to letter I have long...
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Erica Jansen
Nov 21, 20217 min
4 hot takes on over-the-counter hearing aids
More options + better prices = less stigma? I can hardly wait for the FDA's over-the-counter hearing aid guidelines to take effect. Why?!...
Erica Jansen
Nov 11, 20214 min
Veterans deserve better hearing care. Here's how to tell Congress.
Audiology is a top source of complaint from Minnesota VA patients. That's according to a source inside the Minnesota Department of...
Erica Jansen
Apr 25, 20214 min
4 things we can all learn from "Sound of Metal"
This thought-provoking Oscar-winning film brings up some complicated hearing loss issues Sound of Metal gives hearing folks a glimpse...
Erica Jansen
Apr 2, 20215 min
The high school hall pass hijinks that helped me discover my hearing loss
How a hard of hearing millennial survived Kindergarten through 11th grade undiagnosed. It all started at my three-year-old checkup in the...
Erica Jansen
Mar 21, 20213 min
5 bad habits that made my hearing worse
What causes noise-induced hearing loss? For me, a lack of hearing education and common sense. Upon diagnosis at age 16, my sensorineural...
Erica Jansen
Mar 21, 20212 min
The only time it's okay to say "never mind" when asked to repeat yourself
“Never mind” is one of the most demoralizing things you can say to someone who’s hard of hearing. Add an eyeroll, and you might as well...
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