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HLAA HearingU | OTC 101: Ask the Experts – Explore the Options
January 29, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Free
Title: HearingU | OTC 101: Ask the Experts – Explore the Options
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Description: We’re continuing our popular OTC 101 webinar series with a brand-new webinar exploring over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. Learn about top devices and get your questions answered by experts from leading hearing aid companies, Sony and Sonova, and hearing aid evaluator Steve Taddei of HearAdvisor. This is a great way to introduce someone who is living with untreated mild-to-moderate hearing loss to hearing health options and resources. HLAA Executive Director Barbara Kelley will moderate the panel.
Panelist: Annie Duchen, Au.D., F-AAA
Head of OTC Sales and Customer Service, WS Audiology
Dr. Annie Duchen is a clinical pediatric audiologist by background. She is currently the head of OTC sales and customer service at WS Audiology in partnership with Sony to offer Sony OTC Hearing Aids.
Panelist: Jessica Dancis
Senior Marketing Manager, Sonova
Jessica Dancis is a senior marketing manager at Sonova, where she manages the Sennheiser Hearing portfolio, an innovative lineup of off-the-shelf hearing devices. An experienced clinical audiologist, Jessica has more than 17 years of experience in various roles at Sonova.
Panelist: Steve Taddei, Au.D.
Co-Founder and Lab Director, HearAdvisor
Steve Taddei, Au.D., is the lab director at HearAdvisor, where he combines his background in audio engineering and audiology to advance hearing technologies and awareness. As a senior contributor at HearingTracker.com, he also provides detailed reviews of hearing aids and earplugs, while also serving as an adjunct faculty member at several colleges.
Moderator: Barbara Kelley
Executive Director, Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
Barbara Kelley has been with HLAA since 1988 and has served as executive director for the past nine years, leading all of the organization’s efforts, including advocacy, programs and strategy. She sits on top health, communications and regulatory boards across the U.S. and globally, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils (DPCPSI); Hearing Restoration Research Program panel (Congressionally directed medical research program) and Cochlear Implant International Community of Action (CIICA) board, among many others.
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- Check your time zone. This meeting will take place live on January 29, 2025, from 2:00-3:00 PM ET, 1:00-2:00 p.m. CT, 12:00-2:00 p.m. MT, and 11:00-12:00 p.m. PT. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
- Questions? Feel free to email us at webinars@hearingloss.org. If you are in a different time zone, please adjust the time so you do not miss the meeting.
NOTE: HLAA does not offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation in our webinars. The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) believes that information about products and services that could benefit people with hearing loss should be made available to consumers to help them make informed decisions about their hearing health care. Reference to specific products, services, organizations or claims made in HLAA Webinars, online meetings or discussions do not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by HLAA, nor does exclusion suggest disapproval. While we make every effort to provide accurate and reliable information, HLAA does not control or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or efficacy of information contained by presenters about products or services.
