Having the best audiology tools will make your job more manageable and effective, allowing your hearing center to provide exceptional service and care.

We’ve prioritized the tools that your hearing practice should have to provide the highest quality treatment, collect clinical data, optimize schedules, track inventory, boost leads, improve marketing efforts, drive sales, and maximize success. 

An audiometer is central to all clinics and should deliver the testing protocols to drive clinical quality and the customer experience. Many audiometer types are available, including portable tools that are invaluable if you conduct hearing exams out in the community.

Today's audiometers offer excellent user interfaces and immediate storage of information. Preferably, you’ll use a solution that provides all the testing module types you need, including pure-tone and speech audiometry. Even better if it offers Real Ear Measurement module. 

Auditdata’s Measure system delivers all of this and more, including hassle-free calibration. Our calibration in the plug system means there is no need for an on-site engineer to calibrate the audiometer.

With Auditdata SWAP service, we ship calibrated transducers to you well in advance of the due date of the old ones. You plug in the new transducers, and you’re ready for your next client without any downtime or interruption. You simply return the expired transducers to us by mail. 

An excellent manual otoscope is worth its weight in gold. Proper lighting and magnification allow a thorough assessment of the ear canal and TM. However, the customer can't see what you see, and manual otoscopes don't offer images for a referral.

A video otoscope solves these issues and enhances the customer experience, delivering higher customer satisfaction. Tools like this strengthen the credibility of your practice and the customer's perception of your expertise and capacity. It’s also an ideal tool if your hearing center offers cerumen removal. Auditdata provides a video otoscopy module that integrates seamlessly with our Measure system.   

Offering earwax removal in-house ensures that ear wax blockage never gets in the way of a hearing assessment again. You shouldn't limit your practice to one removal method. Instead, offer several methods such as irrigation, micro-suction, and manual removal to provide the best and most flexible service. Doing so also means that you can generally remove the earwax blockage in one session.

Many medical supply businesses provide suction pumps, associated cannula, curettes, wax hooks, and other manual removal tools. There are many different irrigation pumps available for irrigation. While some are simple affairs available for a couple of hundred dollars, larger dedicated ear irrigation units cost much more. Most people find that the more expensive units get rid of the wax blockage in 3 to 5 minutes.

That means that you should be able to fit in more appointments, and the equipment should pay for itself quickly. With an expensive resource like that, any business must maximize its use, so it’s wise to centralize it in one room that every clinician can access.  

When undertaking wax removal, you need the best visibility possible. When matched with a headlight, a high-quality set of loupes helps maximize visibility. While plenty of cheap options are available, it is worth spending some money on decent loupes, which will offer much better visibility, contrast, and depth perception.

Loupes are available in both headband-mounted models and glass-mounted models. Having said that, if you are considering offering ENT services in your practice, or offering extended-wear hearing aids, the better option is an ENT microscope. Of course, this option is expensive, but the visibility and depth perception are unsurpassed by any other solution.

With an expensive resource like a microscope, you need to maximize its use, so again, it’s beneficial to centralize it in one room that every clinician can access. Of course, there are other visual aids available based on a smartphone and either a specula accessory or an endoscope.

The vision and depth perception of some of these tools are outstanding. It takes some training to use them effectively, but they offer a superb view and the ability to record the procedure.   

Should you cast off your impression material and syringes forever and invest in an ear scanner? Truly, it depends. Ear scanners have pros and cons, and they are a significant investment that would take years of use to pay back. Generally, they are slower than taking impressions, but they offer the most profound 3D model right up to the tympanic membrane.

If you often provide IICs or deep-fitting custom aids, the 3D model is valuable. Ear scanners also ensure that your order reaches your preferred manufacturer the same day versus a few days by mail. The cost-benefit analysis is one that any practice will need to carefully consider here.  

Moisture-related issues are a constant concern for hearing aid users and professionals alike. Stocking and supplying hearing aid dryers will help your customers keep their aids functional.

It makes sense for a retail audiology business to have a professional-grade drying system in their hearing center. This piece of equipment will add a valuable tool to your clean and care visits and provide a necessary service for your customers.  

The foundation for success in retail audiology is built around managing your tasks, employees, and customer data. A good PMS, like Auditdata Manage, is crucial to do this well.

Manage helps audiology hearing centers boost efficiency and provide exceptional care with integrated clinical management, customer relations management, scheduling, marketing, stock control, reporting, financials, and more. Our Manage system is fully loaded, offering everything a retail audiology business needs to maximize successes.  

Every hearing center owner knows that having a good supply of hearing aid parts is essential. Domes, receivers, thin tubes, and even battery drawers are crucial to keeping customers' hearing aids in tip-top shape. To ensure you always have the proper supplies on hand, you need an efficient, effective stock management system.

Your system should keep track of all your essential hearing aid parts, as well as the hearing aids that move through your business. It’s also a crucial tool for offering trial devices or loaners. Our Manage Practice Management System (PMS) makes it easy and accurate to track inventory.

The average cost for new client acquisition is $450 or more. Many factors contribute to that cost, including the time and materials spent on marketing. To help boost marketing success, we have created an informative eBook filled with proven tips.

In this guide, we discuss strategies and methods for converting leads to sales, including proper communications tools, messaging, digital efforts, and more. We also spotlight how audiology hearing centers can use Manage to enhance and improve their marketing campaigns to generate more attention, interest, leads, and sales.