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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...
Erica Jansen
Jan 17, 20224 min read
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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 21, 20217 min read
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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
Nov 11, 20214 min read
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I needed hearing aids at age 23 because I never used these products
High fidelity earplugs for concerts. Eargasm, Eardial, Vibes, and Vic Firth earplugs are tested by Erica Jansen at four different live shows
Erica Jansen
Oct 1, 20216 min read
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I’m not stupid, spaced out, disrespectful, or mad at you. I just can’t hear like you.
Have you misjudged hearing loss as bad behavior or incompetence? It was neither the time nor the place for the front of my dress to be...
Erica Jansen
Aug 30, 20216 min read
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