040 - Jason Mayer & Meagan Lewis - Leveraging Remote Audiology Services to Adapt & Thrive

Guests: Jason Mayer, VP Commercial Sales at Phonak; Meagan Lewis, Director of Audiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health Topic: Leveraging Remote Audiology Services to Adapt & Thrive Meagan and Jason join Dave this week to chat about the implementation and usage of remote telehealth services in the audiology setting....

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