Growing Opportunities for Hearing Healthcare Professionals

Send us Fan Mail Starkey President and CEO Brandon Sawalich stopped by the podcast this month to highlight growing opportunities for hearing healthcare professionals to help more people than ever before. This May, which is the first Better Hearing and Speech Month since the FDA created a new category for OTC hearing aids, Sawalich reflects on how hearing healthcare professionals can take advantage of OTC as a...

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