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10/13/2017 |
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM
| East Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building
Earmoulds for hearing aids – what they don’t want you to know!
"They" don't want you to know that there is a simple way to make low cost, high quality earmoulds from materials readily available in every country of the world. This presentation looks at setting up an earmould laboratory for well under $1,000 and then taking a very low cost impression and finishing an earmould.
- How to set up a low cost earmould laboratory
- How to safely take low cost impressions
- How to manufacture a low cost earmould using a simple process
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David Pither (POC,Primary Presenter), Ears Inc, david@earsinc.org;
I have been custom making earmolds since 1976, repairing hearing aids, some manufacture of custom hearing aids and primarily audiometry and dispensing of hearing aids. Since 1989 undertaking trips to developing countries establishing earmold labs and clinics. In 1997 founding Ears Inc, a registered charity which is “dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of hearing impairment through training and equipping local individuals and agencies in developing countries”.
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives Ownership interest for Board membership from World Hearing Organisation International.
Receives Salary,Ownership interest for Employment,Management position,Ownership from Audigene Pty Ltd.
Nonfinancial -
Has a Institutional (Making policy decisions for the charity)
relationship for Volunteer teaching and speaking,Board membership.
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AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives support from World Hearing Organisation International
Audigene Pty Ltd
Ears Inc.
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