20Q: Consumer Reviews Offer Hearing Care Insights
Course: #36108Level: Introductory 2 Hours 1884 ReviewsThis engaging Q & A course discusses research about online consumer reviews in hearing healthcare. The discussion includes what audiologists and hearing care professionals can learn from reviews in order to deliver the best possible patient experience and positive outcomes with hearing care.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss how online reviews of hearing aids and hearing care services may benefit consumers and professionals.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain how consumers' experiences as described in online reviews relate to satisfaction ratings.
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss three main methods for analyzing online consumer reviews.
Course created on February 15, 2021
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Vinaya Manchaiah
AuD, MBA, PhD
Vinaya Manchaiah, AuD, MBA, PhD, is a Jo Mayo Endowed Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. He received is BSc from the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), India, his MSc from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, UK, his clinical doctorate (AuD) from Nova Southeastern University, US, and his research doctorate (PhD) from Linköping University in Sweden. He also holds Executive MBA and a post-graduate certificate degree in teaching in higher education from Swansea University in UK. He has worked in various clinical, research, teaching, and administrative roles, although his current academic appointment centers predominantly on research. His research focuses on improving the accessibility, affordability, and outcomes of hearing loss and tinnitus by promoting self-management and use of digital technologies. His research has been funded by various organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has published more than 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts and five textbooks. He has received numerous awards including the prestigious Bharat Samman Award from the NRI Institute in India in 2017, Erskine fellowship from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand in 2019, and was named a Jerger Future Leader of Audiology by the American Academy of Audiology in 2016.
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