Sound Partnership June 2009

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We will take care of your patients for a lifetime. 
For over 25 years, 7 out of 10 candidates have chosen Cochlear.  

Dear Colleague,
We look forward to seeing many of you at CI 2009!

Clinic-to-Clinic Tip

This month's tip is brought to us by Pam Fiebig at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Keep your spare magnets stuck to the side of a file cabinet.  Make up a sheet marking out the strength and keep the magnets ordered by size  or, you can use the label sheets that come in the magnet packs to indicate color and strength.  That way, if you need a different strength, you can easily find what you are looking for and you don't have to take up precious drawer space.

Thanks for the tip Pam! If you have a tip you would like to share with your colleagues, please send an e-mail to Laura at: lblair@cochlear.com

Have You Heard?

CAM Marketing is proud to announce the inaugural edition of "Have you Heard?", our electronic email for hearing aid professionals. The goal of this newsletter is to help educate hearing aid professionals about implantable solution options, candidacy and performance. The first edition was emailed Tuesday May 26th in honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month.  You can read the newsletter at the link below. It will be distributed monthly. Volume 1.1 focused on cochlear implant candidacy criteria and some fun facts for Better Hearing and Speech Month. View the first edition of the Have You Heard? newsletter.

Future topics will include Baha candidacy criteria, how cochlear implants and Baha work, performance updates, hearing aid fitting for bimodal recipients, and more.  If you have a topic referring professionals want to know about, please send a note to Steve Huart: shuart@cochlear.com

Nucleus® Freedom™ Summer Upgrade Offer

Cochlear is celebrating summer by including an additional year of service protection ($625 value) free when cochlear implant recipients upgrade to the Nucleus Freedom, resulting in 4 years of uninterrupted coverage. This is a limited time offer, so please pass this information along to Nucleus cochlear implant recipients in your clinic. Call 800 587 6922 to speak to an Upgrade Specialist today.*

* Summer promotional price valid thru 8/15/2009

Cochlear's Pre-purchase Service Agreement Promotion ends June 30th, 2009

Now through June 30, 2009 Cochlear is offering 50% off on pre-purchased Service Agreement Plans A, B, and C for any eligible external ESPrit™3G or Freedom™ sound processors under the original warranty that will end on or before December 31, 2009.  For more information please call 800-523-5798 or email us at  serviceagreement@cochlear.com

Graeme Clark Scholarship - application deadline August 1

This unique scholarship is open to Nucleus cochlear implant recipients, and is awarded based on academic achievement and a demonstrated commitment to the Cochlear ideals of leadership and humanity. We award five scholarships in the amount of $2,000 per year for a maximum of four years.  Applications are accepted until August 1, 2009.  Meet our 2009 scholarship winners

For more information and application details please visit: www.cochlearamericas.com/scholarship

Special acknowledgment to this year’s Graeme Clark Scholarship judging committee
B. Robert Peters, MD, Nancy Young, MD, Nanette Thompson, M.S., CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT, and Wendy Myres, M.A.T. Thank you for your support of this year’s scholars.

UPDATE: Cochlear Americas Events at the 12th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children

Please join us at the following events. online registration is available at  www.regonline.com/CochlearRSVP

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cochlear Americas Satellite Symposium "Partners in Innovation: Looking into the Future" featuring presentations from world-leading scientific experts in implantable technologies.

11:30 am - 2:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom of Sheraton Conference Hotel - Lunch provided

Key Topics:

  • Exciting, Future Cochlear Implant Technology
  • New Baha Product Innovations
  • Importance of Counseling Patients on Implant Reliability Maximizing Clinic Efficiency, Profitability, & Reimbursement

Invited Speakers:

  • J. Thomas Roland, Jr. MD, NYU School of Medicine
  • B. Papsin MD, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
  • J. Wolfe PhD, Hearts for Hearing
  • D. Goldberg PhD, Cleveland Clinic
  • D. Kelsall MD, Rocky Mountain Ear Center, pc
  • T. Balkany MD, University of Miami
  • K. Tong MS, Quorum Consulting, Inc

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cochlear Americas Satellite Symposium Clinic Profitability: How to Thrive in a Changing Healthcare Environment.  This symposium provides a unique opportunity to learn from a leading health economic expert and your colleagues on how to position your clinic for sustainable growth. If you want your clinic to thrive in the future you cannot miss this symposium! 

7:00 am - 8:25 am in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Conference Hotel - Breakfast provided

Key Topics:

  • Clinic Profitability
  • Clinic Expansion
  • Quantitative Data Driven Outcomes
  • Maximizing Clinic Efficiencies


Invited Speakers:

  • K. Tong MS, Quorum Consulting, Inc
  • P. Weber MD, Cleveland Clinic
  • R. Hoffman MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • A. Biever AuD, Rocky Mountain Ear Center, pc
  • D. Backous MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center
  • S. Watson MS, Virginia Mason Medical Center

We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!

Thank you for reading and for your continued support.

Cochlear