Our special featurelooks at two English hearing healthcareprofessionals and one American who runvery successful hearing care practices.But not content with a fantastic business,these enterprising individuals also have asecond prosperous focus. An additionalbusiness, another revenue stream anda global-influencer are celebrated inour dossier.

This issue is being distributed on the delegates’ bags at the BSHAA congress starting tomorrow, 12th May, in Colchester, so we haveincluded a preview of the event withinformation of some of the companieswho will be in the exhibit hall; there is alsoan interview with one of the Americanswho will be presenting at the event.If you specialise in paediatric audiologythen a precis of the recently publishedNDCS Listen Up! report is in this issue.The charity has several recommendationsfor NHS England and the Departmentof Health.

Here are the contents of our 111th issue:

• News of the profession and updates from BAA and BSHAA
• At the heart of the matter
• Paediatrics / NDCS: Improving children’s hearing services
• Wide angle : Successful independents
• Guy Wolstencroft: entrepreneur
• Curtis Alcock: thought-leader and innovator
• Dr Gyl Kasewurm: coach and mentor
• The specialists
• Business Tips / The purchase process, brand and creating it
• Interview / Vestibular syndromes are a major health problem
• Research and development
• Scientific Focus / Scientific publications

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