“Best practices are necessary to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Every patient is different; their diagnosis, communication needs, lifestyle, overall health, medical history, ear canal shape and size, and personal preferences vary. All of these individual factors must be accounted for in order for patients to hear the best that they can. Then, our results must be validated to confirm that we’re doing the best that we can. Without best practices, I have no way to ensure each of my patients is receiving the proper treatment they deserve.”

– Erin Rellinger, Audiologist