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Pay It Forward Day 2012

April 26 is International “Pay It Forward Day,” and we decided to pay it forward using the products we sell. Today’s Dry & Store orders got a 5% discount, plus we’re donating 5% of every order towards the construction of a new animal shelter here in Johnson City, Tennessee! We want to give homeless animals [...]

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“Hearing is Living” study reveals some surprises

“Hearing is Living” study reveals some surprises

Did you know that our hearing is partly responsible for how well we sleep at night, how often we exercise, where we go on vacation, how attractive we think we are, how happy we are in partnerships? These are some of the findings from a new study commissioned by Hear the World, a Phonak initiative. Read more…

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Take your Dry & Store with you

Holiday Travel Tips

If you’re traveling this holiday season to visit family and friends, or perhaps headed out for an exotic vacation, naturally you’ll want to take your Dry & Store with you on your trip. To help you with that mission, here are a few tips we’ve learned from users who never leave home without their Dry & Store units. Read more…

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Guitars and Rock/Blues Vocalists – Hearing Health

Here’s the first of 6 fact sheets about hearing health for musicians. (Garage band members, take note!) This one is about guitars and vocalists. We’ll post more fact sheets as they’re issued, so stay tuned!Read more…

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Better hearing aid care for our troops

It happened late on a Friday, when just two of us were still at the office. The phone line reserved for incoming support calls kept ringing, so even though it was time to go home, I decided to pick it up. Boy, am I glad I did, because it was one of the best phone calls of all time.Read more…

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Pay It Forward Day

I hope everybody knows it’s officially Pay It Forward Day. Wouldn’t it be nice if every day were a Pay It Forward Day? Read more…

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Dry-Brik Timer: You spoke. We listened.

When the second generation of Dry-Brik was introduced in 2007, it featured a more powerful desiccant. It also included a new kind of timer, called a “TimeStrip” to help users remember when to replace the Dry-Brik. Unfortunately, the TimeStrip received mixed reviews. It turns out that the Read more…

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Dry & Store to be featured on Lifetime TV

A couple of weeks ago I went down to Florida to film a segment for The Balancing Act on Lifetime TV. Dry & Store is featured as part of a series they’re doing on hearing healthcare. Read more…

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Dry & Store at Cochlear Celebration

Dry & Store at Cochlear Celebration Expo

Last weekend Rick Gilbert and I were in Orlando for Cochlear Americas’ recipient event called “Cochlear Celebration.” Our voices were worn out after a solid three hours of meeting and hopefully helping recipients, but boy oh boy, was it worth it! Highlights (and a few photos) here. . .Read more…

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Closed Captioning on iPad

Hi folks, I recently discovered that our videos, which are closed captioned, do not appear as captioned when viewed on an iPad. Thanks to Bob McPherson (of bhNews fame), we now have the full story as to how this can possibly be! Read more…

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