This Week in Hearing

The Giants of Audiology is a new segment on This Week in Hearing, where host Bob Traynor will be joined by some of the profession's most influential figures. For the inaugural episode of the new segment, we are joined by Dr. James W. Hall III.   Dr. Hall is one of the founders of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and has over 40 years of experience in audiology as a as a clinician, admi...

After last week's discussion on the essential elements of running a successful practice, such as calculating cost/hour and how this can be used in a bundled or unbundled approach to hearing aid dispensing, Dr. Michael Valente returns to discuss how audiology clinics can integrate OTC devices into their clinic offering.   In Part 2 of his presentation, Dr. Valente covers:   Impact of OTC/...

Heather Malyuk sits down with her audiology colleagues, Kathleen Wallace and Laura Sinnott, to discuss their experience helping develop the Tuned hearing care platform. They discuss what has surprised them about the patients and providers using the platform and how audiologists can leverage Tuned to enhance their service offerings.    To learn more about Tuned and to register as a provid...

Should you bundle or unbundle your clinic fees? How do you determine which method is best for your business and your patients?  Michael Valente, PhD, joins Dave Kemp to discuss the essential elements every practice owner or clinic manager should know to ensure the viability of their clinic. He describes how he has been able to successfully manage the audiology clinic at Washington University...

This week, Heather Malyuk sits down with Lisa Tannebaum to discuss how she came to specialize in music audiology. Tannenbaum has more than 30 years’ experience providing ear protection and hearing devices for thousands of clients.  She established Musician’s Hearing Services in 1993—the first practice on the West Coast to focus on the audiological needs of musicians, sound engineers, and prod...

Envoy Medical® Corporation recently announced that the FDA has approved its Investigational Device Exemption application to begin a clinical trial with its fully implanted Acclaim® cochlear implant. The single-center Early Feasibility Study for the Acclaim will take place at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.   In this week's episode, Brian Taylor sits down with Envoy Medical CEO, Brent...

In this episode, Ashley Hughes is joined by Riley DeBacker with a discussion on LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the audiology profession. They discuss how clinicians can be more inclusive with their patients and co-workers.   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest episodes each week, and follow This Week in Hearing on LinkedIn and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/company/this-week-...

This week, Ashley Hughes is joined by Audrey Taylor, a clinical audiologist in Texas, to discuss her experience as a student and now as a clinician with hearing loss. Dr. Taylor helped create and develop the Student Academy of Audiology's resources for students with hearing loss, and continues to serve as an advisor to the group.    In this episode she also offers advice for colleagues a...

Today, a growing number of audiology practices are looking at ways to expand and differentiate their clinic offerings. In today's episode, Heather Mayluk talks with Brad Stewart about what it takes to begin and grow a mobile audiology practice.   Dr. Stewart has extensive experience in mobile audiology, having grown a mobile practice to over seven figures in collected revenue in under 3 years...

The new mantra in hearing care is to meet the patient where they are. One segment of hearing care within this service delivery domain is assisted living care.    In this segment, Hank Sarazin, CEO and Founder of Onsite Hearing Care, discusses how his company has grown to be one of the largest, and most successful, providers of hearing health services to independent and assisted living co...

The Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) is a non-profit organization that empowers Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families through education and community involvement.    NVRC does not directly diagnose and treat patients; instead, they offer a myriad of educational materials and technologies for patients, their families, and their p...

Kate Carr, Executive Director of the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), joins Brian Taylor to discuss some of the key findings in the latest MarkeTrak 2022 report.  Since 1989, HIA has been collecting data on the estimated incidence of hearing loss within the U.S., household income and education related to hearing aid use, satisfaction with hearing instruments, new user rates by age, menta...

The ecosystem of hearing care service delivery continues to evolve as technology enables patients to self-fit their amplification intervention.   In this episode, David Akbari, AuD, Senior Medical Science, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Liaison at Intricon Corporation shares the research methods and outcomes of Intricon’s self-fitting amplification technology called Sentibo. In particular, D...

Nick Hunn, the analyst who coined the term 'hearable', sits down with Dave Kemp to talk about Auracast™ Bluetooth broadcast audio and the significant implications it will have for people with hearing loss, as well as the general public once the technology becomes widely available.   Auracast™ broadcast audio enables an audio transmitter, such as a smartphone, laptop, television, or public add...

This special episode highlights audiologists who are members of the LGBTQ+ community and their contributions to the profession.    They discuss how their identities and careers intertwine and how to best foster an inclusive and compassionate clinical experience for LGBTQ+ providers and patients alike.   *Kathleen Wallace, Au. D. (She/her/hers) is an audiologist based in New York Cit...

This week, host Shari Eberts is joined by broadcast meteorologist Meaghan Thomas. From the WKRN TV studios in Nashville, Meaghan Thomas speaks to nearly three million people everyday. But when the broadcast meteorologist posted recently on social media about overcoming hearing loss through her new hearing aids, her viewers spoke back. Within days, she received dozens of messages from those with he...

This week, host Ashley Hughes is joined by Liz Fuemmeler, to discuss the role audiologists play in evaluation and management of patients with concussions and head injury.    Dr. Fuemmeler discusses how she came to specialize in vestibular audiology, specifically related to concussion as part of an interdisciplinary team of specialists. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for the...

Over the past decade, the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline has been a hot topic, with much of the research in this area misinterpreted or misunderstood. Here to help us get a clearer picture of this linkage between hearing loss and cognitive decline and how hearing aids might help is Danielle Powell, PhD. She is an audiologist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University S...

Gael Hannan sits down with Jill Rivoli and Lauren Deckard to discuss their hearing loss journey, and what led them to pursue cochlear implants. They talk about their experience from the initial activation, how long it took to begin recognizing sounds again, things they still struggle with and what advise they have for others who might be considering a cochlear implant.   Be sure to subscribe...

AudioTelligence is a UK-based audio startup that is developing and leveraging audio technologies for social good within the consumer technologies and hearing care markets.    In this episode, Rick Radia, the Product & Partnerships Manager at AudioTelligence, shares the company’s mission and motivation in disrupting these markets with their software solution, aiso™. This software solu...

Donna Sorkin is the Executive Director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance ( ACIA ), a multidisciplinary group that advances access to cochlear implants through research, advocacy and awareness.    In this episode of This Week in Hearing, she sits down with Brian Taylor for an interview that touches on the ACIA’s mission, the broadening cochlear implant (CI) candidacy requirements...

This week, host Shari Eberts is joined by fitness icon, Lou Ferrigno. While he is best known for his role in the TV series, The Incredible Hulk, Ferrigno has also for years been an inspiration to many in the hard of hearing community.  In 2021, Lou underwent cochlear implant surgery.  In this interview, Lou talks about how his experience as a child with hearing loss and being bullied hel...

This week’s special episode comes live from the Future of Hearing Healthcare conference, where Dave Kemp hosts a panel of audiologists to discuss different ways clinicians can thrive in the future by exploring service delivery options beyond traditional hearing aid dispensing: Heather Malyuk , AuD, Head of Audiology at Tuned Grace Sturdivant , AuD, Founder of OtoPro Technologies Joseph Sakumura ,...

I n this week's episode, Larry Guterman joins Dave Kemp to talk about personalized audio and how it can benefit people with and without hearing loss.    Larry is the co-founder of SonicCloud, which provides a software solution that helps custom tailor the audio experience for users on both mobile and desktop devices.   https://www.soniccloud.com/   Be sure to subscribe to our Y...

Hearing industry veteran Andrew Hebert is the COO of Eversound Technology and he joins This Week in Hearing for an interview. During this conversation Andrew shares how Eversound is trying to bring better hearing to an under-served segment of the population: older adults living in residential and assisted living communities. Andrew discusses the community burden of untreated hearing loss and how E...