This Week in Hearing

This Week in Hearing co-host, Bob Traynor, is joined by special guest, Dr. Gus Mueller, to celebrate 50 years since his first hearing aid fitting as an audiologist in the US Army stationed at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.   The pair reflect on how the methods and techniques used to fit hearing aids 50 years ago have changed and evolved over the decades.    Dr. Mueller als...

This week, host Dave Kemp is joined by Giles Tongue, CEO of Chatable, and Karl Strom, Editor-In-Chief of the Hearing Review, to discuss their recent experience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.   They discuss the implications of the latest technology trends and some of the key takeaways for the hearing health and audio industries.

Nearly four out of 10 people Americans will suffer from vertigo at some point in their lives. The sensation that vertigo causes – that you or your environment are moving or spinning can be debilitating and disrupt everyday life – causing people to suffer from dangerous falls, hearing loss, excruciating migraines, and miss work and personal activities.      In a breakthrough stu...

Recent research conducted by this week’s guest, Diana Emanuel, PhD of Towson University, suggests that an astounding 60% of audiologists find their way into the profession via the “undergraduate-stumble pathway.” That is, they find audiology through a circuitous route during their first few years of college, typically changing from speech pathology to audiology.    Professor Emanuel disc...

In the first episode of 2022, Dave Kemp is joined by Kat Penno, Director of Hearing Health at Nuheara, and Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development for Knowles Corp. They discuss the increasing sophistication of patient expectations and education, hearing device technology innovations currently underway and the evolution of hearing care service delivery models. Be sure to subscribe to our You...

Signia, and its predecessor Siemens, has an impressive legacy of innovation geared toward enhancing the real-world performance of individuals with hearing loss. In this episode of This Week in Hearing, Bob and Brian recap many of the key milestones in the history of hearing aid technology over the past 75 years. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest episodes each week, and fol...

Last week, GN Hearing announced the acquisition of New York based Lively – a leading online direct-to-consumer hearing care retailer for approximately $95 million dollars.   GN Hearing CEO, Gitte Aabo, returns to This Week in Hearing to discuss the motivation behind the acquisition with Dr. Bob Traynor. The pair discuss how the move strengthens GN's position to better meet the needs of consum...

Hearing aids have never been so sophisticated, yet uptake and consistent daily use often lag behind technological innovation.   In this episode of This Week in Hearing, Bec Bennett, PhD, researcher at the Ear Science Institute in Perth Australia sits down with Brian Taylor to discuss her research on under-reported hearing aid problems and how they can be handled by clinicians.  &nbs...

In this week’s technology spotlight, Dr. Bob Traynor speaks with Robert Koch, the President and Founder of hearing healthcare startup, AHead Simulations. Koch's company has developed and commercialized CARL, a simulator used widely in audiology training programs across the US and Canada.  The pair discuss how simulators, like CARL, can help enhance and improve the clinical training process an...

Age-related hearing loss is a common problem in adults, and it might be starting earlier than we think. Courtney Coburn Glavin, a PhD candidate, at Northwestern University sits down with Dr. Brian Taylor to review her research using DPOAEs to identify hearing loss of early onset in young adults and the clinical implications of her work.    They also discuss the limitations of the pure to...

This Week in Hearing co-hosts, Dave Kemp, Bob Traynor, Amyn Amlani, and Brian Taylor, reflect on insights they've gained and key takeaways they've learned from more than 25 interviews with industry experts.    The lively discussion centers around the evolving landscape of hearing health - from hearing care delivery, to regulations, changing technology and the convergence with consumer au...

This special edition of This Week in Hearing is a candid discussion on the health care landscape, as provided by two accomplished and distinguished physicians: Dr. Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, Endowed Chair of Geriatric Innovation and Section Chief of the Center for Geriatric Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Fred Ma, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Cognivue, Inc.    The di...

The role of cognitive screenings in audiology practice has been and continues to be a topic of discussion. In this special edition of This Week in Hearing , HHTM is partnering with the Academy of Doctors of Audiology to bring our viewers a recording of the Panel Session entitled, “Understanding the Relationship between Cognitive Decline and Hearing Loss,” that occurred during the AuDacity Audiolog...

The benefits of aural rehabilitation (AR) for people with hearing loss has been well established for decades. Yet, for a variety of reasons, very few people diagnosed with hearing loss today receive any kind of AR training or support.   In this issue of This Week in Hearing, host Amyn Amlani has a conversation with one of the leading voices in AR, Nancy Tye-Murray, co-founder and CEO of...

Ever wish you could fine-tune the frequency response of your favorite electronic devices? Well, Mimi Hearing Technologies allows you to do this in products that license their software development toolkit (SDK).   In this issue of This Week in Hearing, host Amyn Amlani has a conversation with Mimi's Chief Research Officer, Sarah Voice, about their technology to test hearing sensitivity, their...

In this special edition of This Week in Hearing, Dr. Tom Tedeschi breaks down the FDA's draft proposal for Over The Counter (OTC) hearing aids. The presentation and subsequent panel discussion was part of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology , AuDacity 2021 conference in Portland, Oregon. We would like to thank Dr. Tedeschi and ADA for allowing us to publish this special edition for our audience.

Brandon Sawalich, President and CEO of Starkey, returns to discuss the recently released FDA proposed rule for Over The Counter (OTC) hearing aids, as well as the new Medicare Hearing Benefit currently under consideration in Congress as part of a larger spending package. In its current form, the Medicare benefit includes a provision to provide hearing aid coverage for those with severe hearing los...

In this week's technology spotlight. Dr. Bob Traynor speaks with Sandra Porps, Au. D., Head of Audiology for MDHearing. The pair discuss the company's new QuietTV wireless headset - a device designed to address a common complaint encountered in the audiology clinic: difficulty hearing television. The new QuietTV Wireless Headphones are said to utilize MDHearing’s latest technology to enhance speec...

In this week's episode, Dave Kemp interviews Delain Wright of Intricon - a company that has been a supplier to the hearing aid industry for decades.    In recent years, Intricon has shifted focus to the value segment of the hearing aid market, which has led to partnerships with UnitedHealthcare in 2012 with hihealthinnovations, and earVenture - a joint venture between Intricon and the Ac...

The practice of audiology is rapidly changing. It’s simply not enough to passively wait in your clinic for patients to show up looking for help; audiologists must become actively involved in providing care in places beyond the four walls of their clinic.    One of the pioneers in the practice of interventional audiology is Lori Zitelli, AuD of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center....

Cerumen, better known as earwax, is one reason that hearing aids breakdown and a hinderance to the service delivery model as some providers refer patients to other professionals for cerumen removal.    In this week’s edition of our webcast, Sahil Diwan, Co-Founder and CEO of SafKan Health, and Jackie Phillips, Vice President of Sales for SafKan Health, offer viewers with information on t...

In this week's episode, Dave Kemp interviews Dr. Tim Trine, CEO of Noopl. His company was recently named 'Innovator of the Year' by an international panel of judges in the 2021 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™ for it's innovative iPhone accessory that works to provide better hearing in background noise.    The device, which clips onto the bottom of the iPhone, utilizes a three-mic ar...

Brandon Sawalich, President and CEO of Starkey, sat down with Dr. Bob Traynor to discuss OTC hearing aids and other legislative initiatives impacting the hearing healthcare industry.   They discuss the new advocacy initiative, Listen Carefully, which was recently launched by Starkey with the aim of “bridging the conversation between hearing healthcare providers and lawmakers in Washingto...

George Cire is a true industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience, much of it involving implantable hearing devices. During his conversation with Brian Taylor, George reviews the three types of implantable hearing solutions and updates us on candidacy requirements, including the relatively new 60-60 criteria.    Dr. Cire also gives us some compelling reasons why clinicians who...

Lindsey Jorgensen, AuD, PhD is a department chair, clinical director and assistant professor at the University of South Dakota. She sat down with Brian Taylor to discuss the tried and true prescriptive fitting method, used by hearing care professionals worldwide. Their discussion focuses on the limitations of manufacturer’s first-fit prescriptive fitting methods, how manufacturers and clinicians b...