Future Ear Radio

Guest: Mike Santucci - Founder and Owner of Sensaphonics & ASI Audio

Special Co-Host: A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D. - Vice President at Oaktree Products

Mike joins Dave & A.U. on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Mike's backstory into Audiology and the origin story of Sensaphonics

- Developing services and products for musicians to help them preserve their hearing while performing

- Building Sensaphonics' own earmold lab to ensure the highest level quality

- ASI Audio's flagship product, 3DME In-Ear Monitor System, and the profound experience it provides hearing impaired musicians

- Sensaphonics' new product, dB Check Pro - a sound level analyzer for musicians to use

- The state of music-based Audiology and Sensaphonics' Gold Circle program

- How to collectively address and communicate safe audio environments for musicians and fans

- The many signed guitars that Mike has donated to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation's Music & Hearing Research Grant Program (and the guitars that A.U. has purchased)

Guest: Mike Santucci - Founder and Owner of Sensaphonics & ASI Audio

Special Co-Host: A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D. - Vice President at Oaktree Products

Mike joins Dave & A.U. on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Mike's backstory into Audiology and the origin story of Sensaphonics

- Developing services and products for musicians to help them preserve their hearing while performing

- Building Sensaphonics' own earmold lab to ensure the highest level quality

- ASI Audio's flagship product, 3DME In-Ear Monitor System, and the profound experience it provides hearing impaired musicians

- Sensaphonics' new product, dB Check Pro - a sound level analyzer for musicians to use

- The state of music-based Audiology and Sensaphonics' Gold Circle program

- How to collectively address and communicate safe audio environments for musicians and fans

- The many signed guitars that Mike has donated to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation's Music & Hearing Research Grant Program (and the guitars that A.U. has purchased)

Guest: Mike Santucci - Founder and Owner of Sensaphonics & ASI Audio

Special Co-Host: A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D. - Vice President of Oaktree Products

Mike joins Dave & A.U. on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Mike's backstory into Audiology and the origin story of Sensaphonics

- Developing services and products for musicians to help them preserve their hearing while performing

- Building Sensaphonics' own earmold lab to ensure the highest level quality

- ASI Audio's flagship product, 3DME In-Ear Monitor System, and the profound experience it provides hearing impaired musicians

- Sensaphonics' new product, dB Check Pro - a sound level analyzer for musicians to use

- The state of music-based Audiology and Sensaphonics' Gold Circle program

- How to collectively address and communicate safe audio environments for musicians and fans

- The many signed guitars that Mike has donated to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation's Music & Hearing Research Grant Program (and the guitars that A.U. has purchased)

Guest: Gabby Merchant, Au.D., Ph.D. - Scientist II & Director of the Translational Auditory Physiology and Perception Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital

Gabby joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Her backstory, obtaining a joint Ph.D. from MIT & Harvard in Speech & Hearing Bioscience, and then acquiring her Au.D. from UMass Amherst

- The many mentors Gabby has had along the way, including Susan Voss and Jill de Villiers

- How and why she decided to leave her home in New England for Nebraska to join Boys Town National Research Hospital

- Her passion and work around wideband tympanometry

- The advantages that wideband tympanometry provides clinicians, especially within the pediatric population

- What it's like working inside a translational research lab and the many reasons that make Boys Town so special to Gabby

Guest: Nell Rosenberg, M.Ed., M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT - National Director of Teleservices

Nell joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Her backstory, becoming a Speech Language Pathologist, and her path to joining Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

- The importance of parent & caregiver coaching for children 0-3 years old (shout out to Mama Hu Hears' "My Child has Hearing Loss - Now What?)

- Addressing the issue of the "zip code lottery" through teleservices

- The evolution of Clarke's "T-Visit" teleservices and the types of outcomes they're achieving vs. their in-person outcomes

- Clarke's goal of increasing collaboration with Pediatric Audiologists (referring children to Clarke's T-visit services), School systems, and parents to provide optimal care for children

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Guest: Dani Rood, Au.D. - Clinical Trainer at Signia

Dani joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

Guests: Amy Trusler, Au.D. & Kristopher Hewitt, H.I.S. - Co-founders of Pacific Audiology Group

Amy & Kris join Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- How the two met, the origin story of Pacific Audiology Group, and the path the company is on

- Building an educational platform specific to Audiology with the goal of developing high-end content

- The learning modules built so far and which modules the company is focusing on next

- The methods of content production that the company has developed, including the use of a "RED" camera (same camera used to film the Hobbit!)

- The next phase of Pacific Audiology Group - democratizing content production for Audiologists through the company's new, "Learn On" program

- Catering to the booming creator economy within Audiology by enabling creators through Pacific Audiology's platform, tools and experience

Guest: Mike Andreozzi - Former CEO & Owner of Beltone New England; Current Beltone Brand Ambassador; President-Elect of the International Hearing Society

Mike joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- His backstory, growing up in the family business, and learning through osmosis

- Mike's time at Miracle Ear and the early days of hearing health franchising

- Optical supplier, Bausch & Lomb, purchase of Miracle Ear in the early 90's and the aftermath of the acquisition

- Mike joining Beltone in the early 2000's and scaling his New England franchise from 3 locations to 125 stores across 10 states

- The high value Mike placed on fostering a strong company culture and creating a sense of comradery amongst his team

- Identifying potential leaders within the staff and focusing on internal talent development

- Mike's thoughts on third-party insurance providers, OTC hearing aids, and where the industry is headed in the next 3-5 years

Guests:

Liz Fuemmeler, Au.D. - Clinical Product Manager - Balance @ Interacoustics; Podcast Host - A Dose of Dizzy

Daniel Romero, Ph.D. - Audiologist & Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences

Liz & Daniel join Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- How the Daniel & Liz met and the backstory of starting their podcast, A Dose of Dizzy

- A Dose of Dizzy's "accessible & digestible" podcast format, bridging the research & clinical gap, and catering to niche audiences ("100 true fans")

- The surging interest in Vestibular Audiology amongst the next generation of hearing professionals & the long-term viability that vestibular services provide Audiology clinics

- Takeaways from the 2023 American Balance Society conference held in February & some of the most exciting innovations taking place within Vestibular Audiology

- Podcasting as a way to connect with like-minded individuals from all around your niche/industry

Guest: Lindsey Jorgensen - Professor, Chair, and Clinic Director at University of South Dakota

Dr. Lindsey Jorgensen joins Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss:

- Lindsey's backstory and motivation for pursuing Audiology and her time at The University of Pittsburgh obtaining her Au.D. and Ph.D.

- Lindsey's many hats that she wears as clinician, researcher, and professor at the University of South Dakota

- Lindsey's work with traumatic brain injuries and combat veterans

- The interplay between Neurology and Audiology, and Audiology's significance with regard to dementia

- Lindsey's speaking tour around the country about methods used by Hearing Professionals to verify and validate the performance of hearing aids

- How Audiologists can differentiate themselves within their market on the basis of holistic patient care