Future Ear Radio

Future Ear Radio

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Future Ear Radio episodes

  • 109 - Sarah McAlexander, Au.D. - Professional Development in Hearing Healthcare

    Guest: Sarah McAlexander, Au.D. - Pediatric Audiologist at Texas Hearing Institute

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

    - Sarah's backstory and motivation for pursuing her Audiology doctoral degree through Vanderbilt

    - Sarah's immersion into the world of pediatric audiology and newborn hearing screenings

    - Sarah's research around "loss-to-follow up rates" in newborn screenings that she presented at the Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) conference

    - Completing to Cochlear Implant Training course and seeking out ways to gain specialty expertise in all different areas of Audiology

    - Building rapport and engaging with potential mentors and professional colleagues who you can collaborate with

    - The realities of one's professional journey, moving from one job to another, and garnering a variety of experience along the way

    51 min
  • 108 - Nichole Kingham, Au.D. & Joe Furness - Audiology Academy

    Guests: Nichole Kingham, Au.D & Joe Furness - Founders of Audiology Academy 

    Dr. Nichole Kingham and Joe Furness join Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss:

    - What Audiology Academy is and the backstory of how Nichole and Joe built the business and platform

    - The first phase of the business and the initial learning module around Audiology Assistants

    - The critical need for support roles within the hearing health setting, and the types of day-to-day tasks that can be delegated to support roles

    - Phase two of Audiology Academy becoming a platform for other Audiologists and hearing professionals to layer their expert training modules on

    - The types of courses available within Audiology Academy today and the types of modules that will be added soon


    51 min
  • 107 - Ali Vega, Au.D. - Private Practice Audiology, Serendipity, and Saying Yes

    Guest: Ali Vega, Au.D. - Owner of Complete Hearing & Balance

    Topic: Private Practice Audiology, Serendipity, and Saying Yes

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

    - Her backstory, motivation for pursuing Audiology, and experience owning a private practice in the Pacific Northwest

    - Audiology's transition from a master's level degree to a doctoral level degree & Ali being in one of the first cohorts of doctoral-level Audiologists in 2001

    - Recognizing serendipitous occasions and being willing to say "yes" to risk taking

    - "Accidental" entrepreneurialism and the willingness to never stop learning

    - Figuring out what aspects of your business that you want to own (i.e. Ali's love for Radio advertising), and outsourcing the rest to vetted partners

    - Adding a balance offering by partnering with the American Institute of Balance 

    - Ali's experience scaling her practice from one location to three 


    58 min
  • 106 - Rachel Magann Faivre, Au.D. - Entrepreneurism in Audiology

    Guest: Rachel Magann Faivre, Au.D. - Owner of Ash Audiology

    Topic: Entrepreneurism in Audiology

    Dr. Rachel Magann Faivre joins Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss:

    • Her backstory, motivation for pursuing Audiology, and her professional journey thus far
    • Entrepreneurship and business planning in Audiology
    • Specific tips on how to actively network in your local community and grow your professional network
    • The importance of constantly getting out of your comfort zone in order to expand your comfort zone
    • Rachel's motivation for starting her own private practice, Ash Audiology
    • Why a mobile-first private practice was conducive to Rachel's lifestyle
    • How Rachel's business planning process worked with specific planning tactics
    • How she got her first patient and continues to grow her practice 
      • 1 hr 5 min
    • 105 - Lori Zitelli, Au.D. - Maximizing the Audiologist's Reach & Impact

      Guest: Lori Zitelli, Au.D. - Managing Audiologist at University Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

      Topic: Maximizing the Audiologist's Reach & Impact

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

      • Lori's backstory, Pittsburgh roots and motivation for pursuing Audiology
      • Lori's mentor, Dr. Catherine Palmer, and the various projects that the two have developed together
      • Interventional Audiology and the benefits of "enlisting" other medical professionals to be advocates for hearing healthcare
      • Way to utilize non-custom amplification solutions and how these type of solutions can maximize the Audiologist's impact
      • Lori's passion for tinnitus, the ups-and-downs with treating patients with tinnitus, and helping to usher in the next cohort of Audiologists specializing in tinnitus therapy through the course she teaches at UPMC
      • How Lori is incorporating telehealth with her patients and how the pandemic has shifted her thinking of how telehealth can be used within Audiology
      • UPMC's upcoming plans revolving around mobile Audiology
        • 56 min
      • 104 - Brandi Smiley, Au.D. - Building a Mobile Audiology Clinic from Scratch

        Guest: Brandi Smiley, Au.D. - Owner of Onsite Mobile Audiology 

        Topic: Building a Mobile Audiology Clinic from Scratch

        Dr. Brandi Smiley joins Dave for this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss:

        • Her backstory, motivation to become an Audiologist, and professional journey as an Audiologist
        • Her time working at the VA and within the Educational Audiology setting
        • The pandemic serving as the catalyst to starting her Mobile Audiology Clinic, Onsite Audiology
        • Why mobile Audiology? 
        • Creating a "Tiny Home" specifically designed to be a mobile clinic
        • Providing Audiological services to some of the most impoverished parts of Georgia
        • How she established her initial patient base and is expanding her business
        • The value to adding new services, such as APD therapy, to her offering
        • Giving back and being a mentor to the next generation


          • 51 min
        • 103 - Jason Leyendecker, Au.D. - Successfully Scaling an Audiology Private Practice

          Guest: Jason Leyendecker, Au.D. - Owner of Audiology Concepts

          Topic: Successfully Scaling an Audiology Private Practice

          Dr. Jason Leyendecker joins Dave for this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss:

          • His backstory and professional journey as an Audiologist
          • The decision to go into private practice
          • Taking over an existing private practice clinic and the challenges associated with it
          • Scaling a private practice to seven locations
          • Expanding into new services while scaling the practice to broaden the prospective patient pool
          • Focusing on leadership development and some of the specific tactics that Jason has used to become a better leader
          • The importance of hiring and retaining good workers and sharing some different ideas to be more successful in hiring
            • 44 min
          • 102 - Blake Cadwell - Soundly.com: Redesigning the Start of the Hearing Health Journey

            Guest: Blake Cadwell - Owner & Founder of www.Soundly.com

            Topic: Redesigning the Start of the Hearing Health Journey 

            Blake joins Dave this week on the podcast to discuss:

            • His backstory and personal experience wearing hearing aids
            • The motivation for creating www.soundly.com and the goal of the website
            • Widespread mask usage during the pandemic serving as a catalyst to people realizing how dependent they are on lip reading
            • The sheer pervasiveness of hearing loss and why it's not fully in the mainstream's zeitgeist 
            • The potential upside of consumers being exposed to hearing health functionality in their consumer earbuds 
            • The importance of the hearing health professional in the OTC era
            • Soundly.com's intention to be a starting point for consumers to research their potential options and do their diligence
              • 1 hr
            • 101 - Kathleen Wallace, AuD - Building the Hearing Healthcare Practice of the Future

              Guest: Kathleen Wallace, AuD - Owner of Kathleen Wallace, AuD; Head of Provider Education at Tuned; Adjunct Professor at CUNY

              Topic: Building the Hearing Healthcare Practice of the Future

              Kathleen joins Dave for the return of the podcast to discuss her new private practice and the motivation to start it. The two discuss:

              - Starting a private practice in 2022 and modern day considerations

              - The maturation of Mobile Audiology and TeleAudiology

              - Kathleen's time at CUNY and some of her key mentors and influences

              - Online content creation, personal brand building and combatting imposter phenomenon

              - Building an online "content" resume to attract in-person opportunities

              - Using social media to effectively generate new business

              1 hr 9 min
            • 100: Thank you and Cheers to the Next 100

              For episode 100, Dave sits down with 15 past guests to get a sense of what's on each of their radars and what's exciting about their area of focus.

              Guests:

              1. Andy Bellavia 
              2. Liz Fuemmeler, AuD
              3. Amyn Amlani, Ph.D.
              4. Angela Alexander, AuD
              5. Brian Taylor, AuD
              6. Ashley Hughes, AuD
              7. Brent Edwards, Ph.D.
              8. Kat Penno, AuD
              9. Bret Kinsella
              10. Natalie Phillips, AuD
              11. Geoff Cooling
              12. Ryan Kraudel
              13. Jill Davis, AuD
              14. Karl Strom
              15. Grace Sturdivant, AuD
                16. 5 hr 15 min

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