Future Ear Radio

Future Ear Radio

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Future Ear Radio episodes

  • 099 - Madison Levine, BC-HIS - Endlessly Optimizing the Hearing Health Patient Experience
    Guest: Madison Levine, Founder & Owner of Levine Hearing; Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist (BC-HIS)
    Topic: Endlessly Optimizing the Hearing Health Patient Experience
    Madison joins Dave this week to share her story of launching and growing a thriving independent hearing health private practice. Madison details why she started her private practice, some of the major milestones across the first seven years, and how she has been increasingly upping the standard of care within her clinic. 
    The two discuss some of the key considerations when starting and growing a private practice, such as how to find your first patient, as well as how Madison is differentiating her practice in her market by leveraging new services and offerings. 
    As a BC-HIS, Madison shares her perspective of how Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Specialists can collaborate with one another to provide a strong collective offering to prospective patients.
    1 hr 8 min
  • 098 - Christina Coppola, AuD - Designing the American Institute of Balance's MatchMe Program

    Guest: Christina Coppola, AuD - Vestibular Audiologist at the American Institute of Balance

    Topic: Designing the American Institute of Balance's MatchMe Program

    Christina joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss her backstory, motivation for entering into Audiology, why she gravitated toward the vestibular side of the profession, her residency at the American Institute of Balance, and how she helped to design & implement AIB's new "MatchMe" Program where the AIB helps to train students in clinical vestibular audiology and connect students with AIB Centers of Specialty Care for the student's externship. 

    The two discuss the advantages for young Audiologists entering the field to gain specialty experience and how the AIB is helping to foster and facilitate that experience. In addition, the two discuss why MatchMe is so advantageous for existing practices who might be interested in obtaining young talent that specializes in vestibular audiology and are unsure where to locate said talent.

    45 min
  • 097 - Nancy M. Williams - Creating Market Development in Hearing Healthcare

    Guest: Nancy M. Williams - President of Auditory Insight 

    Topic: Creating Market Development in Hearing Healthcare

    Nancy joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss a variety of topics including her personal story of living with hearing loss, her journey and motivation for starting Auditory Insight, and some of the key takeaways from some of Auditory Insight's recent research notes. 

    Much of the conversation revolves around the longstanding and pervasive stigma associated with hearing loss, and Nancy shares some sources of inspiration that the hearing health industry might look toward for ideas on how to effectively combat this major obstacle that impedes so many from treating their hearing loss.

    Transcript: here

    References:

    1. Ebrahimi-Madiseh article reference: https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/Abstract/2020/11000/What_Influences_Decision_Making_for_Cochlear.30.aspx

    2.Expressed Barriers reference: 5 Balachandra S, Tolisano AM, Qazi S, Hunter JB. Self-Identified Patient Barriers to Pursuit of Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2021;42(10S):S26-S32. doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003376

    48 min
  • 096 - Hearing the Call: Recapping a Life-Changing Humanitarian Trip to Jordan

    Guests: D'Anne Rudden, AuD; Susan Sheehy, AuD; Maura Chippendale, AuD; Yasmin Battat, AuD; Mary Thorpe, AuD

    Topic: Hearing the Call: Recapping a Life-Changing Humanitarian Trip to Jordan

    This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, Dave sits down with five inspiring Audiologists to breakdown their recent mission trip to the country of Jordan, where these five women + a number of others provided hearing health services for some of the most underserved people in the world. 

    During the episode, they discuss:

    • Expectations leading into the trip and post-trip takeaways
    • What the days were like and the direct impact they made on the refugees that they served
    • The efficacy that "putting a hand up, not out" has on combatting burn out
    • The surprising amount of collaboration across the AuDs that were there
    • Learning from the people they served and the culture that they were embedded in
    • Imparting knowledge on the students that they were working with, so as to create continuity with their mission
      • 51 min
    • 095 - AU Bankaitis, PhD - Imposter Phenomenon, The Samuel F. Lybarger Award, and Owning Your Success

      Guest: AU Bankaitis, PhD - Audiologist; Vice President, Oaktree Products

      Topic: Imposter Phenomenon, The Samuel F. Lybarger Award, and Owning Your Success 

      AU joins Dave on the podcast for the first in-person episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast. AU shares her Audiology career journey, some of the major influences on her career trajectory and milestones along the way, and her recent Samuel F. Lybarger award (awarded to an individual who has made important contributions to research, engineering, or other technological achievements within the field of audiology). 

      Throughout the conversation, AU discusses her struggles with imposter phenomenon. She details what imposter phenomenon is, how she has worked through it using a variety of different methods, and the importance of owning her own success.


      1 hr 2 min
    • 094 - Liz Fuemmeler, AuD - Vestibular Audiology, Specialization, and the Motivation to Never Stop Learning

      Guest: Liz Fuemmeler, AuD - Vestibular and Concussion Audiologist at Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City; Co-host of "A Dose of Dizzy" Podcast


      Topic: Vestibular Audiology, Specialization, and the Motivation to Never Stop Learning

      Liz joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss her work in vestibular audiology across the past few years after receiving her AuD. At Liz's clinic, she has helped to implement a concussion protocol and discusses this emerging new facet of science and Audiology's role within it. Liz shares the role that Audiologists play with regards to concussions, why Audiologists are uniquely positioned to help diagnose concussions, and how it helps to broaden the scope of Audiology.

      In addition, Liz and Dave discuss the topic of personal brand building and the ways in which Liz has always challenged herself to grow professionally and the dividends that those efforts have paid. The two chat about podcasting, being a young professional in the Hearing Health industry, and the motivation to never stop pushing yourself to keep learning.

      50 min
    • 093 - Grace Sturdivant, AuD - OtoPro: A Fresh Take on the Business of Hearing Conservation

      Guest: Grace Sturdivant - Audiologist and Founder of OtoPro Technologies

      Topic: OtoPro: A Fresh Take on the Business of Hearing Conservation 

      Grace joins Dave on the podcast this week to share the story of how she built her company, OtoPro Technologies, and the path she took to success.

      OtoPro represents an innovative business model and brand built entirely around hearing conservation. As Grace describes, OtoPro is designed to provide individuals with custom hearing protection for all types of lifestyles ranging from hunting, construction, industrial work, motorcycling and so on.


      The two discuss how her business model works, the network of hearing professionals that she uses to help facilitate the earmold impressions, her success building her brand, the rapid growth of OtoPro, and her upcoming appearance on Steve Rinella's Meat Eater podcast. 

      1 hr 1 min
    • 092 - Michelle Hu, AuD - Building the "Mama Hu Hears" Brand

      Guest: Michelle Hu, AuD - Pediatric Audiologist and Founder of "Mama Hu Hears"

      Topic: Building the "Mama Hu Hears" Brand 

      Michelle joins Dave on the podcast this week to share her backstory and how she developed her popular, "Mama Hu Hears" online persona.


      Michelle's Mama Hu Hears Instagram page has garnered roughly 10,000 followers, and serves as a medium for Michelle to communicate ways she navigates her own DHH journey, as well as a forum for her to impart wisdom as a hard of hearing mother and Pediatric Audiologist.

      The two discuss using social media effectively to generate a more outsized impact, the most common questions and feedback that Michelle receives on her social channels, Michelle's experience of being fit with a cochlear implant 15 years ago, and some of her takeaways of life before and after her implant.

      44 min
    • 091 - Shadi Chakoutahi - A Recruiter's Perspective on the Current State of the Hearing Health Industry

      Guest: Shadi Chakoutahi - Founder of Staffing Proxy

      Topic: A Recruiter's Perspective on the Current State of the Hearing Health Industry

      Shadi joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss the current labor market within the hearing health industry and some key insights that can be gleaned from her perspective. 

      The two discuss the changing nature of employee expectations, which has been altered by the pandemic, as well as what it means to be an, "employer of choice." On the flip side, the two chat about the prospects within the industry for those entering into the hearing health labor force or moving from one industry job to another. 

      Shadi shares her unique perspective as someone who frequently speaks with a wide variety of employers and prospective employees in every facet of the hearing health industry. In addition, Shadi shares some of the areas that concern her with the current state of the hearing health labor pool, as well as some reasons to be optimistic about the way that the hearing health industry is evolving. 

      56 min
    • 090 - Erik Sorenson - Understanding the Battle Being Waged Outside of the Hearing Health Clinic

      Guest: Erik Sorenson - Co-Founder of HearWorks

      Title: Understanding the Battle Being Waged Outside of the Hearing Health Clinic

      Erik joins Dave on the podcast this week to share his backstory of his days owning and operating an ad agency, the path that led him to the world of hearing health, the key learnings of owning seven brick & mortar clinics, and the genesis of how and why HearWorks was created.

      The two discuss how today's hearing health patient journey begins outside of the clinic and talk through various patient acquisition and retention strategies that are becoming increasingly relevant in today's hearing health market.

      1 hr

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