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Guest: Logan Faust, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA

This episode explores the concept of compassionate counseling for clinicians, starting with rapport building through understanding biases, then including health literacy and practical counseling tips. Dr. Faust provides insight into cultural competency through the process of counseling in the realm of pediatric hearing loss.

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This episode features a discussion with clinical researcher Dr. Danika Pfeiffer, who shares insights into how clinicians can better access research, begin asking research questions, and conduct studies themselves. She breaks down the peer review process, article formats that may be well-suited to clinician’s insights, and tips for submitting to publication.

Guest: Megan Pesch, MD, MS

This episode features a discussion with Dr. Megan Pesch, the past president of the National CMV Foundation. She shares her insights as a physician specializing in evaluating and treating children with developmental and behavioral differences. The conversation centers around her work in congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) research, including its links to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and hearing loss.

Guest: Ryan McCreery, PhD

This episode features the leading expert in pediatric amplification sharing current Best Practices and research in hearing aid programming and care for children. The discussion ranges from programming methods to outcome measures and includes upcoming collaborations between audiology and neuroscience.

Guest: Amanda Sloop, AuD., CCC-A - This episode explores the clinical research progress, from the spark of a question to study design, subject recruitment, writing/analysis, and eventually conference submission and publication. The guest shares her experiences in strategic design and recruitment and disseminating information with social media or conference presentations.

Guest: Madison Howe, Aud, CCC-A - This episode explores the evolving role of professionals as they transition from clinician to leadership position. It will address the challenges and opportunities faced by clinicians in assuming leadership roles, emphasizing the importance of different styles, planning, and quality improvement.

Guest: Melissa Anderson, AuD, CCC-A: This episode explores cochlear nerve deficiency (CND) and its consequences, focusing on using cochlear implants in this population. The guest provides expert insights into counseling and programming, as well as what collaborating on a team to manage these patients looks like.

Guest: Margaret Dillon, AuD, PhD - Dr. Meg Dillon shares the history of treatment for single-sided deafness (SSD), how cochlear implants have become a good intervention option for this population, and how our approach to programming CI for SSD has evolved. Her new approaches include incorporating imaging and addressing frequency mismatch.

Guest: Matthew Bush, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS - Dr. Matthew Bush is a leader in the field of research regarding disparities in hearing healthcare. He shares his work in assessing these disparities and what clinicians can practically do to begin addressing these gaps and barriers to care.

Meredith Berger is the Director of Clarke School New York, a leader in the field of early intervention for children who are deaf and hard of hearing, and parent of a child with bilateral microtia/atresia. She discusses her experiences and the connections across these disciplines, as well as provides an in-depth discussion of microtia and atresia.