The Future Is Sound

Ryan McCreery from Boys Town National Research Hospital

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What’s happening in the world of pediatric audiology research, and how is it changing as technology changes? You’ll learn more about the research progress being made and how that works while listening to today’s guest.

Today we chat with Ryan McCreery, the Vice President of Research at Boys Town National Research Hospital, about various aspects of his research in hearing loss, amplification, and outcomes for children who wear hearing aids. Listen to the episode to hear how things have changed with hearing aid technology changes, where the future of hearing aid research is going, and looking beyond the pure-tone audiogram.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

  • Where Ryan started and how he ended up in audiology
  • How long Ryan has been working in research at Boys Town
  • Overlap between studies
  • Whether goals change as the technology changes
  • Whether test set-ups have changed
  • Study on the outcomes for children with hearing loss
  • Studies that branch off from the original study
  • Ryan’s involvement in early hearing aid programs and changes to protocols
  • The SII for mild hearing loss
  • Vestibular things happening with kids
  • Projects Ryan has coming up
  • Final thoughts

    • Resources:

    Ryan McCreery

    Boys Town National Research Lab on Instagram

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