How can hearing care professionals highlight public health education and hearing conservation in an already-busy audiology practice? Deanna Meinke, PhD, shares how programs like Dangerous Decibels and other efforts—big or small—can go a long way in promoting safe listening habits.

Hearing protection is a MUST. But how can audiologists spread this message and promote safe listening habits without “sounding the alarm” and scaring people off? D’Anne Rudden, AuD, and Deanna Meinke, PhD, explore proactive solutions to put hearing protection at the forefront of audiology care.

We can’t get more of this podcast with D’Anne Rudden, AuD Gail M. Whitelaw, PhD! How can AuD students and hearing care professionals address recent changes in the field of audiology and transform these into opportunities for professional development and service delivery improvement?

Audiology services are so much more than just hearing aids—but how can hearing care professionals better shape the public perception of what audiologists really do? Listen to D’Anne Rudden, AuD, and Gail M. Whitelaw, PhD explore ideas—from expanding a practice’s portfolio to creating a niche in whole-patient treatment—to better help patients gain access to the gift of hearing.

How can audiologists and AuD students find and maximize opportunities in mentorship and networking to advance in their career? In this bonus interview, D’Anne Rudden, AuD, and Ram Nileshwar, AuD, president of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), delve deeper into addressing challenges like gender pay gap and location-based employment, among others. (Aftershow content.)

How can audiologists and AuD students find and maximize opportunities in mentorship and networking to advance in their career? In this bonus interview, D’Anne Rudden, AuD, and Ram Nileshwar, AuD, president of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), delve deeper into addressing challenges like gender pay gap and location-based employment, among others.

Hearing health is more than just hearing loss—it’s also about cognition, fall safety, quality of life, and others. Kim Cavitt, AuD, shares strategies to help improve the patient journey.

How can you encourage patients to “think audiology”? Kim Cavitt, AuD makes a case for more effective communication between audiologists and patients, with a special emphasis on promoting the value of quality hearing services—which is the ultimate goal of the newly launched online resource for consumers, ThinkAudiology.org.

In this bonus interview, Gyl A. Kasewurm, AuD, emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and knowing one’s worth to succeed in audiology—and life in general—and supports these with interesting personal experiences.

With a rapidly evolving hearing care landscape, what are the biggest challenges to today’s audiology practices? Esteemed audiology professional, entrepreneur, and speaker, Gyl A. Kasewurm, AuD, addresses this tough question head on and shares her top strategies in running a successful practice. Read the transcript here.