The conversation with Jenna Vallario, AuD, continues on the Aftershow where she and Dr. Rudden discuss the training program and Dr. Vallario's hopes for hearing health care in Malawi.

Learn more and how to become involved at https://www.africanbiblecolleges.com/ and https://hearmalawi.causevox.com/.

Jenna Vallario, AuD, is helping educate the next generation of audiologists at African Bible College (ABC) in Malawi. ABC is the home of the only audiology degree program as well as the first audiology clinic in the country. She joined The Hearing Journal Podcast to share her journey and her pride in her students in Malawi.

Learn more and how to become involved at https://www.africanbiblecolleges.com/ and https://hearmalawi.causevox.com/.

As the Executive Director of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, Stephanie Czuhajewski, CAE, is someone who has had a courtside seat to audiology's relationship with over-the-counter (OTC) devices and the fight for audiology's place in the health care conversation. She returns to the podcast this month to dissect the impact of OTCs on the one-year anniversary of the FDA's Final Rule going into effect.

The conversation with Stephanie Czuhajewski, continues on the Aftershow where she and Dr. Rudden look at the why behind some of the results of The Hearing Journal's original survey of readers about the OTC market's impact on audiology.

Dr. Judy Huch, a rare combination of business and give-back, leadership and humbleness, advocacy and activism, ethics and fearlessness, joins Dr. Rudden to talk about the necessity of sharing hearing health care with low-income patients and how to trust the right staff to keep your practice running healthfully.

The conversation with Judy Huch, AuD, continues on the Aftershow with stories of how to manage the dark situation of employee embezzlement and how to prevent theft in your practice.

Dr. Weinstein and Dr. Blustein discuss the usefulness and practicality of cognition screenings at the audiology clinic. They address the need for a more positive narrative around hearing loss and dementia instead of a fear-based call to action. Read more in the June 2023 cover story, "A Closer Look at Hearing Loss, Dementia, and Stigma."

Dr. Barbara Weinstein and Dr. Jan Blustein interpret the results of the ACHIEVE study recently published in The Lancet and address common misunderstandings of the data. The experts explain the difference between risk and risk factor, as well as correlation and causation.

Dr. Sarah Curtis continues the conversation on hearing health care inequality on our Aftershow. She shares tips to keep your clinic profitable while still serving patients with Medicaid, discusses why over-the-counter hearing aids didn't solve the cost problem for many folks, and explains how socioeconomic factors influence cochlear implant care.

Dr. Sarah Curtis shares what to keep in mind when treating a low-income patient. Dr. Curtis is the owner of Sounds of Life Hearing Center in Concord, Ohio. She also operates the nonprofit Hearing the Call - Northeast Ohio (hearingthecall.org).