If you are a member of the American Academy of Audiology, and you have yet to cast your vote for president-elect, this special episode of This Week in Hearing is well worth your time.   

Both candidates, Bopanna Ballachandra and Rebekah Cunningham, sat down with TWIH to chat about their career paths and the vision they have for the profession.   

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From picking a restaurant on a Saturday night to choosing a new dentist, all of us seem to rely more and more on online reviews.

In this episode of This Week in Hearing, Vinaya Manchaiah, professor at the University of Colorado Medical School talks us through the consumer on-line review research his team of collaborators have conducted over the past few years.

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Articles cited in this episode:

Bennett RJ, Swanepoel W, Ratinaud P, Bailey A, Pennebaker JW, Manchaiah V. Hearing aid acquisition and ownership: what can we learn from online consumer reviews?. Int J Audiol. 2021;60(11):917-926.

Manchaiah V, Bennett RJ, Ratinaud P, Swanepoel W. Experiences With Hearing Health Care Services: What Can We Learn From Online Consumer Reviews?. Am J Audiol. 2021;30(3):745-754.

Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W, Bailey A, Pennebaker JW, Bennett RJ. Hearing Aid Consumer Reviews: A Linguistic Analysis in Relation to Benefit and Satisfaction Ratings. Am J Audiol. 2021;30(3):761-768

Manchaiah V, Picou EM, Bailey A, Rodrigo H. Consumer Ratings of the Most Desirable Hearing Aid Attributes. J Am Acad Audiol. 2021;32(8):537-546. doi:10.1055/s-0041-1732442

Kim Fishman is a long time practice owner in the suburban Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. In this episode of This Week in Hearing, she shares her new business venture, which combines in-person care with an on-line store, as well as a co-op membership for consumers. 

Kim also shares her passion for ethical practice and the importance of transparency. To learn more about her business, go to https://hearshearingandhearables.com/

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In January of 2022, Soundwave Hearing announced the launch of its new self-fitting Sontro AI hearing aids and mobile app.  In this week's episode, Soundwave CEO, Anthony Florek, and company CTO, Christopher Boven, sit down with host Bob Traynor to talk about the development of the company's technology and their plans to partner with the audiology community to offer Sontro AI devices as a 'starter hearing aid' to their patients who might otherwise go untreated.  

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As hearing aids and consumer audio devices converge, a wider range of people with hearing difficulties will have choices on the type of product they want to wear. At the heart of this convergence are transducers.   

In this episode of This Week in Hearing, find out how Knowles Electronics, a household name in the hearing care business, has been leading innovation for more than 50 years.   

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Is it possible that the FDA's proposed rule on OTC hearing aids is obsolete, even before it becomes finalized? Andy Bellavia and Dave Kemp discuss how the long-awaited regulations from the FDA may already be obsolete, five years after being signed into law.  

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This week, Dr. Kathy Dowd, Executive Director of The Audiology Project, joins host Amyn Amlani in discussing the connection between hearing loss and diabetes, as well as the role audiologists play in the management of patients with diabetes.  

Until recently, the comorbidity of hearing loss, balance and diabetes was unknown to many agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but that has begun to change thanks in large part to the advocacy efforts of Dr. Dowd and The Audiology Project.  

Starting in 2021, the CDC now recommends a baseline hearing test at the time of diagnosis and annually thereafter.  

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In today's episode, Dr. Richard Gans, the Executive Director and Founder of the American Institute of Balance, and Tom O'Neill, the President and CEO of Cognivue, join Dave Kemp to discuss the benefits of expanding the traditional service offerings found in most audiology clinics today.

They discuss how expanding beyond traditional hearing services, audiologists can not only survive, but thrive and grow their clinics by becoming a key expert and resource in their local community. 

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A group in the United Kingdom has re-innovated how to test hearing sensitivity using five bird calls in a forest soundscape. The bird calls are digitized and occupy similar frequencies to that of a traditional pure-tone test. The rationale behind this re-innovation was developed using design-thinking strategies based on a patient’s story of hearing loss. 

In this episode of This Week in Hearing, Tom Woods of the architecture and design practice of Kennedy Woods, joins host, Amyn Amlani, in discussing the motivation, and future application and integration of their efforts in humanizing the hearing-test experience.

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Otolith Labs is pioneering the first medical wearable for the treatment of vertigo, a symptom experienced by more than 15 million Americans. Company CEO, Samuel Owen, and Chief Science Officer, Dr. Didier Depireux, join host Bob Traynor for a discussion of their promising new wearable technology under development for patients with vertigo.  

The novel technology has been validated by several clinical studies, including multiple independent studies at universities and with leading automotive manufacturers. Otolith hopes to have FDA approval of their device by late 2023.  

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