Robert Traynor

Robert M. Traynor, Ed.D., is a hearing industry consultant, trainer, professor, conference speaker, practice manager and author. He is a founding member of HHTM and had previously written a regular weekly column for the site for many years. He has decades of experience teaching courses and training clinicians within the field of audiology with specific emphasis in hearing and tinnitus rehabilitation. He serves as Adjunct Faculty in Audiology at the University of Florida, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado and The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Featured image for “The Zenith Controversy Part II”

The Zenith Controversy Part II

Last week we had some interesting facts about the history of radio and its development. Part of that discussion was the development of the Chicago Radio Laboratory which later became the Zenith Radio Corporation. You may recall that Zenith was one of the first radio manufacturers and became known for high quality and innovation based upon visions of Karl Hassel, H.G. Mathews

Featured image for “The Zenith Controversy Part I”

The Zenith Controversy Part I

The Golden Age of Radio was a time when radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment device. The radio era began with radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted into the 1950s when television became the entertainment medium of choice. But during this period, radio was the only choice for entertainment. Families gathered around the radio and tuned in for their favorite

Featured image for “Tattoos that Talk, Sing and Cry?”

Tattoos that Talk, Sing and Cry?

There are many forms of art within the world, but few have been around for as long as tattooing. Some feel that tattooing dates back some 15,000 years. The discovery of tattooed mummies, Greeks and Romans suggest that it was popular in the ancient world. The practice is thought to have begun as an accident from a cut or small wound that could have been rubbed by

Featured image for “Status of Audiology in India”

Status of Audiology in India

This week at Hearing International we have guest authors from India discussing the Status of Audiology in India. If there are colleagues in other parts of the world, interested telling us how the profession is practiced in their area, please send us submission. Many thanks to our guest authors this week – RMT The Status Audiology In India India is

Featured image for “Thumper is not a Rabbit……”

Thumper is not a Rabbit……

If you have spent most of your life studying audiology and sound properties, it is quite possible that you will find this post of interest. In our studies of sound and its uses, most of us do not think about how it can be used to map various characteristics under the surface of the earth or below the sea. That is

Featured image for “Sound and Food”

Sound and Food

This week at Hearing International food is king…..Great food is enjoyed in many ways, but there are certain sounds that every good cook hears which will surprise those taste buds from far left field. Spiegel (2014) reminds us that smell or scent plays a critical role in how we perceive food and is often confused with aroma. Scent or smell is

Featured image for “Practicing Outside the Silo: The National Academies of Practice”

Practicing Outside the Silo: The National Academies of Practice

The lowest level of “working together” with other disciplines in the practice of your profession is when professionals make their own decisions, effectively operating in silos. A middle level of “working together” occurs when individual practitioners make independent decisions about a patient and then consult/communicate with the primary caregiver. A higher model of interprofessional healthcare refers to a form of

Featured image for “The Cost of Hearing Aids is NOT the Issue!”

The Cost of Hearing Aids is NOT the Issue!

This week’s Hearing International feeds upon a topic that we discussed a couple of weeks ago, the move to over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. For some reason those that don’t know the real story, such as Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Grassley and others always feel that the price of hearing aids is too expensive and that is what keeps patients from seeking

Featured image for “Binaural Beat Therapy Revisited”

Binaural Beat Therapy Revisited

This week Hearing International investigates the pop culture of Binaural Beats. An Internet search will find a whole culture and industry based on binaural beats which are said to have therapeutical value, with all sorts of effects on the brain. Since the phenomenon occurs only in binaural listening situations, headphones are necessary to get the effect and putative benefit. According to

Featured image for “Hearing Professionals Do It Better!”

Hearing Professionals Do It Better!

This week’s Hearing International discusses an issue that likely will be upon us rather soon in the United States. In the United States, a large discrepancy exists between the number of people who could benefit from hearing aids and those who actually wear them. Close to 29 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids, according to National Institute on