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.

Diabetes and Hearing Loss – Part I

Recently, diabetes has been linked to hearing loss. Thus, audiologists need to become familiar with this disorder and how it affects the auditory mechanism. This week Hearing International looks at the history of diabetes (click the link for a History of Diabetes Video) and how we came to know the disease. Diabetes is one of the first diseases described in written

Tinnitus on the Starship Enterprise

Stardate – March 27, 2013……… “Space… the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Many of us around the world grew up glued to the television between 1966 and 1969 watching the voyages of

What’s New at the Coalition for Global Hearing Health

You may recall that last April Hearing International called our readers’ attention to an organization making a major difference to the hearing impaired across the globe. The Coalition for Global Hearing Health (CFGHH) was first organized in March 2009, bringing together hearing health care professionals working in low resource communities around the world. Their stated purpose is to: Advocate for policies pertinent to hearing health care practices in

Surfer’s: “Bad To The Bone”

In the summer of 1996, I was invited to Oticon Headquarters in Copenhagen to conduct demonstrations on how to take CIC impressions. Although it’s routine these days, it was very new then and the audiologists were interested in how to take these impressions. They were actually called “deep canal” impressions, requiring some skills that were not usually acquired by audiologists at the time. Oticon had an interest

The Queen of the Waves

This week Hearing International will feature an American woman who overcame an almost insurmountable barrier in becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel. She is Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003). “Trudy” or “Gertie” to her friends, she was the daughter of a German couple who immigrated to New York City (click here for avideo). Her love

Ear Hair

HEADLINE: GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS KYLE MOYER SCOFFED DOWN THREE PICKLED HARD BOILED EGGS IN 44.5 SECONDS PASADENA BREAKS MARIACHI RECORD AT ROSE BOWL FOR GOLD CUP CITY OF DURANGO CELEBRATES 450TH ANNIVERSARY WITH LONGEST FRUIT CAKE AND……… RADHAKANT BAIJAI HAS THE LONGEST EAR HAIR Mr Radhakant first appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 when his

Z Decibel…..

Audiologists in any part of the world know and usually understand the decibel, as it is an integral component of an education in Audiology. Some learned this complex concept from basic Audiology textbooks, classroom instruction or, possibly, Chuck Berlin’s classic “programmed learning” booklet from the 1970s. The Bel, named for Alexander Graham Bell is too large a measure to be useful in the measurement of

Who You Gonna Call?

Who you Gonna Call? A world-wide phenomenon is the apparition of ghosts or spirits. Sightings and auditory sensations have plagued mankind for centuries. Sightings and auditory rumblings of disembodied spirits have been reported around the world but the question always remains, are these ghosts just a figment of our imagination, or is there really more to these “spirits” than just a

Where in the World is Bill’s Bar?

Bill’s Bar is an internationally famous place. This week at Hearing international we will tell you where to find the famous Bill’s Bar and its significance to Audiology. Bill’s Bar might sound like a fun place with a band, great beer and other fun beverages. You might expect to go there to meet friends, family and just other people, play pool,

Polio Related Hearing Loss?

As part of the vaccination quandary fueled by inaccurate information, Polio has made a worldwide comeback affecting millions of individuals around the world. Officially called poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, polio is an acute, viral, infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route. The Disease The disease is an inflammation of the spinal cord’s gray matter, but a severe infection can