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.

International Delegates …American Academy of Audiology Convention – Boston

It’s time to get ready (March 28-31, 2012) for the best attended audiology meeting in the world, the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention, called Audiology NOW! This meeting is by, for, and of audiologists, but not just for America…its an international convention for audiologists around the world. This year it’s in Boston, MA, USA. Boston is an area literally filled

The World is an Audiology Oyster

When I was a young audiologist in the 70s, someone asked me, “What do you do for a living?” I replied, “I am an Audiologist.” Their response was, “So what kind of stereos do you sell”? Such was the case for many of us who were audiologists at that time. The profession was still very young–only 30 years–and, outside the

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Spinal Manipulation Therapy: Hearing Loss Cure or Curse?

This week at Hearing International we are honored to present a submission from Maurice H. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned audiologist who has been instrumental in shaping our profession and influencing audiologists around the world through his outstanding career at New York University. Dr. Miller has conducted research and has had significant experience with what he calls “Spinal Manipulation Therapy.” Dr. Traynor’s blog

Chiropractic……is it the cure for hearing loss?

Last week, Hearing International explored the suspicious nature of the world of Chiropractic, its scope of practice, and the discipline’s claims that it cures hearing loss with a “Crack of the Back” or as some call it, Spinal Manipulation Therapy (Miller, 2012). Although good Chiropractors are extremely helpful for certain adjustments for back pain, a review of Chiropractic literature suggests that the discipline in general feels

The Shadow of Eng and Chang

As result of a rare embryological accident, conjoined twins were born in May, 1811 about 60 miles outside of Bangkok in Maklong, Kingdom of Siam (present day Thailand). The birth was a miracle and an oddity, in 1811 as conjoined twins, even in the present day, are usually stillborn and those that live usually expire after only hours (UIC, 2012). Due to this particular birth of conjoined

The Audiological Connection of Younger Futhark – Part III

So far in this story we have focused upon the Vikings, Harald I of Denmark, and the runestones of Jelling, Denmark, where the Vikings wrote their history in the language of Younger Futhark. Now, fast forward about 500 years to the 1940s……… An unlikely individual to be involved in this story is the 1940s actress, Hedy Lamarr. According to Platt (2011),

The Audiological Connection of Younger Futhark – Part II

The King Last week in Part I, we learned that Younger Futhark is not a person but the language of the Vikings written on the Runestones around Scandinavia. Some of the biggest of these runestones were erected by King Harald I of Denmark, who united Denmark and Norway? But how does he continue the connection from Younger Futhark to Audiology? Nationalmuseet(2012) states that

The Audiological Connection of Younger Futhark? – Part I

For the next couple of weeks, Hearing International will investigate the relationship between Younger Futhark and Audiology. Even the best informed American audiologists have probably not heard about the fundamentals of this relationship. It is likely, however, that Danish audiological physicians, Danish hearing aid and cell phone manufacturers, and other Scandinavians may have heard the story of Younger Futhark. The relationship between Audiology

Comments to Hearing International…….

Although we did not receive any relevant mail to last week’s blog on binaural fittings we have received some great mail over the past weeks. Of course much of the mail we receive at Hearing International is spam, but often there are some great comments by our readers that bring some very good points to bring into our forum. We welcome comments at the Blogs

Binaural Fittings…….Is the Practice the Same Everywhere?

Audiologists in the United States have gradually, over the past 30 years, moved from a culture that fits mostly monaural (23% in 1983) to a culture that fits mostly binaural (75% in 2010). Many of us fit almost all of our bilaterally hearing-impaired patients binaurally, unless there are financial issues or hearing impairment characteristics that contraindicate this type of a fitting.