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.

Exposed Underwear: Making a Great Impression in Latin America

In the mid 1990s I had been traveling a lot professionally and packing suitcases, waiting in security lines, waiting for planes, and other travel frustrations were part of a routine day. As others that travel for a living realize, working in many places in the world are simultaneously both exhilarating and frustrating. I knew the security details, what to have and not have in your possession, when

Communication Through the Burka (Burqa)

Around the world we all share the same clinical problems dealing with diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients. The hearing problems and patient’s reaction to them present the same difficulties in other countries that we experience here. As clinicians we have so much in common and much to share regarding how to rehabilitate our patients. Evidence of this is on Facebook, Twitter,

La Pérdida De Audición: El “Desventaja En Silencio”

About our Guest Author: Holly Hosford-Dunn, Ph.D is the owner of TAI, Inc, a boutique audiology provate practice is Tuscon, AZ.She is also the Editor-in-chief of Hearing Health and Technology Matters, LLC, (www.hearinghealthmatters.org). She has authored/edited many text books, chapters, journals, and articles and has taught marketing and practice management in a variety of academic settings. Dr. Hosford-Dunn respectfully submitted this

What is an Akustiker?

When I went to Switzerland to work R/D and training with a hearing aid manufacturer in 1998, I had never heard the term Akustiker. I knew that in some countries, training for Audiologists is quite different than it is in the United States. In the US, where audiologists are graduate school educated with practicum in diagnosing and treating the hearing impaired, we are

The French Connection – The Exciting Conclusion!

Centre for Deaf Studies (1997) suggests that early efforts to bring education of the hearing impaired to the United States involved Francis Green, an American from Boston whose son had been educated at the secretive Braidwood School in Edinburgh and later London. The success of his son with Braidwood Method spurred Green to became an activist, urging the beginning of

The French Connection, Part II

Now we come to the famous car chase of the French Connection, probably one of the most memorable movie chases ever. The chase involves Popeye Doyle driving a 1971 Pontiac following his suspect under the tracks of an elevated train in New York City. While Popeye ultimately gets his man, there are lots of problems along the way. The usual near misses

The French Connection – Part I

The French Connection was a popular police 1970s movie about a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France looking to sell 32 million in heroin in New York City. But his potential buyer – small-time hood Salvatore Boca – is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy “Cloudy” Russo. This whole movie has nothing to do with audiology except for the title and

Lessons Learned from UNHS/EDHI Across The Globe

A couple of weeks ago at Hearing International we had a Mother’s Day article honoring Dr. Marion Downs and her work in the development of newborn hearing screening procedures. Part of that discussion suggested that these programs were being initiated in other countries. At that time, I asked Dr. Christie Yoshinaga-Itano from the University of Colorado-Boulder if she could be

The International Audiology Connection to Mother’s Day

It’s just about Mother’s Day 2011 on May 8th, but how are Mother’s Day and Audiology related? Although it is easy to assume that Mother’s Day was conceived in a boardroom for some card or flower company, a historical review indicates that the earliest tributes to mothers date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the

Audiology in Iran

Introduction Many American audiologists have not had much experience interacting with audiologists in other countries. Our own system for the training of audiologists has changed drastically in the past 10 years or so moving from graduate degrees (BA/BS, MA/MS, Ph.D/Ed.D/Sc.D, etc) to Professional degrees (Au.D). so that most young audiologists in the United States now posses as Doctor of Audiology