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.

Racial Differences in Cerumen Type and Consistency

How many of your patients ask, “Why do I get so much earwax? How come it’s always wet or dry, or rice like? Is there really a racial implication to cerumen and, if so, then wax types and consistency could be different in various parts of the world. As audiologists we all know that cerumen is secreted by the ceruminous

The Incidence of Hearing Loss Around the World

Since this is the first post at Hearing International, a brand new blog at a brand new address – HearingHealthMatters.org, it is fitting that we start at the beginning by discussing the incidence of hearing loss around the world. Hearing impairment is considered the most prevalent impairment worldwide. Almost 600 million, an estimated 10% of people worldwide, have mild or

Global Perspectives @ Hearing International

Bob Traynor, Editor Welcome to the international section of the Hearing Health and Technology Matters Blog. For over 17 years I traveled the world as an audiologist conducting presentations on Audiology and Hearing instruments for a major manufacturer, visiting virtually every continent and over 40 countries. The work involved training distributors of hearing products and their staff in audiology and