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.

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Huey’s Bad News

No matter where you live in the world you would have had to be asleep for the past 30 years not to know Huey Lewis & the News. Since the 1980s they have entertained us with the music of our times…..Huey Lewis, (Click to see the David Letterman Video), the group’s lead singer and harmonic player has been involved with

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Peter F. Drucker: On Hearing Loss

Arguably one of the most influential business/management individuals of the past 50 years worldwide has been Peter Drucker. He is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. His writings have predicted many of the major developments of the late twentieth century, including privatization and decentralization; the rise of

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3-D Labyrinthine Computerized Tomography Tracks Human Dispersal Across the Globe

Little do audiologists know that based upon a 2018 study, the labyrinth can now be used by paleontologists to trace the movement of humans across the globe thousands of years ago. There are two theories about how humans populated the world. The Multi-regional hypotheses, first proposed in the 1980s and revised in 2003, suggests that erectus left Africa some

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Hedy Lamarr…The Unlikely Mother of Bluetooth Technology – 2018

April 6, 2018 marks the 7th anniversary of Hearing Health and Technology Matters. It is fun to look back at some of the topics that we have explored together over the past few years. As one of the original partners in the HHTM enterprise, it was a challenge in the beginning. We did not know if colleagues would accept the

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American Board of Audiology – Cochlear Implant Specialty Certification

This week at Hearing International we have a guest author, Jennifer Drohosky, sharing her perspective on the Cochlear Implant Specialty Certification offered by the American Board of Audiology. Jennifer is both Pediatric Specialty Certified and Cochlear Implant Specialty Certified and works in an interesting position at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver, CO. RMT I grew up in a small Midwestern

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Marion Downs: Still influencing Newborn Hearing Screening

Most audiologists know Dr. Marion Downs and her contributions to the field of audiology, especially in pediatric audiology. At the time of her passing at age 100 in 2014, 97% of all babies born in the United States were screened for hearing. Some of us were her students, others were collaborative researchers, but all of us were admirers of a great

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Tinnitus Treatment with Smartphones

This discussion should be prefaced with the statement that I have no actual research to make the suggestion that will appear here, but it is a great doctoral dissertation. This week at Hearing International will discuss the use of smart phones to treat tinnitus. Smart phones have totally taken over our lives for many things, family communication, email, messages,

The Suspicious Case of Van Gogh’s Pinna

So where does Audiology meet Art History? One of the first classics at HHTM was the discussion of how Vincent van Gogh really lost his pinna. While some feel that he just wacked off his right pinna with a knife….there is another version of the story that we found at Hearing International originally posted as “The Mysterious Case of

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Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification: It’s Not Child’s Play

The week’s Hearing International is prepared by guest author Shelley Moats, Au.D. Shelley describes her motivation for her interest in pediatric audiology as well as the benefits of becoming Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certified by the American Board of Audiology. Shelly works with children each and every day at Little Ears Hearing Center at Open Arms Children’s Health in Louisville,

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Hitler’s Hearing Loss – From War Trenches to Failed Assassination Attempt

This series of posts at looks at Hitler’s hearing impairment. It is certainly not a tribute, but an interesting discussion of a hearing loss that was accumulated over a lifetime by an historical figure. This series is a re-visit of a topic that was first discussed at Hearing International August 27-September 10, 2013. While much of the content will be