This Week in Hearing

This week, Bob Traynor sits down with Dan Schumaier, PhD, the founder of Ear Technology Corporation. He is the inventor of several products in use today in the hearing industry, including the Dry N Store hearing aid dryer and he currently holds about 400 patents worldwide. Dr. Schumaier was one of the very first audiologists in the country to dispense

This week, Dave Kemp interviews Dr. Jacqueline Scholl, Dr. Nina Kraus, and Oklahoma State Representative Meloyde Blancett to discuss the shortcomings of the current hearing testing methods for children in schools. Dr. Scholl shares her personal experience with her son who was initially misdiagnosed with ADHD but later found to have a significant auditory processing disorder. She also talks about

This week, Bob Traynor sits down with Cliff Olson, AuD, who is best known as ‘Dr. Cliff’ on his popular YouTube channel where he has been providing consumers with information about hearing health and hearing technology since 2017. Dr. Olson is a private practice owner and founder of the HearingUP Network and recently announced a partnership with Audigy to launch

Lucid Hearing and Independa have announced the launch of a smart TV-based hearing assessment on LG Smart TVs. This week, Bennett Griffin, executive vice president of research and development for Lucid Hearing, sits down with Dr. Amy Sarow to discuss why his company is eyeing smart TVs as a non-threatening way to address hearing health to the average consumer. The

This week, host Dave Kemp sits down with AAVAA’s Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Naeem Komeilipoor. The Montreal-based startup recently completed a $2.0 million Seed Round which will fund the continued development and commercialization of its unique, patented technology that “aims to revolutionize human-machine interactivity and human-assistance devices”. – The company’s technology platform utilizes unobtrusive sensors that can be incorporated

This week, host Andrew Bellavia is joined by Dave Fabry, the Chief Innovation Officer of Starkey. In this episode, the pair discuss the development of the newly launched Genesis AI hearing aids, which was a process that is said to have taken over 5 years. The Genesis AI boasts an entirely new chip, compression algorithm, fitting formula, a new app

The Giants of Audiology is a segment where host Bob Traynor is joined by some of the profession’s most influential figures. In this week’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Richard Tyler – considered one of the foremost experts in the areas of tinnitus and hyperacusis. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck

This week, Dave Kemp sits down with Juliette Sterkens, AuD, and Susan Taulia, AuD, to about hearing loops. Dr. Sterkens is the HLAA National Hearing Loop Advocate and Dr. Taulia is a private practice owner in Lafayette, Indiana. A hearing loop is a technology that wirelessly transmits audio signals directly to a hearing aid’s telecoil, providing clear and high-quality sound

This week, host Andrew Bellavia is joined by Xinke Liu, co-founder of direct-to-consumer hearing aid company, Orka. The company was founded in 2018 with the aim of creating a more user-friendly and accessible hearing aid experience. Liu explains that a convergence of factors made it the right time to start Orka, such as the passage of the OTC legislation, enhanced

Meniere’s disease is one of the toughest conditions for otolaryngologists to successfully treat. In this episode, Hugo Peris, CEO of Spiral Therapeutics and their Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Charles Limb, shed light on their company’s clinical trials involving a new drug delivery system for treatment of Meniere’s disease. Be sure to subscribe to the TWIH YouTube channel for the latest episodes each