This Week in Hearing

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Apr. 19, 2023

Racing Beyond Barriers: Keenan Tully’s Journey with Hearing Loss and Inspiring Others

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This week, Shari Eberts sits down with Keenan Tully, a professional race car driver and founder of unDEAFeated. Keenan grew up facing significant bullying and stigma due to his hearing loss during his school days in England. In 2021, he moved to the US to chase his dream of becoming a professional race car driver In 2022, he launched unDEAFeated
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Apr. 17, 2023

Breaking Through the Traditional: JLab CEO Discusses Vision to Revolutionize the Hearing Aid Market

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Win Cramer, CEO of JLab, a growing top-5 headphone brand globally, joins host Andrew Bellavia to discuss their hearing health products launched at CES in January. JLab is the first major consumer audio brand to focus on hearing loss prevention and treatment. Given their sheer size and popularity with a younger demographic than that of traditional hearing aid companies, JLab’s
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Apr. 13, 2023

Audiologist, Inventor and Private Practice Owner: Interview with Dr. Daniel Schumaier

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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
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Apr. 10, 2023

Better Hearing for Better Learning. Roundtable Discussion on Improving Auditory Assessment in Schools

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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
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Apr. 04, 2023

Dr. Cliff Olson on Future of Audiology Practice and New Partnership with Audigy to Educate Consumers

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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
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Mar. 30, 2023

Hearing Health from the Comfort of Your Home: Lucid & Independa Launch Smart TV-Based Assessment

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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
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Mar. 29, 2023

How AAVAA’s Innovative Technology Platform Could Revolutionize Hearing and Wearable Tech

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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
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Mar. 22, 2023

Inside Starkey’s Genesis AI Technology: A Closer Look with Dave Fabry, Ph.D.

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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
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Mar. 20, 2023

The Giants of Audiology: Interview with Richard Tyler, Ph.D.

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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
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Mar. 14, 2023

The Power of Hearing Loops: A Conversation with Juliette Sterkens and Susan Taulia

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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