This Week in Hearing

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

According to the Hearing Health Foundation, tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, affects over 25 million Americans and 90% of cases occur with an underlying degree of hearing loss. In this episode, Dave Kemp sits down with Gemma Gray, AuD, the Director of Learning and Development for Hearing Care Professionals at HearUSA. They discuss the science behind tinnitus, its prevalence

The theme for this year’s World Hearing Day, which takes place annually on March 3, is ‘Ear and hearing care for all!’. The annual event put on by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a way to bring global awareness to the importance of hearing health. In this week’s special episode, host Amyn Amlani is joined by Dr. Shelly Chadha,

In this episode, Bob Traynor explores Maudey, an internet-based solution for hearing aid education and remote patient care. He is joined by Alan Letzt, CEO of Maudey, Maureen Wiskerchen, the Director of Audiology, and Dr. Tom Powers, the Executive Audiology Consultant. They discuss how Maudey is designed to benefit hearing aid users, their families, and hearing professionals by providing a

Dr. Rene Gifford, professor in the hearing and speech science department at Vanderbilt University and MD/PhD student, Ansley Kunnath, join Brian Taylor for a wide-ranging conversation on how auditory regenerative medications could change the way Audiology is practiced. They also share the details of a clinical trial involving donepezil, a drug that improves cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients, in adult