Guest: Blake Cadwell - Owner & Founder of www.Soundly.com Topic: Redesigning the Start of the Hearing Health Journey  Blake joins Dave this week on the podcast to discuss: His backstory and personal experience wearing hearing aids The motivation for creating www.soundly.com and the goal of the website Widespread mask usage during the pandemic serving as a catalyst to people realizing how dependent they are on lip reading The sheer pervasiveness of hearing loss and why it's not fully in the mainstream's zeitgeist  The potential upside of consumers being exposed to hearing health functionality in their consumer earbuds  The importance of the hearing health professional in the OTC era Soundly.com's intention to be a starting point for consumers to research their potential options and do their diligence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Kathleen Wallace, AuD - Owner of Kathleen Wallace, AuD; Head of Provider Education at Tuned; Adjunct Professor at CUNY Topic: Building the Hearing Healthcare Practice of the Future Kathleen joins Dave for the return of the podcast to discuss her new private practice and the motivation to start it. The two discuss: - Starting a private practice in 2022 and modern day considerations - The maturation of Mobile Audiology and TeleAudiology - Kathleen's time at CUNY and some of her key mentors and influences - Online content creation, personal brand building and combatting imposter phenomenon - Building an online "content" resume to attract in-person opportunities - Using social media to effectively generate new business --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

For episode 100, Dave sits down with 15 past guests to get a sense of what's on each of their radars and what's exciting about their area of focus. Guests: Andy Bellavia  Liz Fuemmeler, AuD Amyn Amlani, Ph.D. Angela Alexander, AuD Brian Taylor, AuD Ashley Hughes, AuD Brent Edwards, Ph.D. Kat Penno, AuD Bret Kinsella Natalie Phillips, AuD Geoff Cooling Ryan Kraudel Jill Davis, AuD Karl Strom Grace Sturdivant, AuD --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Madison Levine, Founder & Owner of Levine Hearing; Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist (BC-HIS) Topic: Endlessly Optimizing the Hearing Health Patient Experience Madison joins Dave this week to share her story of launching and growing a thriving independent hearing health private practice. Madison details why she started her private practice, some of the major milestones across the first seven years, and how she has been increasingly upping the standard of care within her clinic.  The two discuss some of the key considerations when starting and growing a private practice, such as how to find your first patient, as well as how Madison is differentiating her practice in her market by leveraging new services and offerings.  As a BC-HIS, Madison shares her perspective of how Audiologists and Hearing Instrument Specialists can collaborate with one another to provide a strong collective offering to prospective patients.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Christina Coppola, AuD - Vestibular Audiologist at the American Institute of Balance Topic: Designing the American Institute of Balance's MatchMe Program Christina joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss her backstory, motivation for entering into Audiology, why she gravitated toward the vestibular side of the profession, her residency at the American Institute of Balance, and how she helped to design & implement AIB's new "MatchMe" Program where the AIB helps to train students in clinical vestibular audiology and connect students with AIB Centers of Specialty Care for the student's externship.  The two discuss the advantages for young Audiologists entering the field to gain specialty experience and how the AIB is helping to foster and facilitate that experience. In addition, the two discuss why MatchMe is so advantageous for existing practices who might be interested in obtaining young talent that specializes in vestibular audiology and are unsure where to locate said talent. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Nancy M. Williams - President of Auditory Insight  Topic: Creating Market Development in Hearing Healthcare Nancy joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss a variety of topics including her personal story of living with hearing loss, her journey and motivation for starting Auditory Insight, and some of the key takeaways from some of Auditory Insight's recent research notes.  Much of the conversation revolves around the longstanding and pervasive stigma associated with hearing loss, and Nancy shares some sources of inspiration that the hearing health industry might look toward for ideas on how to effectively combat this major obstacle that impedes so many from treating their hearing loss. Transcript: here References: 1. Ebrahimi-Madiseh article reference: https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/Abstract/2020/11000/What_Influences_Decision_Making_for_Cochlear.30.aspx 2.Expressed Barriers reference: 5 Balachandra S, Tolisano AM, Qazi S, Hunter JB. Self-Identified Patient Barriers to Pursuit of Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2021;42(10S):S26-S32. doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000003376 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guests: D'Anne Rudden, AuD; Susan Sheehy, AuD; Maura Chippendale, AuD; Yasmin Battat, AuD; Mary Thorpe, AuD Topic: Hearing the Call: Recapping a Life-Changing Humanitarian Trip to Jordan This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, Dave sits down with five inspiring Audiologists to breakdown their recent mission trip to the country of Jordan, where these five women + a number of others provided hearing health services for some of the most underserved people in the world.  During the episode, they discuss: Expectations leading into the trip and post-trip takeaways What the days were like and the direct impact they made on the refugees that they served The efficacy that "putting a hand up, not out" has on combatting burn out The surprising amount of collaboration across the AuDs that were there Learning from the people they served and the culture that they were embedded in Imparting knowledge on the students that they were working with, so as to create continuity with their mission --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: AU Bankaitis, PhD - Audiologist; Vice President, Oaktree Products Topic: Imposter Phenomenon, The Samuel F. Lybarger Award, and Owning Your Success  AU joins Dave on the podcast for the first in-person episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast. AU shares her Audiology career journey, some of the major influences on her career trajectory and milestones along the way, and her recent Samuel F. Lybarger award (awarded to an individual who has made important contributions to research, engineering, or other technological achievements within the field of audiology).  Throughout the conversation, AU discusses her struggles with imposter phenomenon. She details what imposter phenomenon is, how she has worked through it using a variety of different methods, and the importance of owning her own success. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Liz Fuemmeler, AuD - Vestibular and Concussion Audiologist at Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City; Co-host of "A Dose of Dizzy" Podcast Topic: Vestibular Audiology, Specialization, and the Motivation to Never Stop Learning Liz joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss her work in vestibular audiology across the past few years after receiving her AuD. At Liz's clinic, she has helped to implement a concussion protocol and discusses this emerging new facet of science and Audiology's role within it. Liz shares the role that Audiologists play with regards to concussions, why Audiologists are uniquely positioned to help diagnose concussions, and how it helps to broaden the scope of Audiology. In addition, Liz and Dave discuss the topic of personal brand building and the ways in which Liz has always challenged herself to grow professionally and the dividends that those efforts have paid. The two chat about podcasting, being a young professional in the Hearing Health industry, and the motivation to never stop pushing yourself to keep learning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Guest: Grace Sturdivant - Audiologist and Founder of OtoPro Technologies Topic: OtoPro: A Fresh Take on the Business of Hearing Conservation  Grace joins Dave on the podcast this week to share the story of how she built her company, OtoPro Technologies, and the path she took to success. OtoPro represents an innovative business model and brand built entirely around hearing conservation. As Grace describes, OtoPro is designed to provide individuals with custom hearing protection for all types of lifestyles ranging from hunting, construction, industrial work, motorcycling and so on. The two discuss how her business model works, the network of hearing professionals that she uses to help facilitate the earmold impressions, her success building her brand, the rapid growth of OtoPro, and her upcoming appearance on Steve Rinella's Meat Eater podcast.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message