Future Ear Radio Dave Kemp
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Discussing the business of hearing healthcare and how hearing professionals can succeed in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Guests of the show include experts with backgrounds in Audiology, Public Health, Consumer Audio, and Technology.
The goal of Future Ear Radio is to connect the trends converging around our ears. (FuturEar)
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122 - Jennifer Micacci, Au.D - Growing a Private Practice Audiology Clinic to 3 Locations
Guest: Jennifer Micacci, Au.D. - Owner of Best Life Hearing Center
Jennifer joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:
- Her backstory, how she ended up in Audiology, and her path to becoming a practice owner
- The noticeable leaps forward that hearing aid technology has taken in the past decade
- Some of the major differences between Jennifer's experience working inside an ENT office vs. her own private practice
- The rationale behind why she decided on her first location for Best Life Hearing and the considerations that went into expanding to three locations
- The challenges that come from scaling a practice and methods to hone new skills (i.e. cultivating leadership skills)
- The increasing impact managed care is having on Best Life and some ideas that Jennifer is using to help navigate this challenge (i.e. upskilling Audiology Assistants)
- Finding other business owners and entrepreneurs to collaborate with and learn from
- Emerging opportunities and additional revenue generators of the future
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121 - Tish Gaffney, Au.D. - Career Advancement & Market Trends in Audiology
Guest: Tish Gaffney, Au.D. - Professor of Audiology at Nova Southeastern University & President Elect of the American Academy of Audiology
Tish joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:
- Her backstory, how she ended up in Audiology, and her path to becoming a professor at Nova Southeastern University
- Getting involved early in her career with various professional organizations, which she attributes as a major accelerant to her career's growth & establishing her professional network
- Her specialization in vestibular diagnostics and the growing interest in the vestibular side of Audiology among young professionals
- A brief overview of the trends happening in the nascent field of pediatric vestibular diagnostics
- The American Academy of Audiology's (AAA) goals in 2024 and then beyond during her tenure
- The intersection of Public Health and Audiology and how Hearing Professionals can "extend themselves" by imparting their institutional knowledge to allied medical professionals
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120 - Dave Fabry, Ph.D. - An Optimistic Viewpoint on the Future of Hearing Healthcare
Guest: Dave Fabry, Ph.D. - Chief Hearing Health Officer at Starkey
Dr. Fabry sits down with Dave this week to discuss:
- His start as an aspiring Veterinarian, which ultimately exposed him to Audiology (training Chinchillas to "perform" an audiogram)
- Dave's PhD, time at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Clinical Fellowship at The Mayo Clinic
- The ACHIEVE study and Dave's big takeaways as both a clinician and researcher
- The emerging use cases for biometric and acoustical data sets that are being captured and logged by Starkey's latest hearing aids
- The evolution from machine learning-based applications to deep neural-net based applications for hearing aids
- The case for why this is the most exciting time for Audiologists and Hearing Professionals broadly speaking, even with the existing and forthcoming challenges on the horizon
- Career advice and words of wisdom from Dr. Fabry
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119 - Lindsey Koble, Au.D - Launching a Private Practice in 2023
Guest: Lindsey Koble, Au.D. - Owner of Audiology Always
Lindsey joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:
- Her backstory and path toward launching a private practice Audiology clinic, Audiology Always, in 2023
- Lessons learned from externing at an ENT clinic and then working as a hearing aid field rep (Signia)
- The value of garnering generalized experience and specialty expertise
- The decision to launch her private practice and the preparation involved
- How to begin attracting patients - high-level strategies and day-to-day tactics
- The evolution of private practice Audiology in today's climate and how to navigate today's challenges/opportunities
- The importance of support staff and upskilling staff into handling more and more of the patient load
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118 - Frank Wartinger, Au.D. - Building a Hearing Conservation Business from Scratch
Guest: Frank Wartinger, Au.D. - Owner/Founder of Earmark Hearing Conservation
Frank joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:
- Frank's backstory as a musician, experiencing tinnitus at an early age, and his eventual pursuit to become an Audiologist
- Obtaining his Au.D. from Salus Univerity and some of his mentors along the way
- Starting EarMark Hearing Conservation to provide hearing wellness for musicians in the form of healthcare, hearing protection and occupational safety
- The importance of educating the musician community on the importance of hearing health so that musicians serve as vocal advocates and ambassadors of hearing healthcare within the music scene
- Frank becoming a Course Director with the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)
- Extending the knowledge of hearing healthcare to allied medical professionals (i.e. occupational therapists) to dramatically expand the provision of hearing wellness
- The role that Frank's podcast, Talking Ears, has on his business
- Some of the highs and low, and learned experiences Frank's had over the first few years of his business
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117 - Mike Santucci, Au.D. - Sensaphonics: Safe, High Fidelity Audio for Loud Environments
Guest: Mike Santucci - Founder and Owner of Sensaphonics & ASI Audio
Special Co-Host: A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D. - Vice President at Oaktree Products
Mike joins Dave & A.U. on the podcast this week to discuss:
- Mike's backstory into Audiology and the origin story of Sensaphonics
- Developing services and products for musicians to help them preserve their hearing while performing
- Building Sensaphonics' own earmold lab to ensure the highest level quality
- ASI Audio's flagship product, 3DME In-Ear Monitor System, and the profound experience it provides hearing impaired musicians
- Sensaphonics' new product, dB Check Pro - a sound level analyzer for musicians to use
- The state of music-based Audiology and Sensaphonics' Gold Circle program
- How to collectively address and communicate safe audio environments for musicians and fans
- The many signed guitars that Mike has donated to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation's Music & Hearing Research Grant Program (and the guitars that A.U. has purchased)
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Customer Reviews
Bravo
Love how Dave explores new technology and shares more about this realm of deaf and hard of hearing in a way that the general public who may not be in the industry can grasp and be more informed while also appealing to the audiology/deaf education sector.
Phenomenal Podcast -5 stars out of 5
Dave produces a top-notch podcast, hosts incredible guests, and provides great interviews through deliberate, intentional questions.
The Future Ear Radio podcast helps stay informed of latest trends arround innovative hearing tech as well as anticipate the future innovations occuring in the broader wearable, IoT, and health tech fields.
Keep up the great work Dave!
-A happy listener
Love this show!
Dave Kemp does a great job keeping the listener engaged. We admire the mission he is on - raising awareness of hearing healthcare and the importance of visiting a hearing healthcare professional!!