Future Ear Radio Dave Kemp

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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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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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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Guest: Gabby Merchant, Au.D., Ph.D. - Scientist II & Director of the Translational Auditory Physiology and Perception Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital

Gabby joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Her backstory, obtaining a joint Ph.D. from MIT & Harvard in Speech & Hearing Bioscience, and then acquiring her Au.D. from UMass Amherst

- The many mentors Gabby has had along the way, including Susan Voss and Jill de Villiers

- How and why she decided to leave her home in New England for Nebraska to join Boys Town National Research Hospital

- Her passion and work around wideband tympanometry

- The advantages that wideband tympanometry provides clinicians, especially within the pediatric population

- What it's like working inside a translational research lab and the many reasons that make Boys Town so special to Gabby


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Guest: Nell Rosenberg, M.Ed., M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT - National Director of Teleservices

Nell joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:

- Her backstory, becoming a Speech Language Pathologist, and her path to joining Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

- The importance of parent & caregiver coaching for children 0-3 years old (shout out to Mama Hu Hears' "My Child has Hearing Loss - Now What?)

- Addressing the issue of the "zip code lottery" through teleservices

- The evolution of Clarke's "T-Visit" teleservices and the types of outcomes they're achieving vs. their in-person outcomes

- Clarke's goal of increasing collaboration with Pediatric Audiologists (referring children to Clarke's T-visit services), School systems, and parents to provide optimal care for children

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Guest: Dani Rood, Au.D. - Clinical Trainer at Signia

Dani joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss:


Her backstory and journey toward becoming an Audiologist
Her time in Florida spent at Nova Southeastern, Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital, and the VA
The value of diversifying her clinical experiences and work settings
Joining Signia as a Clinical Trainer and a "day in the life of Dr. Rood"
Empowering Clinicians with "what I wish I would have known when I was in clinic" type of information
Educating the next generation by working closely with students and recent graduates entering the workforce


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