On this special episode of the podcast, Dave moderates a panel discussion from the Future of Hearing Healthcare Conference 2025 discussing a variety of bills that are being proposed or have recently passed to increase the scope of Audiology within each panelists' state. The panel members are: - Dr. Alicia Spoor (Maryland) - Dr. Kelley Linton (Arkansas) - Dr. Bryan Greenaway (Oregon) - Stephanie Czuhajewski - Executive Director of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA)...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Guests: Robert Sweetow, Ph.D. - Co-Inventor/Scientific Advisor and Miles Aron, Ph.D. - Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder Dave is joined on the podcast this week by Robert & Aaron to discuss their company, Neurotone AI, and their flagship Auditory Training platform, LACE AI Pro.
Feb 04, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Guests: Brent Jones, CEO & Robert Allen Au.D, Clinical Director of Topple Diagnostics Dave kicks off the 2025 podcasting season by bringing on Brent and Robert to discuss their business, Topple Diagnostics. The conversation encompasses how the business was conceived and built, significant milestones as the business scaled, how they've found product-market-fit, and how they're trying to make vestibular diagnostics more accessible for patients and more affordable for clinics to provide....
Jan 09, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Guest: Oli Luke - Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer for Orange & Gray Oli joins Dave on the podcast this week to share his perspective on how to navigate and capitalize on the rapidly changing marketing environment within the hearing healthcare market.
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Guests: Ross O'Neill Ph.D (Founding CEO) & Hubert Lim Ph.D (Chief Scientific Officer) of Neuromod Dave is joined by Ross & Hubert to discuss: - The backstory of how Ross & Hubert met and ultimately partnered together on Lenire - Hubert's research and papers he wrote about paired stimulation & Pavlovian conditioning, which included data that identified tongue stimulation combined with sound as a promising direction to pursue - An overview of what exactly tinnitus is and why Lenire...
Oct 11, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Guest: Patrick Lawler - Director of Sales at Cognivue Patrick joins Dave on the podcast this week to share a personal testimonial about the need for better cognitive screenings in healthcare.
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Guests: Jen La Borde BC-HIS & Chelsea Walters BC-HIS - Owners of Family Hearing Jen and Chelsea sit down with Dave this week on the podcast to discuss: - Their professional journeys, how they both ended up at Family Hearing, and then eventually partnering together to own and operate the clinic - The process of evaluating the prospect of purchasing and owning a clinic - Partnership - determining who does what, leveraging each other's strengths, and how to maintain a strong partnership when th...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Guest: Kelsi Mangrem, Au.D. - Owner of Holland Hearing Center Kelsi joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - Her backstory, route into Audiology, and how she ultimately decided to purchase a private practice to own & operate - Reminiscing on the first year of owning Holland Hearing Center - failing, learning and growing - Methods for growing her network of fellow entrepreneurs and business owners and the benefits of cultivating that type of professional network - The realities of ow...
Aug 02, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Guest: Reuben Zielinski - Co-Founder and Owner of Redux Reuben joins Dave on the podcast this week for an in-person episode to discuss Reuben's professional journey that ultimately led him to designing and developing the Redux Drying System.
Jul 09, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Guest: Chelsea Treseder, MBA - Cofounder of MyVitalsPro (MVP); VP of Business Development at Pivot Hearing Chelsea joins Dave this week on the podcast to discuss: - Her family's long-rooted history in the hearing healthcare industry (spanning 5 generations!) - The three business ventures her family runs together: Kenwood Hearing, Pivot Hearing, and MyVitalsPro - The realities of working in a family business and the importance of identifying clear roles and responsibilities - Identifying gaps in ...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 127
Guest: Craig Kasper, Au.D - Founder & Managing Director of NYHD | Institute for Hearing & Balance Craig joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - His backstory and how he got into Audiology, gaining a business background as a consultant, and then returning to Audiology to start a private practice - Craig's process of acquiring business acumen and expertise and then leveraging those skills in a private practice - The importance of actively building relationships with all types of ...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Guest: Tom Goyne, Au.D. - Owner of Aberdeen Audiology, Adjunct Professor at Salus University, and Founder of Integrative Audiology Tom joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - Tom's backstory, journey into Audiology, and the three hats he wears as private practice owner, professor, and practice management consultant - How the field of Audiology and the broader industry that surrounds it has changed across the past 25 years - What Tom is seeing from his students about the kind of Audiolo...
Apr 30, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Guest: Daniel Romero, Ph.D. - Vestibular Audiologist and Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Daniel joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss some of their main takeaways from the 2024 American Balance Society Conference.
Apr 04, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Emilie Joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - Her backstory, personal experience with a loved one's hearing loss and dementia, and the serendipity surrounding her path to Audiology - Entering into a profession and being energized about the direction Audiology is heading (closer to the brain) - "The Big Onion" patient experience and the value of providing a holistic approach - Earning her Au.D. at Nova Southeastern, her mentors, and identifying which facets of Audiology she wanted to f...
Mar 25, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 123
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 Hea...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 122
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 netwo...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 121
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 ar...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 120
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 patient...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 119
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 impor...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 118
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 ...
Oct 02, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 117
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 ...
Aug 31, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 116
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 evolutio...
Aug 15, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 115
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 E...
Jul 24, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Guests: Amy Trusler, Au.D. & Kristopher Hewitt, H.I.S. - Co-founders of Pacific Audiology Group Amy & Kris join Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - How the two met, the origin story of Pacific Audiology Group, and the path the company is on - Building an educational platform specific to Audiology with the goal of developing high-end content - The learning modules built so far and which modules the company is focusing on next - The methods of content production that the company ha...
Jun 21, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Guest: Mike Andreozzi - Former CEO & Owner of Beltone New England; Current Beltone Brand Ambassador; President-Elect of the International Hearing Society Mike joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - His backstory, growing up in the family business, and learning through osmosis - Mike's time at Miracle Ear and the early days of hearing health franchising - Optical supplier, Bausch & Lomb, purchase of Miracle Ear in the early 90's and the aftermath of the acquisition - Mike joini...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Guests: Liz Fuemmeler, Au.D. - Clinical Product Manager - Balance @ Interacoustics; Podcast Host - A Dose of Dizzy Daniel Romero, Ph.D. - Audiologist & Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences Liz & Daniel join Dave on the podcast this week to discuss: - How the Daniel & Liz met and the backstory of starting their podcast, A Dose of Dizzy - A Dose of Dizzy's "accessible & digestible" podcast format, bridging the res...
Apr 17, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Guest: Lindsey Jorgensen - Professor, Chair, and Clinic Director at University of South Dakota Dr. Lindsey Jorgensen joins Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss: - Lindsey's backstory and motivation for pursuing Audiology and her time at The University of Pittsburgh obtaining her Au.D. and Ph.D. - Lindsey's many hats that she wears as clinician, researcher, and professor at the University of South Dakota - Lindsey's work with traumatic brain injuries and combat v...
Apr 10, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Guest: Sarah McAlexander, Au.D. - Pediatric Audiologist at Texas Hearing Institute Dr. Sarah McAlexander joins Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss: - Sarah's backstory and motivation for pursuing her Audiology doctoral degree through Vanderbilt - Sarah's immersion into the world of pediatric audiology and newborn hearing screenings - Sarah's research around "loss-to-follow up rates" in newborn screenings that she presented at the Early Hearing Detection & I...
Mar 23, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Guests: Nichole Kingham, Au.D & Joe Furness - Founders of Audiology Academy Dr. Nichole Kingham and Joe Furness join Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss: - What Audiology Academy is and the backstory of how Nichole and Joe built the business and platform - The first phase of the business and the initial learning module around Audiology Assistants - The critical need for support roles within the hearing health setting, and the types of day-to-day tasks that ...
Mar 10, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Guest: Ali Vega, Au.D. - Owner of Complete Hearing & Balance Topic: Private Practice Audiology, Serendipity, and Saying Yes Dr. Ali Vega joins Dave on this week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast to discuss: - Her backstory, motivation for pursuing Audiology, and experience owning a private practice in the Pacific Northwest - Audiology's transition from a master's level degree to a doctoral level degree & Ali being in one of the first cohorts of doctoral-level Audiologists in 2001...
Feb 27, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 107
