Send us a text In 2016, April was diagnosed with Otosclerosis, a form of hearing loss caused by an abnormal growth of the bone in the middle ear. It started off mild/moderate, however, it is now moderate/severe and is progressively getting worse. She relies on hearing aids every single day. April aka @hardtohearit has used her hearing loss journey as a way to spread awareness and connect with other people in the hearing loss community. Her goal is to help as many people struggling with their hea...
Nov 01, 2022•30 min
Send us a text It's true. Running a private audiology practice can be hard. Heck, running any small business is hard! However, when you lean into mentorship and surround yourself with like-minded individuals, this is when business owners experience the growth they've been looking for. In this episode, Blaise Delfino interviews Dr. Amit Gosalia, co-founder of AudBoss . About AudBoss AudBoss: Private Practice Owners is a private Facebook group for 850+ private practice OWNERS (Audiologists and HIS...
Oct 25, 2022•45 min
Send us a text Connect with the Hearing Matters Podcast Team Email: hearingmatterspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @hearing_matters_podcast Twitter: @hearing_mattas Facebook: Hearing Matters Podcast...
Oct 18, 2022•33 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son - Blaise Delfino, M.S. - HIS and Dr. Gregory Delfino, CCC-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services , located in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. The Lehigh Valley’s First Ear Mold Lab In this episode B...
Oct 04, 2022•29 min
Send us a text The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by Blaise Delfino, M.S., HIS, and his father, Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. Connect with the Hearing Matters Podcast Team Email: hearingmatterspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @h...
Sep 27, 2022•30 min
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Sep 13, 2022•26 min
Send us a text Tele-Audiology: Creating Greater Access to Hearing Healthcare TeleHear will allow you to video chat with an audiologist who can help assess your needs and offer any needed advice, including assisting with programming or troubleshooting hearing devices. TeleHear is the practice of using telecommunications technology to evaluate and care for patients with hearing aids at a distance. Visits are done using video conferencing over the internet. The patient and audiologist communicate u...
Sep 06, 2022•36 min
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Aug 23, 2022•29 min
Send us a text Before You Listen to This Episode Hello there! I'm Blaise Delfino, host of the Hearing Matters Podcast! I want to thank you for donating your time and listening to this episode. If you've listened to previous episodes, you will notice this one is a little different. You see, there's been a lot of changes in my life that I wanted to share with our listeners and my patients at Audiology Services . Before sharing new journey, I wanted to bring you back to where it all started. I am w...
Aug 16, 2022•22 min
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Aug 09, 2022•31 min
Send us a text Connect with the Hearing Matters Podcast Team Email: hearingmatterspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @hearing_matters_podcast Twitter: @hearing_mattas Facebook: Hearing Matters Podcast...
Jun 14, 2022•30 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. Growing Up with Hearing Loss On this episode, Blaise Delfino interviewed Nolan Gardner . Nolan was born profoundl...
Jun 07, 2022•17 min
Send us a text What’s new in hearing aids? Which one is right for me? Can they relieve my tinnitus? And aren’t they all the same? Dave Fabry, Ph.D, Archelle Georgiou, MD, and Jamie Myers, Au.D. answer these questions and more in this special Better Hearing Month podcast. Connect with the Hearing Matters Podcast Team Email: hearingmatterspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @hearing_matters_podcast Twitter: @hearing_mattas Facebook: Hearing Matters Podcast...
May 24, 2022•57 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. On this episode, Blaise Delfino interview Dr. Hannah Galloway and Dr. Natalie Phillips from Audiology Center of N...
May 17, 2022•20 min
Send us a text May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! Our team (and fellow audiologists/hearing care professionals) have the opportunity to GIVE the gift of hearing every day! On this episode, we celebrate Better Hearing and Speech Month with Bob Burg! For our fellow hearing care professionals and private practice owners, this episode is for you! Can a subtle shift in focus really make that big of a difference in your business? And, when combining this shift in focus with five proven Laws of Su...
May 03, 2022•29 min
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Apr 26, 2022•16 min
Send us a text The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by Blaise Delfino, M.S., HIS, and his father, Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. On this episode, we interviewed Gail Ehrens, a first time hearing aid user and speech-language pat...
Apr 19, 2022•19 min
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Mar 22, 2022•22 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by Blaise Delfino, M.S., HIS, and his father, Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. In this episode, Blaise discusses a writer’s journey to better h...
Mar 15, 2022•20 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids), best practices, and a growing national epidemic of hearing loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, and Blaise Delfino, MS, HIS. They treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. In this episode, Blaise Delfino speaks with Dr. Achin Bhowmik, chief technology officer at Starke...
Feb 22, 2022•23 min
Send us a text In this episode Blaise Delfino talks with Dr. Dave Fabry, Chief Innovation Officer at Starkey. His Journey to Audiology Dr. Fabry planned to be a veterinarian, however, he found his fellow students in the pre-vet curriculum to be extremely competitive. He learned of a discipline known as experimental psychology while doing the job of a chinchilla tester in college. The anatomy of the chinchilla’s ears is very similar to that of human ears. While he was a master’s student at Mayo C...
Feb 08, 2022•43 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. On this episode, Blaise Delfino talks with Dr. Sarah Burdak, Chief Audiology Officer at Starkey Hearing. A Quart...
Jan 25, 2022•27 min
Send us a text About This Episode Dr. Georgiou believes that patients should take an active role in their own healthcare, not only when they have an acute or chronic illness or when they’re dying, but at all times. When patients are fully engaged, she says their outcomes are better. She believes that is true with hearing healthcare as well. The ear is a vascular organ, which means it requires a blood supply. Factors that affect your other vascular organs, like your heart, kidneys, and brain can ...
Jan 11, 2022•26 min
Send us a text The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son - Blaise Delfino, M.S., HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, CCC-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services , located in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. In this episode, Blaise discusses over-the-counter hearing aids and Medicare benefits for ...
Dec 28, 2021•26 min
Send us a text The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids), best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. Connect with the Hearing Matters Podcast Team Email: hearingmatterspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @hearing_matters_podcast Twitter: @hearing_mattas Fa...
Dec 22, 2021•22 min
Send us a text How was your Thanksgiving? That’s the question that most people are hearing from friends and co-workers, now that the holiday is over. This year’s turkey day was exceptionally good for me. A total of 15 of my relatives, including four little ones and two babies, shared the fun and the feast. Before we dug in, we each listed the three things we’re most thankful for. Family and friends topped the list of course, followed by everything from being blessed with good health and being lu...
Dec 06, 2021•3 min
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Dec 02, 2021•4 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS , and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A , who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem and Nazareth, PA. On this episode, Blaise and Dr. Delfino interview Matt Deller, the founding director of the Sounds of the South...
Nov 30, 2021•22 min
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids ) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son, Blaise Delfino, M.S. – HIS, and Dr. Gregory Delfino, Au.D., CCC-A, who treat patients at Audiology Services in Bethlehem, Nazareth, and East Stroudsburg, PA. On this episode, Blaise Delfino talks with Marybeth Lauderdale, chief engagement and collabor...
Nov 23, 2021•14 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Send us a text About the Hearing Matters Podcast The Hearing Matters Podcast discusses hearing technology (more commonly known as hearing aids) , best practices, and a growing national epidemic - Hearing Loss. The show is hosted by father and son - Blaise Delfino, M.S. - HIS and Dr. Gregory Delfino, CC, located in Bethlehem, Nazareth, and East Stroudsburg, PA. C-A. Blaise Delfino and Dr. Gregory Delfino treat patients with hearing loss at Audiology Services. Over-the-Counter (OTC) President Bide...
Nov 04, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 39
