The Audiologist

Discover how AI-powered insights and proactive monitoring are revolutionizing the hearing aid experience. We'll explore how these advancements are empowering hearing care professionals (HCPs) with data-driven insights to minimize service interruptions and ensure uninterrupted care for their clients. Resources mentioned in this episode How AI is ensuring your clients have uninterrupted care | Audiology Blog Reliability Redefined: Using artificial intelligence to let HCPs focus on what matters / Jagoda, L. et al. October 2024 www.phonak.com/ai-audiology

Learn more on how Phonak is revolutionizing the industry with DEEPSONIC. This AI chip is applying AI/DNN sound processing to deliver unparalleled speech clarity by separating speech from noise. Visit www.phonak.com/ai-audiology to learn more.

In this episode, we're joined by Jan-Willem Wasmann, a leading expert in the field, to guide us through the rapidly evolving landscape of computational audiology. We'll explore the latest advancements, discuss the challenges and opportunities, and discuss how AI is shaping the future of hearing care. Resources mentioned in this episode: Computational Audiology Network Website Computational Audiology Computational Audiology - Computational Audiology Computational Audiology: New Approaches to Advance Hearing Health Care in the Digital Age, March 2021, Ear and Hearing, DOI:10.1097/AUD.0000000000001041 www.phonak.com/ai-audiology

Ever wondered how AI is revolutionizing hearing technology? Join us as we explore the groundbreaking science behind Phonak Infinio. Get ready to learn how we're pushing the boundaries of hearing care. AI (Artificial Intelligence) Hearing Aids

For children with hearing loss, the right hearing aid opens a world of sound, connection, and development. Many pediatric audiologists are constantly seeking new ways to support these children and their families. On this episode of The Audiologist, we explore how Phonak is using big data to revolutionize pediatric hearing care. Resources mentioned in this episode: Phonak Target Track: Using large-scale data analytics to understand the prescription and use of pediatric hearing aids. Using Large-Scale Data Analytics to Understand Pediatric Hearing Aid Prescription and Use

Are you ready to expand your role to better address the social and emotional needs of your clients? The AIMER program offers the resources and training necessary to make this meaningful shift. By taking this step, you can foster greater engagement in rehabilitation efforts and help achieve improved hearing health outcomes. Dr Bec Bennett’s work on developing AIMER was supported by Ear Science Institute Australia and Raine Medical Research Foundation for supporting this work. Doug's story shared with permission. Listen and learn more about this valuable program. Resources mentioned in this episode: Enhancing audiological care: Addressing social and emotional well-being with the AIMER program | Audiology Blog Aimer resources OSF | AIMER (Ask, Inform, Manage, Encourage and Refer): targeting mental wellbeing support within audiological care

It’s clear from our research that family members play an important role as they provide the support that an adult with hearing loss needs to be successful with hearing rehabilitation. The team at The University of Queensland has conducted years of research into the role that family members play in improving hearing care outcomes. Study co-author Dr. Barbra Timmer shares new, exciting insights in this podcast episode. Resources Franks, I. & Timmer, B. (2023) Reasons for the non-use of hearing aids: perspectives of non-users, past users, and family members. -International Journal of Audiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2023.2270703 Family-Centered Care resources on phonak.com https://www.phonak.com/en-us/professionals/audiology-hub/family-centered-care More podcast episodes with Dr. Barbra Timmer: How to improve your client’s social-emotional well-being https://the-audiologist.podbean.com/e/how-to-improve-your-clients-social-emotional-well-being/

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When it comes to managing severe to profound hearing loss, it is helpful to "Start with the end in mind," as recommended by Dr. Diane Novak. We interviewed her and Prof. Pamela Souza from Northwestern University's School of Communication in this episode of "The Audiologist." Gain exclusive insights and tips for daily practice to maximize audibility for your clients with severe to profound hearing loss. Resources mentioned in this episode Podcast episodes with Prof. Pamela Souza (Severe to profound hearing loss guidelines series): There are so many tools in our toolkit” when fitting hearing aids It becomes important to know exactly what the patient is receiving... The Phonak quick guide to the management of severe to profound hearing loss in adults

In this episode, we delve into the exciting world of pediatric audiology with Pediatric Advisory Board member and special guest Kevin Munro, National Programme Director NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, UK. We explore the latest research and look back at the important turning points. Online resources mentioned in this episode: Bambino project / University of Manchester: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bambino/ CHerUB project / University of Manchester: https://www.cherubproject.co.uk/ International Pediatric Conference 2024: https://www.phonak.com/en-us/professionals/training-events/9-international-pediatric-audiology-conference Pediatric Advisory Board: https://www.phonak.com/en-int/professionals/audiology-hub/pediatric-tools/pediatric-advisory-board

Offer gold-standard hearing aid verification to your clients Learn more the fully integrated step by step verification workflow available in Phonak Target called TargetMatch in the latest episode of “The Audiologist”.

The ENHANCE study has been investigating whether remediation of hearing loss in older adults with hearing aids has an impact on cognitive health. Listen to the latest episode of "The Audiologist" with Prof. Julia Sarant, Professor and Lead Chief Investigator at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Lisa Bacic, Manager Audiology Thought Leadership at Phonak, to learn more.

A conversation with Dr. Hillary Snapp on single sided deafness What do you know about Single Sided Deafness (SSD)? We bring you up to speed on the latest research and best practice guidance with Dr. Hillary Snapp, Chief of Audiology and Associate Professor, University of Miami Ear Institute, USA. Resources mentioned in this episode: Snapp H.A., Ausili S.A. Hearing with One Ear: Consequences and Treatments for Profound Unilateral Hearing Loss. J Clin Med. 2020 Apr 3;9(4):1010. PMID: 32260087; PMCID: PMC7230949. LINK: JCM | Free Full-Text | Hearing with One Ear: Consequences and Treatments for Profound Unilateral Hearing Loss (mdpi.com) Phonak Audiology Blog Lumity CROS: Lumity CROS: New study reveals that hearing ‘from both sides’ has well-being benefits | Audiology Blog (phonakpro.com) CROS L Verification guide LINK: https://www.phonak.com/content/dam/phonak/en/evidence-library/white-paper/technical-paper/ph-verification-guide-cros-real-ear-measurement-en-027-0643-02-l.pdf

Learn why it is so important in hearing healthcare that we address the social-emotional well-being of clients. Listen to the latest episode of “The Audiologist” with Dr. Barbra Timmer, Lecturer at the University of Queensland, and Lisa Bacic, Manager Audiology Thought Leadership at Phonak HQ. Learn more https://www.phonak.com/en-int/well-hearing

Think about your clients with hearing loss. Do many of them have physical health conditions? ​ Websites mentioned in this episode: WHO: Integrated care for older people (ICOPE) https://www.who.int/teams/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-ageing/ageing-and-health/integrated-care-for-older-people-icope# Video "WHO launches digital app to improve care for older people" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arc2whZGpH0 Phonak Evidence Library https://www.phonak.com/en-int/professionals/audiology-hub/evidence-library

Hearing Performance series - episode 2 How does AutoSense OS benefit your clients? Get the answer to this question and more by listening to this episode with Davina Omisore, Audiology Manager, and Chase Smith, Sales Audiology Manager. For over 75 years, Phonak has developed innovative technologies that improve speech understanding and sound quality. Get a deeper insight into our evidence-based features to offer your clients the best hearing performance in every listening situation. https://www.phonak.com/en-int/professionals/innovations

Hearing Performance series - episode 1 The benefits of directional microphones are well-known and proven. Learn on the go how Phonak implements directional microphones to meet the needs of your clients. Listen to our new podcast series with Shin-Shin Hobi, Senior Audiology Manager, and Chase Smith, Sales Audiology Manager, on hearing performance. For over 75 years, Phonak has developed innovative technologies that improve speech understanding and sound quality. Get a deeper insight into our evidence-based features to offer your clients the best hearing performance in every listening situation. https://www.phonak.com/en-int/professionals/innovations

Pediatric Series - Episode 4 Finn Gomez, diagnosed with hearing loss at five years of age, has been working with his audiologist throughout his life. Over time, he also learned to use new tools to adjust his hearing aid technology even better to his needs. In this podcast, Jodie Nelson, Global Pediatric Audiology Manager at Phonak HQ Switzerland, talks with Finn Gomez about his passion for music, how the intelligent wireless technology of Roger supports him during band practices, and how the myPhonak app has allowed him to take control of his own hearing. Learn more on phonak.com

Pediatric Series - Episode 3 As children with hearing loss grow into their tween or teenage years, their perspective and needs change. They may become more independent, they start to advocate for themselves, and they may have different ideas for their hearing health care. In this podcast, Jodie Nelson, Global Pediatric Audiology Manager at Phonak HQ Switzerland, talks to Finn Gomez, diagnosed with hearing loss at the age of five years and a former Phonak Teen Advisor, about how his hearing care professional has helped him during his hearing journey. Learn more on phonak.com

Pediatric Series - Episode 2 Remote support in pediatrics being a relatively new concept, there is little best practice or guidance available on how to ideally conduct appointments with families and kids virtually. In this podcast, Jodie Nelson, Global Pediatric Audiology Manager at Phonak HQ Switzerland, talks to Pediatric Audiologists Premdeep Bhabra and Kristen Mills from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, UK, about the learnings from introducing remote support for children in their clinic, and why remote support can even help strengthen the relationship between the family and the audiologist. Learn more on phonak.com

Pediatric Series - Episode 1 Despite the technology being in place, most hearing care professionals preferred working traditionally with families and kids until COVID-19 changed the rules. In this podcast, Jodie Nelson, Global Pediatric Audiology Manager at Phonak HQ Switzerland, discusses the benefits of remote support for children and how the pandemic has served as an accelerator for this concept with Senior Pediatric Audiologists Premdeep Bhabra and Kristen Mills from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, UK. Learn more on phonak.com

Why is it still a topic? Despite the incredible advances in hearing aid technology over the last several decades, stigma still exists around hearing loss and hearing aids. In this podcast, Davina Omisore, Audiology Manager at Phonak HQ Switzerland, and Dr. Gurjit Singh, Senior Research Audiologist at Phonak Canada, discuss why this stigma still exists and what can be done to help normalize hearing loss and hearing aid adoption.

Scientific literature has discovered that hearing loss is associated with reduced physical activity. People with hearing loss tend to move less and less well than their normal hearing peers. In this podcast, Michael Preuss, Audiology Manager at Phonak, and Emily Urry, Research Scientist in Health and Innovation at Sonova, discuss how physical activity can improve your overall well-being and how the new Phonak Audéo Fit can help with motivating and tracking exercise.

Episode 2 Over 65,000 individuals already using listening practice tools. Learn more about the offering in the HearingSuccess portal by listening to this podcast with Lisa Bacic, Rehabilitation Manager at Phonak and Valeri LeBeau, Senior Rehabilitation Manager at Advanced Bionics.

Episode 1 The World Health Organization recently acknowledged that auditory training helps people to better use hearing in all situations. So how can audiologists better integrate these methods into their own practices? In this podcast, Lisa Bacic, Rehabilitation Manager at Phonak and Dr. Maren Stropahl discuss the impact and benefits of auditory skills trainings and how they can be used as a tool in aural rehab. Visit www.hearingsucccess.com to learn more.

Audéo Paradise Life is the world’s first waterproof rechargeable hearing aid, combining the hearing performance of Audéo Paradise with a robust new housing that provides additional protection from water and sweat. Sound too good to be true? In this podcast, Chase Smith, Sales Audiology Manager and Anne Miller, Research Audiologist, talk about how Audéo Life was put through its paces in the real world by a group of athletic study participants.

Poorer overall well-being and increased loneliness are a few challenges clients with Unilateral Hearing Loss can experience. So, how can CROS and BiCROS solutions provide much needed help? Jane Woodward, MSc, Audiology Manager, Phonak HQ, and Elizabeth Stewart, AuD, PhD, Research Audiologist, PARC U.S., discuss in this podcast episode.

For clients with severe to profound hearing loss, it is crucial to regularly measure outcomes even if their audiogram is stable. In this episode of our podcast series on severe and profound hearing loss, audiologist Judith Bird talks about the importance of ongoing care. As a clinical scientist at Cambridge University Hospitals in the UK and contributing author to the recently published guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of people with severe and profound hearing loss, Judith introduces the so-called PROMs, aided speech tests, and further aspects of ongoing care.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss In this episode of our podcast series based on the new guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager at Phonak HQ, talks to Neuropsychologist Dr. Maren Stropahl about tinnitus and how to treat it. A researcher at Sonova HQ and an expert in the field of Audiological Health Service Delivery, Maren knows all about effective tinnitus treatment approaches, depression and anxiety as potential contributing factors, and the correlation between tinnitus and the degree of hearing loss.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss In this episode, Dr. Lorraine Gailey, tackles the importance of including communication partners in audiological care. As previous CEO for Hearing Link, a rehabilitation service for adults with severe and profound hearing loss, Dr. Gailey knows that there are not many people who really understand what a person with severe and profound hearing loss must bear. This is why it is particularly important for hearing care professionals to provide the support needed to reduce the social isolation of these clients.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss Cochlear implants can be life changing for clients with severe and profound hearing loss. But what if the client is hesitant to get a cochlear implant? And which clients are candidates for a cochlear implant? Audiologist Judith Bird, Head of Audiology and Emmeline Centre for Hearing Implants at Cambridge University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust UK, provides answers to this and further questions around cochlear implants in this episode of our podcast series. In her conversation with Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ, Judith encourages audiologists to start discussing cochlear implants with their clients before their hearing aids fail.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss Remote microphone systems should be offered to all clients with severe to profound hearing loss. Professor Linda Thibodeau and has shown through her research key benefits of remote microphones in challenging communication situations. Listen to Professor Thibodeau, from the University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, sharing her expertise with Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager at Phonak HQ in Switzerland.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss People with severe and profound hearing loss have different needs in terms of their application than those with mild to moderate loss. In this episode of our podcast series, Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ, talks to Pamela Souza, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center at the Northwestern University in Illinois, US, about the benefits of wide dynamic range compression, the importance of the noise reduction algorithm, and the contribution of adaptive digital microphones to speech understanding in noise for this group.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss People with severe to profound hearing loss face different challenges and issues. How can hearing aids help to balance these out? Pamela Souza, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center at the Northwestern University in Illinois, US, provides answers to this and many further questions in this episode of our podcast series. As Pamela not just conducts research and lectures on severe and profound hearing loss, but is also a contributing author to the recently published guidelines for best practice in audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, she has in-depth knowledge on the possibilities and limits of hearing aids and what these mean for fitting and counselling of her clients.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss What is the role of audiological assessment in the management of clients with severe and profound hearing loss? For Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist and editor of the recently published guidelines for best practice in audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, the audiological assessment is a key element of the first appointment and beyond. In this episode of our podcast series hosted by Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland, Laura underlines the importance of treatment plans, elaborates on what such a plan could look like and talks about a patient who could impressively improve her outcome based on a revised treatment plan.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss In this episode of our podcast series based on the new guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, we are looking into the nature of severe to profound hearing loss with guest speaker Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist and editor of the guidelines. She talks about the causes of this degree of hearing loss as well as what severe and profound hearing loss means for those affected. Laura also discusses the importance of a person-centered approach of audiological management for this target group and elaborates on her definition of a deaf identity in her conversation with Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss In the first episode of our podcast series on severe to profound hearing loss, Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland, talks to Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist from the UK, who was the editor of the recently published guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss. In discussion with Bernadette, Laura emphasizes the importance of the new guidelines, how they can be implemented in clinical practice and how they could contribute to better audiological care of people affected by severe and profound hearing loss.

An expert talk with Kris English and Christine Jones In this episode of our podcast series on Family-Centered Care (FCC), Kris English, Professor Emeritus at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA, tackles difficult conversations and the emotional aspects of Family-Centered Care in audiological practice. How can difficult conversations be turned into therapeutic conversations? In discussion with Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US, Kris shares her personal FCC experience with her own family and gives practical tips on how to start involving family members and dealing with challenging communication situations.

An expert talk with Joe Montano and Christine Jones What’s the key benefit of Family-Centered Care (FCC) in audiological practice? For Joe Montano, Professor of Audiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA, it is clearly the ability to really understand communication issues within a family. He emphasizes that hearing loss not only affects the person with hearing loss but also every significant others. Listen to Joe share his clinical insights and views on FCC with Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US.

An expert talk with Louise Hickson and Christine Jones In the first episode of our podcast on audiology, Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US, talks to Louise Hickson, Professor of Audiology at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and chair of the Phonak Family-Centered Care expert circle. Having researched the role of the family in hearing healthcare for many years, Louise knows: the involvement and support of families is critical for the successful management of hearing loss.