On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast
The all-things audiology, hearing loss, and communication podcast, where inspiring guests provide new insights to the ever-evolving world of hearing and balance.
We found 6 episodes of On the Ear: An Audiology Podcast with the tag “cochlear implants”.
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Episode 41: The Evolution of Cochlear Implants for Single Sided Deafness (SSD)
May 25th, 2023 | 1 hr
audiology, cochlear implants, imaging, intervention, single-sided deafness (ssd)
Guest: Margaret Dillon, AuD., Ph.D. - Dr. Meg Dillon shares the history of treatment for single-sided deafness (SSD), how cochlear implants have become a good intervention option for this population, and how our approach to programming CI for SSD has evolved. Her new approaches include incorporating imaging and addressing frequency mismatch.
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Episode 36: Improving Expectations and Quality of Life for Cochlear Implant Patients with Teddy McRackan, MD
November 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 secs
cochlear implants, quality of life, speech recognition
Guest: Teddy McRackan, MD- The guest shares his work evaluating the poor correlation between cochlear implant speech recognition scores and patient-reported outcome measures. Discussion explores how we can improve pre-CI evaluations and patient expectations, as well as a new tool developed to assess CI Quality of Life.
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Episode 32: What Does a Cochlear Implant Sound Like? A Journey of Empowerment and Success with Donna Sorkin, M.A.
February 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
audiologist, audiology, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, hearing aids, hearing loss
Donna Sorkin, executive director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, shares her journey to receiving a cochlear implant, including the sounds, experiences, stresses, and successes. She explains how music sounds with her implant, accessible technology, and how she uses the technology to empower her life and leadership role.
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Episode 29: Improving Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss with Ryan McCreery, PhD
November 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
audiologist, audiology, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, hearing aids, hearing loss, pediatrics
Dr. McCreery discusses his experience transitioning from clinical audiology to research work with the Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss (OCHL) study at Boys Town National Research Hospital. He reviews their findings, including the impact of newborn hearing screening, early intervention, and advances in hearing technology on a wide range of outcomes for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
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Episode 26: The Full Scope of Audiology: Research Audiologist with Emily Spitzer, Au.D.
September 9th, 2021 | 59 mins 24 secs
audiologist, audiology, cochlear implants, hearing aids, hearing loss, research
Dr. Emily Spitzer discusses the process of becoming an audiologist who primarily works in a research role. She explains what audiology students can do to prepare for a career in research, as well as connects current practicing clinicians with opportunities to conduct research of their own, including funding opportunities, and how the landscape of research is evolving.
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Episode 19: IPC in Action: Audiologists and Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (TODHH) with Becky Hales
May 20th, 2021 | 53 mins 30 secs
audiologist, audiology, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deaf, hard of hearing, hearing aid, hearing aids, hearing loss, teacher. teacher of deaf, tod, todhh
Becky Hales, former TODHH and current Au.D. student, shares her experiences working as a TODHH, and how audiologists can better collaborate with TODHH. Her background includes multiple educational settings, using both ASL and Spoken English, with the additional perspective of a parent of a child with a disability.