This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by good friend and co-worker, AU Bankaitis Smith. AU is a PhD Audiologist and the Vice President here at Oaktree Products. She also now takes the honor of being the first person I've interviewed in-person for the podcast. I need to work on speaking directly… Continue reading 095 – AU Bankaitis Smith, PhD – Imposter Phenomenon, The Samuel F. Lybarger Award, and Owning Your Success
Category: Daily Updates
094 – Liz Fuemmeler, AuD – Vestibular Audiology, Specialization, and the Motivation to Never Stop Learning
Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Future Ear Radio Podcast! This week I'm joined by Liz Fuemmeler, Vestibular and Concussion Audiologist at Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City. Some longtime listeners might recognize Liz, as she was a guest on my old YouTube show, Oaktree TV, back in 2019. So, it… Continue reading 094 – Liz Fuemmeler, AuD – Vestibular Audiology, Specialization, and the Motivation to Never Stop Learning
093 – Grace Sturdivant, AuD – OtoPro: A Fresh Take on the Business of Hearing Conservation
This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Grace Sturdivant, Audiologist and Owner/Founder of OtoPro Technologies. Grace shares the story of how and why she built a business that's entirely centered around hearing conservation, and her branding efforts that have helped to fuel the success of her business. As Grace describes, OtoPro… Continue reading 093 – Grace Sturdivant, AuD – OtoPro: A Fresh Take on the Business of Hearing Conservation
092 – Michelle Hu, AuD – Building the “Mama Hu Hears” Brand
Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast. This week, I'm joined by Michelle Hu, Pediatric Audiologist and creator of the popular Instagram page, "Mama Hu Hears." Michelle joined me on the podcast to share her backstory, her motivation for starting Mama Hu Hears, how she has amassed 10,000 Instagram… Continue reading 092 – Michelle Hu, AuD – Building the “Mama Hu Hears” Brand
091 – Shadi Chakoutahi – A Recruiter’s Perspective on the Current State of the Hearing Health Industry
This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Shadi Chakoutahi, owner and founder of Staffing Proxy. Shadi entered into the hearing health industry in 2017 when she joined the Elite Hearing Network as a Business Director, which is where she quickly identified a gap within the market around staffing and recruiting. One… Continue reading 091 – Shadi Chakoutahi – A Recruiter’s Perspective on the Current State of the Hearing Health Industry
090 – Erik Sorenson – Understanding the Battle Being Waged Outside of the Hearing Health Clinic
This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Erik Sorenson, Co-Founder of HearWorks. Prior to co-founding HearWorks, Erik spent his early career in the ad-agency industry which culminated into Erik starting and then eventually selling his own ad agency. During his time working in advertising, Erik was exposed to the hearing health… Continue reading 090 – Erik Sorenson – Understanding the Battle Being Waged Outside of the Hearing Health Clinic
089 – Amyn Amlani – Enhancing The Hearing Professional’s Value Proposition
This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Amyn Amlani, President of Otolithic Consulting. Amyn is a longtime Audiologist and hearing industry veteran who has worked in private practice, hospital settings, academia as a professor, and at various industry-specific groups. Amyn is also a researcher who has focused a lot of… Continue reading 089 – Amyn Amlani – Enhancing The Hearing Professional’s Value Proposition
088 – Joe Sakumura, AuD – The Case for Becoming an American Institute of Balance Center of Specialty Care
Hello and welcome back to another year of Future Ear Radio! Thanks to all of you who tuned in, listened and supported the podcast in 2021. I was blown away by the amount of messages and positive feedback I received about the podcast last year, and I really can't overstate how motivating all of that… Continue reading 088 – Joe Sakumura, AuD – The Case for Becoming an American Institute of Balance Center of Specialty Care
087 – Kane Simms – The State of Conversational AI Heading into 2022
For the last episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast for the year, I'm joined by Kane Simms, founder of VUX World. VUX stands for "Voice User Experience" and there are few people that I know who are more knowledgeable about the voice/conversational AI space than Kane. As I mention early in the conversation, the… Continue reading 087 – Kane Simms – The State of Conversational AI Heading into 2022
086 – Jill Davis, AuD – Successfully Implementing Cognivue into a Private Practice
This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by the awesome Audiologist, Jill Davis, owner of Victory Hearing & Balance in Austin, Texas. I met Jill down at the Florida Combined Otolaryngology Meeting (FCOM) in Naples, Florida earlier this year where I saw her present about how she implemented Cognivue's computerized cognition screener… Continue reading 086 – Jill Davis, AuD – Successfully Implementing Cognivue into a Private Practice