Today marks the 50th episode of the podcast, so I want to lead off by saying THANK YOU to all the folks who have tuned in along the way and supported the podcast and blog in one way or another. All the feedback and support I receive serves as motivation to keep chugging along. I… Continue reading 050 – Bret Kinsella – The State of Voice Tech & What Comes Next
Category: Hearables
049 – Nick Hunn & Carl Thomas – The Past, Present and Future of Hearables
This week's episode of the Future Ear Podcast features Nick Hunn, CTO at WiFore and Chairman of Bluetooth's SIG Hearing Aid Working Group, and Carl Thomas, Founder of Audiowings. Our conversation today explores the first five years of hearables, the present state of the product category and its various subsets, and what the next five… Continue reading 049 – Nick Hunn & Carl Thomas – The Past, Present and Future of Hearables
048 – Kat Penno & Andy Bellavia – Lifestyle Enhancement Devices
The next episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles, and Kat Penno, Founder and Principal Audiologist of The Hearing Collective. In an effort to help keep each other and the audience abreast with the fast-moving hearables industry, we've decided that the three of us will get… Continue reading 048 – Kat Penno & Andy Bellavia – Lifestyle Enhancement Devices
044 – Brian Roemmele – The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants
This week's episode of the Future Ear Podcast is the longest conversation I've had on the podcast to date and features one of my favorite people, Brian Roemmele. For those who are unfamiliar with Brian, he is the person who coined the term, "VoiceFirst." What I love about Brian is that while he's considered a,… Continue reading 044 – Brian Roemmele – The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants
039 – Mark Tucker – Top 5 Takeaways from Alexa Live 2020
This week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Mark Tucker, Alexa Champion and Senior Architect, Voice Technology at Soar.com. Last week, Amazon held its virtual event, Alexa Live, to share a variety of new updates coming to the Alexa platform with developers, business leaders and device makers. I was rather busy on the… Continue reading 039 – Mark Tucker – Top 5 Takeaways from Alexa Live 2020
038 – Bruce Rasa – AgVoice: Voice Tech on the Farm
Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Bruce Rasa, CEO & Co-Founder of AgVoice. Bruce's background of growing up on farm in Missouri, mixed with his passion for computers, culminated in the founding of AgVoice, where he's aiming to fuse the world of agriculture with cutting-edge technology. As you'll hear throughout our discussion,… Continue reading 038 – Bruce Rasa – AgVoice: Voice Tech on the Farm
037 – Carl Thomas & Andy Bellavia – “Hearables Aren’t the Thing… They’re What Give You Access to THE Thing”
Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features hearables experts and returning guests, Andy Bellavia (episodes 3, 4, 28, 32, 35) and Carl Thomas (episode 16). Our discussion today builds on top of the conversation that Carl and I had in episode 16, Hearables as a Platform. During episode 16, Carl and I explored… Continue reading 037 – Carl Thomas & Andy Bellavia – “Hearables Aren’t the Thing… They’re What Give You Access to THE Thing”
033 – Shari Eberts & Matt Hay – Life with Hearing Loss During a Pandemic
Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features two great guests - Shari Eberts and Matt Hay. Shari is a longtime advocate for hearing health and launched her blog, LivingWithHearingLoss.com in 2014, where she shares her own personal stories of navigating life with hearing loss, as well as featuring stories from other individuals with… Continue reading 033 – Shari Eberts & Matt Hay – Life with Hearing Loss During a Pandemic
032 – Wearables as Early Detection Health Systems (Panel)
This week's episode of the Future Ear Podcast features a panel discussion between Andy Bellavia (Knowles Corp), Ryan Kraudel (Valencell), Chris Economos (PhysIQ), and myself. Our conversation this week revolved around the feasibility of using wearables and a variety of sensors to build early detection systems for individual data health sets. The ensemble of guests… Continue reading 032 – Wearables as Early Detection Health Systems (Panel)
031 – Kyle Acker – The Appreciating Value of Today’s Hearing Aids
Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Kyle Acker, Executive Vice President at RiseENT. Prior to helping launch RiseENT (a division of AudConnex), Kyle worked at American hearing aid manufacturer, Starkey Hearing Technologies, for more than 10 years. He's spent time as a clinician, a sales trainer, a sales director, and knows the… Continue reading 031 – Kyle Acker – The Appreciating Value of Today’s Hearing Aids