Future Ear Radio
146 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDiscussing the business of hearing healthcare and how hearing professionals can succeed in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Guests of the show include experts with backgrounds in Audiology, Public Health, Consumer Audio, and Technology.
The goal of Future Ear Radio is to connect the trends converging around our ears. (FuturEar)
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082 - Laurel Christensen, PhD - Charting the Past 30+ Years in Hearing Aid Innovation
October 22, 2021 13:51 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBGuest: Laurel Christensen, PhD - Chief Audiology Officer at GN Group Topic: Charting the Past 30 Years in Hearing Aid Innovation Laurel sits down with Dave on the podcast this week to share her journey of going from working in her Dad's ENT practice as a teen to earning her PhD and ultimately joining GN Group, where she now serves as the company's Chief Audiology Officer. Along with sharing her story and some of her most important mentors along the way (specifically Larry Humes), Laurel...
081 - Dr. Elaine Saunders & Kat Penno - 10 Years of Pioneering Telehealth & Remote Audiology - What's Been Learned
October 15, 2021 13:56 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBGuests: Dr. Elaine Saunders, Co-Founder of Blamey & Saunders (acquired by Sonova); Kat Penno - Director of Hearing Health at Nuheara Topic: 10 Years of Pioneering Telehealth & Remote Audiology Dr. Elaine Saunders and Kat Penno join the podcast this week to look back at the past, present and future of Telehealth in the Audiology space. The three discuss Elaine's pioneering work at Blamey & Saunders, which was a remote-first, telehealth based Audiology company launched in 2011. During the ...
080 - Nick Morgan-Jones - Sound Enhancing Wearables that Inspire People
September 24, 2021 15:27 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBGuest: Nick Morgan-Jones - Butterfly Audio Topic: Sound Enhancing Wearables that Inspire People Nick sits down with Dave on the podcast this week to discuss his passion project, Butterfly Audio, which is an attempt at totally reimagining "hearing aids." Nick, who was diagnosed with high-frequency hearing loss at 10 years old (now 28 years old), describes his own personal journey with hearing aids, which began with him deciding to abandon his prescribed hearing aids for the first 10 years o...
079 - Carl Robinson - Rumble Studio: Creating Better Audio Production Tools
September 10, 2021 14:28 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBGuest: Carl Robinson, CEO of Rumble Studio and Host of the Voice Tech Podcast Topic: Rumble Studio: Creating Better Audio Production Tools Carl joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss what he and his team are building at Rumble Studio and have a broad-based conversation about the innovation occurring in the audio production space. As the two discuss, audio is in its infancy as a medium and like any form of media is undergoing a significant transformation as it matures. We're seeing ...
078 - Brad Stewart, AuD - AuDflow: Leveling Up the Hearing Care Experience
August 12, 2021 13:02 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBGuest: Brad Stewart, AuD - Owner of ClearLife Hearing Care; Co-Founder of AuDflow Topic: Leveling Up the Hearing Care Experience Brad joins Dave this week to share his experience of working in private practice audiology for the last 10 years and how he views the evolution underway in the hearing health industry. They discuss Brad's hearing care consulting company, AuDflow, which is designed to help practices re-think their total patient experience - physical & digital - using a variety of...
078 - Brad Stewart, AuD - AuDflow: Leveling Up the Hearing Care Experience
August 12, 2021 13:02 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBGuest: Brad Stewart, AuD - Owner of ClearLife Hearing Care; Co-Founder of AuDflow Topic: Leveling Up the Hearing Care Experience Brad joins Dave this week to share his experience of working in private practice audiology for the last 10 years and how he views the evolution underway in the hearing health industry. They discuss Brad's hearing care consulting company, AuDflow, which is designed to help practices re-think their total patient experience - physical & digital - using a variety of...
077 - Angela Alexander, AuD - The Journey to Presenting at TEDx about Auditory Processing Disorder
July 29, 2021 15:06 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBGuest: Angela Alexander, AuD - Owner of Auditory Processing Network and APDsupport.com Topic: The Journey to Presenting about Auditory Processing Disorder at TEDx Angela joins Dave on the podcast this week to share her journey of preparing for and ultimately presenting at TedX around Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). Angela describes how she landed the opportunity, the ups and downs that went along with preparing, the watershed moment that led to her piecing her talk together, and how ev...
076 - Andy Bellavia - A New Era in Hearing Loss Solutions
July 15, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBGuest: Andy Bellavia - Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: A New Era in Hearing Loss Solutions Andy joins Dave on the podcast this week to discuss the continually evolving hearables and hearing health landscape. The two discuss the recent presidential executive order that urges the FDA to accelerate its timeline with issuing its over-the-counter hearing aid guidelines, and discuss why what's happening in the hearables space might ultimately supersede the OTC hearing aid a...
075 - Brian Taylor, AuD - The Upside of Hearing Solution Optionality
June 25, 2021 15:37 - 1 hour - 88 MBGuest: Brian Taylor, AuD - Director of Clinical Content Development at Signia Topic: The Upside of the Increasing Amount of Hearing Solution Optionality Brian joins Dave this week on the podcast to continue the recent string of conversations based around the evolving hearing health landscape. The two discuss where devices like Signia's Active hearing aids fit into the market, which look like earbuds but function as hearing aids. In addition, the two discuss how we're moving toward a future...
075 - Brian Taylor, AuD - The Upside of Hearing Solution Optionality
June 25, 2021 15:37 - 1 hour - 88 MBGuest: Brian Taylor, AuD - Director of Clinical Content Development at Signia Topic: The Upside of the Increasing Amount of Hearing Solution Optionality Brian joins Dave this week on the podcast to continue the recent string of conversations based around the evolving hearing health landscape. The two discuss where devices like Signia's Active hearing aids fit into the market, which look like earbuds but function as hearing aids. In addition, the two discuss how we're moving toward a future...
074 - Geoff Cooling & Kim Cavitt, AuD - How Hearing Professionals Can Thrive in an Expanding Market
June 11, 2021 14:25 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBGuests: Dr. Kim Cavitt, Owner of Audiology Resources; Geoff Cooling, Co-Founder and Editor of Hearing Aid Know Topic: How Hearing Professionals Can Thrive in an Expanding Hearing Health Market Kim and Geoff join Dave on the podcast this week to continue the discussions had on the podcast recently about the accelerating pace of change occurring in the hearing health market. The three discuss all the recent announcements (Bose's hearing aid, Jabra's hearing aid, Sonova + Sennheiser, Jacoti +...
073 - Carolina Milanesi - Google + Samsung + Fitbit = A True Apple Watch Competitor?
May 27, 2021 18:04 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBGuest: Carolina Milanesi - President & Principal Analyst at Creative Strategies; Founder of Heart of Tech Topic: Google + Samsung + Fitbit = A True Apple Watch Competitor? Carolina joins Dave this week on the podcast to discuss the news coming out of Google's I/O developer conference that Samsung and Google will be merging their smartwatch platforms (Samsung's Tizen and Google's Wear OS) into a unified smartwatch platform, Wear. As the two discuss, when you factor in Google's acquisition o...
072 - Abram Bailey, AuD & Steve Taddei, AuD - The Hearing Health Market Heats Up: Sonova + Sennheiser & Bose Hearing Aids
May 21, 2021 13:36 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBGuests: Abram Bailey, AuD - CEO of Hearing Tracker; Steve Taddei, AuD - Professor at Rock Valley College, Audiologist at Center for Sight & Hearing, and Host of the Hearing Tracker Podcast Topic: The Hearing Health Market Heats Up: Sonova + Sennheiser & Bose Hearing Aids Abram and Steve make their debut on the podcast to help break down the recent news of Sonova buying Sennheiser's consumer audio division and Bose introducing its self-fit hearing aids to the market. The three talk through ...
071 - Natalie Nelson, AuD & Ashley Hughes, AuD - Navigating Student Loans & Negotiating Effectively: A Guide for Young Hearing Pros
May 14, 2021 14:05 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBGuests: Natalie Nelson, AuD - Clinical Trainer at Phonak; Ashley Hughes, AuD - Audiologist at Interacoustics Topic: Navigating Student Loans & Negotiating Effectively: A Guide for Young Hearing Pros Natalie and Ashley join Dave on the podcast to share their hard-earned wisdom around navigating student debt and utilizing collaborative negotiation in the work-world. For students and young hearing professionals entering into the first or second industry job, these two help to illustrate real...
070 - Collin Borns - Speechly: Enabling Voice User Interfaces Everywhere
May 07, 2021 13:39 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBGuest: Collin Borns, Head of Business Development (US) at Speechly Topic: Speechly: Enabling Voice User Interfaces Everywhere This week on the podcast, Dave is joined by his old friend Collin Borns to discuss his new venture as Head of Business Development at Speechly. The two chat about the unique capabilities of Speechly, honing in on its ability to process natural language and speech recognition simultaneously, which can dramatically enhance mobile and web experiences, such as eCommerce...
069 - Kat Penno & Andy Bellavia - The Hearing Collective & Pushing the Boundaries of Hearing Health
April 30, 2021 12:23 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBGuests: Kat Penno - Audiologist & Founder of the Hearing Collective; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: The Hearing Collective & Pushing the Boundaries of Hearing Health Kat and Andy return to the podcast this week to continue their discussion from 6 months ago during episode 48. This time, the three discuss Blamey & Saunders, an Australian based company that pioneered a variety of remote services and online offerings, which segues into Kat sharing more ab...
068 - Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion (Business Model Innovation)
April 22, 2021 14:59 - 1 hour - 60 MBGuests: Nancy Tye-Murray, PhD - Founder & CEO of Amptify; Chris Cardinal - President & COO of Amptify; Amyn Amlani, PhD - Owner of Otolithic Consulting; Bob Traynor, AuD - Longtime Audiologist & Private Practice Owner at Audiology Associates Topic: Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion - Business Model Innovation This week's episode features the second panel discussion that Dave moderated at the Future of Hearing Health virtual conference in March. During this panel discussion, the fou...
067 - Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion (Device Innovation)
April 15, 2021 15:47 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBGuests: Annette Mazevski, PhD - Manager of Technology Assessment at Oticon; Kevin Setiz-Paquette, AuD - Director of Phonak Audiology Research Center; Brent Edwards, PhD - Director at National Acoustic Labs; Ryan Kraudel - VP Marketing at Valencell Topic: Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion - Hearing Device Innovation This week features a panel discussion that was recorded in March 2021 for the Future of Hearing Health Virtual Conference. During this panel discussion, the four panelis...
067 - Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion (Device Innovation)
April 15, 2021 15:47 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBGuests: Annette Mazevski, PhD - Manager of Technology Assessment at Oticon; Kevin Setiz-Paquette, AuD - Director of Phonak Audiology Research Center; Brent Edwards, PhD - Director at National Acoustic Labs; Ryan Kraudel - VP Marketing at Valencell Topic: Future of Hearing Health Panel Discussion - Hearing Device Innovation This week features a panel discussion that was recorded in March 2021 for the Future of Hearing Health Virtual Conference. During this panel discussion, the four panelis...
066 - Lena Kyman, AuD - Life as a Clinical Trainer
April 09, 2021 15:35 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBGuest: Lena Kyman, AuD, Clinical Trainer at Phonak Topic: Life as a Clinical Trainer Lena joins Dave on the podcast this week to share her journey of becoming an audiologist, working inside a private practice for six years, and now working as a clinical trainer who spends her time training fellow audiologists on Phonak's technology. Lena provides a unique perspective derived from her time working in private practice and now within one of the major hearing aid manufacturers. She shares so...
065 - Giles Tongue & Andy Bellavia - The Quest for Near-Zero Latency in Hearables
March 31, 2021 14:10 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBGuests: Giles Tongue, CEO at Chatable Apps; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: The Quest for Near-Zero Latency in Hearables Giles and Andy join Dave this week on the podcast to discuss one of the opportunities that AI-based hearing solutions present, solving speech-in-noise, as well as the biggest challenge that these solutions face, which is latency. For a long time, solving speech-in-noise has been at the top of the list of many hearing professionals' ...
064 - Bradley Metrock - Project Voice Coast-to-Coast
March 19, 2021 16:27 - 1 hour - 118 MBDave is joined this week by Bradley Metrock, CEO of Project Voice. In January, Bradley kicked off a tour of 35 cities across the US, Project Voice Coast-to-Coast, where he has been stopping at each destination to meet with members of the voice community. At the point of recording, Bradley had just hit his 25th city, St. Louis, where he sat down with me to share what this experience has been like. During the discussion, Bradley shares stories from the road, including some of who he's had a c...
063 - David Eagleman - Neosensory's Buzz and The Next Generation of Hearing Science (feat. Jacque Scholl, AuD & Kevin Liebe, AuD)
March 12, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBGuests: David Eagleman, Neuroscientist at Stanford and Co-founder/CEO of Neosensory; Jacque Scholl, clinical Audiologist; Kevin Liebe, clinical Audiologist and President/CEO at HearingHealthMatters.org Topic: Neosensory's Buzz and The Next Generation of Hearing Science Dave is joined this week by David Eagleman, neuroscientist and NYT best-selling author, and two audiologists, Jacque Scholl and Kevin Liebe, to talk about David's company, Neosensory, and the wrist-worn wearable the company...
062 - Alan Davis & Andy Bellavia - Building a Successful Hearable at Nuheara
March 04, 2021 14:45 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBGuests: Alan Davis, CPO at Nuheara; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: Building a Successful Hearable at Nuheara Alan joins Andy and Dave on the podcast this week to talk through the first 5 years at Nuheara as the Chief Product Officer and how his team of engineers was able to successfully build and iterate three separate versions of Nuheara's flagship hearing-enhancement hearable, IQ Buds. During this conversation, the three discuss some of the biggest c...
061 - Anna Rosen - Voiceflow 2.0 & The Democratization of Conversational App Creation
February 25, 2021 14:52 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBGuest: Anna Rosen, Enterprise Solutions Engineer at Voiceflow Topic: Voiceflow 2.0 & The Democratization of Conversational App Creation Anna joins Dave this week to break down the big update to Voiceflow's conversational AI platform, V2. Voiceflow is a prototyping and design tool that allows teams of designers and developers to bring ideas to life and test their conversational AI creations in robust ways before deploying to various channels & modalities. These channels now include everythi...
060 - Luke Pearce & Andy Bellavia - Hearables' Massive Growth in 2020 & What's on the Hearables Horizon
February 18, 2021 14:32 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBGuests: Luke Pearce, Market Analyst (Consumer Audio) at Futuresource Consulting; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: Breaking Down Hearables' Massive Growth in 2020 & What's on the Hearables' Horizon Luke and Andy sit down with Dave this week to talk through Futuresource's 2020 Hearables Market Report, citing the key findings and then talking through some of the major trends indicated in the data. Major trends discussed are: - People buying a second or t...
059 - De Wet Swanepoel - HearX & Healthy Hearing for Everyone, Everywhere
February 11, 2021 15:35 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBGuest: De Wet Swanepoel, Founder of HearX Group, Professor of Audiology at University of Pretoria, Editor in Chief at International Journal of Audiology Topic: HearX, Having a Remote-Oriented Mindset, and Health Hearing for Everyone, Everywhere De Wet joins Dave on the podcast this week to share the vision of his company, HearX Group, which is to provide healthy hearing to everyone, everywhere. HearX provides a suite of digital solutions, such as online hearing tests and self-fit hearing a...
058 - Dr. Ed Farrar & Ben Thompson, AuD - Tinnitus Therapy Solutions in 2021
February 04, 2021 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBGuests: Dr. Ed Farrar, Co-Founder of Oto; Ben Thompson, AuD, Audiologist, Tinnitus Specialist, and Founder of Pure Tinnitus. Topic: Tinnitus Therapy Solutions in 2021 In honor of Tinnitus Awareness Week, Dave is joined this week by two leading tinnitus experts to talk through all things tinnitus. The three discuss Ed's company, Oto, which is an app-based solution that provides smartphone users with various methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT) through the app. The app and its cou...
057 - Dr. Natalie Phillips & Dr. Angela Alexander - Clubhouse 101 for Hearing Professionals
January 28, 2021 14:59 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBGuests: Dr. Natalie Phillips, Audiologist at Advanced Otolaryngology and Audiology. Founder/CEO of Connect4Excellence; Dr. Angela Alexander, Audiologist & Owner of Auditory Processing Network and APDSupport.com. Topic: Breaking down the hot new social audio app, Clubhouse, and how hearing professionals might be able to leverage it. Dave sits down this week with Dr. Natalie Phillips & Dr. Angela Alexander to discuss Clubhouse and how each of them have been utilizing the app the past few mo...
056 - Ron Jaworski - Making the Internet More Audible
January 19, 2021 18:02 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBGuest: Ron Jaworski - CEO & Founder of Trinity Audio Topic: Making the Internet Audible Dave kicks off Season 2 of the podcast with Ron Jaworski to discuss the innovation transpiring around text-to-speech, which Ron's company, Trinity Audio, is spearheading. The two chat about how the attention economy and the broad internet is gradually migrating toward our ears, and while audiobooks and podcasts have now been around for a little while, we're beginning to see spoken-word audio expand much...
055 - "What are you Looking Forward to in 2021?" Part 2 (Hearing Healthcare)
December 22, 2020 14:56 - 1 hour - 144 MBGuests: D'Anne Rudden, AuD; Kat Penno, AuD; Nick Reed, AuD; Geoff Cooling; Kim Cavitt, AuD; Cliff Olson, AuD Topic: What are you looking forward to in 2021 as it relates to hearing health, audiology, and/or hearing technology? For the last episode of 2020, Dave chats with six hearing professionals to understand what's on their mind heading into the new year. This is part two of two. Part one (episode 54) featured seven individuals with backgrounds in consumer hearables, voice technology a...
054 - "What are you Looking Forward to in 2021" Part 1 (Hearables + Voice)
December 17, 2020 15:32 - 58 minutes - 81 MBGuests: Andy Bellavia, Shari Eberts, Carl Thomas, Ryan Kraudel, Brielle Nickoloff, Scot & Susan Westwater Topic: "What are you most looking forward to in 2021 as it relates to your industry, expertise and passion?" Dave sits down with seven of his guests from the show this year to highlight what each person is most looking forward to in 2021 as it relates to their industry and expertise. This is part one of two, focusing on folks with a background in hearables and voice technology. Part t...
053 - Andrew Song - Whisper.ai and a Novel Approach to Hearing Aids
December 10, 2020 16:23 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBGuest: Andrew Song, Co-Founder and President of Whisper.ai Topic: Whisper.ai and a Novel Approach to Hearing Aids This week, Dave is joined by Andrew Song, to discuss Whisper.ai and the new approach that the San Francisco-based company is taking with its hearing aid design. Andrew shares the three-pronged approach to their design - receiver-in-the-canal hearing aid devices, the "brain" processor (which is roughly the size of an AirPods case), and a mobile app - and explains how this system...
053 - Andrew Song - Whisper.ai and a Novel Approach to Hearing Aids
December 10, 2020 16:23 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBGuest: Andrew Song, Co-Founder and President of Whisper.ai Topic: Whisper.ai and a Novel Approach to Hearing Aids This week, Dave is joined by Andrew Song, to discuss Whisper.ai and the new approach that the San Francisco-based company is taking with its hearing aid design. Andrew shares the three-pronged approach to their design - receiver-in-the-canal hearing aid devices, the "brain" processor (which is roughly the size of an AirPods case), and a mobile app - and explains how this system...
052 - Shawna Jackson, AuD & Jackie Phillips, AuD - The Value of 3D Ear Scanners
December 03, 2020 14:03 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBGuests: Shawna Jackson, Clinical Audiologist at the Callier Center (Dallas); Jackie Phillips, Audiologist & Product Manager for the Otoscan at Natus Medical Topic: The Value of 3D Ear Scanners Jackie and Shawna join Dave this week to highlight an intriguing piece of technology that has recently been introduced to the audiology market: 3D ear scanners. Throughout this conversation, Shawna walks through her experience of using this type of technology at the Callier Center on a daily basis, a...
051 - Richard Einhorn - Jacoti + Qualcomm and the Consumerization of Hearing Health
November 19, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 88 MBGuest: Richard Einhorn, Owner - Einhorn Consulting Topic: Breaking Down the Significance of the Jacoti + Qualcomm Partnership and the Consumerization of Hearing Health Functionality Richard joins Dave on this podcast this week to share his perspective of the Jacoti and Qualcomm partnership, as he has been a longtime consultant for Jacoti. With Qualcomm partnering to integrate Jacoti's hearing augmentation technology inside Qualcomm's chips, we're due to see a number of hearable manufacture...
051 - Richard Einhorn - Jacoti + Qualcomm and the Consumerization of Hearing Health
November 19, 2020 18:25 - 1 hour - 88 MBGuest: Richard Einhorn, Owner - Einhorn Consulting Topic: Breaking Down the Significance of the Jacoti + Qualcomm Partnership and the Consumerization of Hearing Health Functionality Richard joins Dave on this podcast this week to share his perspective of the Jacoti and Qualcomm partnership, as he has been a longtime consultant for Jacoti. With Qualcomm partnering to integrate Jacoti's hearing augmentation technology inside Qualcomm's chips, we're due to see a number of hearable manufacture...
050 - Bret Kinsella - The State of Voice Tech & What Comes Next
November 12, 2020 15:52 - 1 hour - 116 MBGuest: Bret Kinsella, Founder and CEO of Voicebot.ai Topic: The State of Voice Technology and What Comes Next Bret joins Dave for the 50th episode of the podcast to break down the current state of voice technology, with a look toward what's on the horizon with conversational voice assistants. The two talk through the following topics: - The current phase of voice assistants: habituation & specialization - all the various ways that people are gradually building the habit of using voice ...
049 - Nick Hunn & Carl Thomas - The Past, Present and Future of Hearables
October 29, 2020 15:31 - 1 hour - 105 MBGuests: Nick Hunn, CTO of WiFore Consulting and Chairman of The Bluetooth SIG Hearing Aid Working Group; Carl Thomas, Founder of Audiowings Topic: The Past, Present and Future of Hearables In a very special episode of the podcast, Nick Hunn, wireless technology analyst and Bluetooth expert, joins Dave and Carl to share his insight around what's transpired in the hearable market since it emerged roughly five years ago, how it has taken shape up to now, and where Nick believes the market is ...
048 - Kat Penno & Andy Bellavia - Lifestyle Enhancement Devices
October 23, 2020 14:21 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBGuests: Kat Penno - Audiologist & Founder of the Hearing Collective; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: Lifestyle Enhancement Devices Kat and Andy join Dave this week to walk through some of the most interesting hearables on the market, highlighting various features and aspects of each device that stand out. In addition, the three talk through some of the recent news pertaining to the world of hearables and the use cases that they support, including Spot...
047 - Dr. Kim Cavitt & Karl Strom - Exploring Where the Big Opportunities Lie for Hearing Professionals
October 15, 2020 13:57 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Dr. Kim Cavitt, Owner of Audiology Resources; Karl Strom, Editor in Chief at the Hearing Review Topic: Exploring Where the Big Opportunities Lie for Hearing Professionals Kim and Karl join Dave to discuss a wide variety of hearing healthcare-related topics and explore how the industry is broadly changing and what types of opportunities all of this change is generating. Topics during this episode include: - Accessibility and meeting patients where they want to be met by using ne...
047 - Dr. Kim Cavitt & Karl Strom - Exploring Where the Big Opportunities Lie for Hearing Professionals
October 15, 2020 13:57 - 1 hour - 107 MBGuests: Dr. Kim Cavitt, Owner of Audiology Resources; Karl Strom, Editor in Chief at the Hearing Review Topic: Exploring Where the Big Opportunities Lie for Hearing Professionals Kim and Karl join Dave to discuss a wide variety of hearing healthcare-related topics and explore how the industry is broadly changing and what types of opportunities all of this change is generating. Topics during this episode include: - Accessibility and meeting patients where they want to be met by using ne...
046 - Irina Fine & Ian Freed - Bamboo Learning: Building an EdTech Business on Voice Assistant Platforms
October 07, 2020 13:05 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBGuests: Irina Fine & Ian Freed - cofounders of Bamboo Learning Topic: Building an EdTech Business for Alexa and Google Assistant Irina and Ian join Dave on the podcast this week to share what it's been like building a business built specifically for Alexa & Google Assistant-enabled devices. Their company, Bamboo Learning, is designed to offer children an immersive learning experience, with a suite of skills and actions that provide educational problems to solve for Math, Literature, Englis...
045 - Ryan Kraudel - Blood Oxygenation Sensors for Consumer Wearables
September 24, 2020 13:21 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBGuest: Ryan Kraudel, VP Marketing at Valencell Topic: Breaking Down the New Apple Watch Series 6 Blood Oxygenation Sensor Ryan and Dave sit down to discuss the new flagship feature of the Apple Watch Series 6: the blood oxygenation sensor. As an expert in biometric sensors stemming from his background at Valencell, Ryan shares how exactly this type of sensor works, why it uses red and infared light, what types of use cases can be built off this metric, and how this new variable factors ...
044 - Brian Roemmele - The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants
September 17, 2020 16:06 - 2 hours - 177 MBGuest: Brian Roemmele, Payments Expert, Student of History, Polymath who coined the term "VoiceFirst" Topic: The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants Brian joins Dave for a marathon of an episode to discuss the trajectory of voice assistants and how we move into an era of contextually-aware voice assistants. The two cover a lot of ground with this far-reaching discussion, as Brian shares his insight into where he believes computing is headed across the next decade, as it becomes more ambien...
044 - Brian Roemmele - The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants
September 17, 2020 16:06 - 2 hours - 177 MBGuest: Brian Roemmele, Payments Expert, Student of History, Polymath who coined the term "VoiceFirst" Topic: The Path to Contextual Voice Assistants Brian joins Dave for a marathon of an episode to discuss the trajectory of voice assistants and how we move into an era of contextually-aware voice assistants. The two cover a lot of ground with this far-reaching discussion, as Brian shares his insight into where he believes computing is headed across the next decade, as it becomes more ambien...
043 - Dr. Cliff Olson & Andy Bellavia - A Seminal Moment in Hearing Aid Innovation
September 10, 2020 14:25 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MBGuests: Dr. Cliff Olson, Audiologist and Owner of Applied Hearing Solutions; Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp Topic: Breaking Down this Seminal Moment in Hearing Aid Innovation Cliff and Andy join Dave this week to discuss the flurry of new hearing aids that have hit the market, and speak to the broad level of tech innovation that these devices represent. The three chat about how the primary use case (amplification) has been massively improved in the recent yea...
042 - Dr. Nick Reed - The Significance of Johns Hopkins' ACHIEVE Trial
August 27, 2020 13:08 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBGuest: Dr. Nick Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins School of Health. Topic: The Significance of Johns Hopkins' ACHIEVE Trial Nick joins Dave on the podcast to talk through one of the recent findings from the Lancet Commission on Dementia, which states that one of the strongest preventative actions to stunt the onset and rate of dementia is to encourage use of hearing aids for hearing loss. As the two discuss, while this call to action seems very ...
041 - Brett Bivens & Ryan Kraudel - The Apple Health Blueprint
August 20, 2020 12:56 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBGuests: Brett Bivens, Venture Investor at Tech Nexus; Ryan Kraudel, VP Marketing at Valencell Topic: The Apple Health Blueprint Brett and Ryan join Dave to break down Apple's healthcare ambitions, honing in on what the company is building toward with its Apple Health app. Throughout the discussion, the three chat about: - Apple Health as a broad data repository housing its own data & third party device data - The types of data that can be captured today and will be captured in the next...
041 - Brett Bivens & Ryan Kraudel - The Apple Health Blueprint
August 20, 2020 12:56 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBGuests: Brett Bivens, Venture Investor at Tech Nexus; Ryan Kraudel, VP Marketing at Valencell Topic: The Apple Health Blueprint Brett and Ryan join Dave to break down Apple's healthcare ambitions, honing in on what the company is building toward with its Apple Health app. Throughout the discussion, the three chat about: - Apple Health as a broad data repository housing its own data & third party device data - The types of data that can be captured today and will be captured in the ne...