Dr. Meredith Holcomb - The Entire Process of Adopting Cochlear Implants
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English - March 02, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Business Management podcasting arizonahearingcenter communication drmarksyms health healthpodcast hearing hearingloss listenuppodcast medicalpodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Meredith Holcomb is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Hearing Implant Program at the University of Miami’s Department of Otolaryngology. She spent the first 13 years of her career at the Medical University of South Carolina, working as an assistant professor and Clinical Director of their Cochlear Implant Program.
Dr. Holcomb is a past chair of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance Board of Directors and is currently on the Audiology Advisory Council for Advanced Bionics. She received her Doctorate in audiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In this episode…As awareness spreads for cochlear implants, so do the questions. Many people are uncertain about hearing treatment that goes beyond a simple, removable hearing aid. The best remedy for this confusion is education, and who better to educate than Dr. Meredith Holcomb.
Dr. Holcomb is the Director of the Hearing Implant Program at the University of Miami. She has become an expert in the hearing implant field and has refined her program’s process over the years. So how can you successfully educate and lead people through getting their cochlear implants?
Dr. Mark Syms invites Dr. Meredith Holcomb, an Associate Professor and the Director of the Hearing Implant Program at the University of Miami, onto the ListenUp! Podcast to talk about the cochlear implant process from start to finish. They break down each step, how they take care of their patients, and some of their unique practices. Dr. Holcomb also talks about why they contract out two processors and work with multiple implant companies.