Latest Cochlearimplant Podcast Episodes

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A Conversation with Dr. Don Goldberg!

empowEar Audiology - June 21, 2024 20:10 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for a repeat guest, Dr. Don Goldberg, CCC-SLP/A, FAAA, LSLS Cert. AVT, as we dive into the newly released Test of Auditory Functioning which is a criterion-based test for toddlers through school-age children who are deaf or hard of hearing available from Bluetree Publishing.  This episod...

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An Interview With The Deaf Queen Boss, Kellina Powell!

empowEar Audiology - May 09, 2024 10:08 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for an interview with the Deaf Queen Boss, Kellina Powell! Kellina is an entrepreneur, coach and author of the book “Everyday I am Just Deaf”. Kellina loves to help people with their personal growth and educate others about the deaf community. At the age of 4 she lost her hearing in both...

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A Conversation with Gil Kaminski!

empowEar Audiology - March 26, 2024 18:34 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Today, we're joined by Gil Kaminski, co-founder of Humelan, a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to guiding individuals through hearing health and wellness.  Humelan offers a person-centered approach, community support, and an AI companion app for hearing health. Inspired to address the chal...

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A Conversation with Dr. Jasmine Simmons!

empowEar Audiology - March 01, 2024 13:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Extraordinary Dr. Jasmine Simmons is inspiring all of empowEAR’s listeners on today’s podcast.  Dr. Jasmine is a deafblind audiologist and author who just published the first book in her Usher Syndrome Series called Extraordinary Jordyn and her Bionic Ears.  On this podcast you will hear how Dr....

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A Conversation with Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz!

empowEar Audiology - February 15, 2024 19:16 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me with Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz for a conversation about the role of social skills and emotional regulation as it relates to children and adolescents who are deaf and hard of hearing.  Dr. Warner-Czyz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing in the School ...

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Becoming a Certified Coach: A Conversation with Dr. Kari Morgenstein

empowEar Audiology - January 11, 2024 13:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Have you ever wanted to take your career to a new level?  Do you feel stuck in your personal and professional life?  Take a listen to the latest episode of empowEAR Audiology with guest Dr. Kari Morgenstein.  Kari is the co-founder of dB Coaching group which focuses on championing and supporting...

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The 3 A's of Health Literacy - Accurate, Accessible, & Actionable: Sydney Bassard, The ListeningSLP

empowEar Audiology - December 07, 2023 21:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The 3 A’s of Health Literacy - Accurate, Accessible, and Actionable.  Today’s episode with Sydney Bassard (The ListeningSLP) takes a deeper dive into the importance of health literacy from a family and professional perspective. Sydney is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist.  She receiv...

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Valli Gideons: Through the Fog

empowEar Audiology - November 02, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me as I talk with Valli Gideons who is an author, speaker, and mother of two teens who were born with hearing loss.  Valli is a repeat guest (go back to episode 29 and hear more of her story).  In this episode, we chat about her book “Through the Fog: Navigating Life’s Challenges While Rais...

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Educational Audiology Awareness Week!

empowEar Audiology - October 16, 2023 16:52 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Click here for a transcript of the episode Get excited about the first annual Educational Audiology Awareness Week!  empowEAR Audiology and EAA have teamed up to kick off the week with an overview podcast!!  On today...

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A Conversation with Erika Gagnon & Erin Thompson!

empowEar Audiology - September 14, 2023 16:33 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Did you know that one of the most significant predictors of receptive and expressive language for children who use cochlear implants was the age at which they achieved full-time use of their devices?  Achieving full-time use can be a challenge.  Join Dr. Erika Gagnon, Au.D., and Erin Thompson, M...

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A Conversation with Jace Wolfe, Ph.D.!

empowEar Audiology - August 03, 2023 20:50 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Click here for a transcript of the episode Take a listen to the latest empowEAR Audiology episode with Dr. Jace Wolfe, Ph.D. who is the Senior Vice President of Innovation at the Oberkotter Foundation and Hearing Fir...

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A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Sydlowski!

empowEar Audiology - June 15, 2023 21:36 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for a conversation with Dr. Sarah Sydlowski as we dig deeper into why cochlear implants are NOT the last resort for patients with the expanding criteria. In this conversation, we discuss the current referral guideline and walk through a case study to help dispel some of the common miscon...

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A Conversation with Dr. Lindsey Tubaugh!

empowEar Audiology - May 18, 2023 20:59 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Have you ever met or worked with someone who experiences Misophonia or Annoyance Hyperacusis?  Join me for a conversation with Dr. Lindsey Tubaugh who has been practicing audiology for 20 years.  She is the co-founder of Little Heroes Pediatric Hearing Clinic in Utah.  Dr. Tubaugh specializes in...

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A Conversation with Thibault Duchemin, the Inventor of AVA

empowEar Audiology - April 07, 2023 10:21 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Thibault Duchemin grew up in Paris, France as the only hearing person in a deaf family. Sign language was his first language, and he experienced from a very early age the multiple challenges that deaf and hard-of-hearing people face in understanding and communicating with the rest of society. He...

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A Conversation with Donna Sorkin!

empowEar Audiology - March 23, 2023 13:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for an interview with Donna Sorkin, the executive director  of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, a national organization devoted to expanding access to cochlear implantation for all who may benefit. She has had a long career in advocacy for people with hearing loss at for-profit an...

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Dr. Hilary Davis, Listening Related Fatigue

empowEar Audiology - February 18, 2023 13:21 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Have you ever been fatigued from listening?  Join me for a conversation with Dr. Hilary Davis as she explains her research on listening-related fatigue and a tool, the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales, that can be utilized clinically and educationally.  Dr. Hilary Davis is a pediatric audiologist at th...

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Chezi Pollack: Teen with Cochlear Implants Shares His Hearing Thoughts

empowEar Audiology - January 26, 2023 14:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me on this empowEARing podcast with Chezi Pollack! Chezi is a teenager with bilateral cochlear implants who has advice for all of us…don’t give up!  Life has its challenges, you can climb over those challenges, and greatness will come your way. Chezi was born in the United States and spent ...

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A Conversation with Chad Ruffin, MD!

empowEar Audiology - January 14, 2023 13:31 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for a personal and professional discussion about how a personal journey of living with hearing loss created a professional path to becoming a deaf ENT surgeon with Dr. Chad Ruffin.  Dr. Ruffin was born with severe hearing loss and is uniquely equipped with the skills and experience to im...

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GRATEFUL for 50 Episodes!

empowEar Audiology - December 22, 2022 22:47 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join Dr. Carrie Spangler, host of empowEAR Audiology, in this gratefulness episode. Living out the mission of the 3C Digital Media Network, Dr. Spangler shares how she is grateful to personally be able to connect, collaborate, and communicate through her cochlear implant journey AND grateful to ...

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Dr. Matt Bush: Health Disparities In Hearing Health

empowEar Audiology - December 02, 2022 10:39 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in a conversation about how social determinants of health are critical conversation and considerations for improving hearing health care for individuals and families.  Dr. Matthew L. Bush is an otolaryngologist, neurotologist, and professor at the University of Kentucky.  He received his...

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Rebecca Alexander: Living with Adversity

empowEar Audiology - October 20, 2022 12:02 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in a moving conversation with Rebecca Alexander.  In this conversation, Rebecca takes a deep dive into her own life that she has graciously shared in her published book “Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found”.  Rebecca is a psychotherapist, extreme athlete, and activist. She g...

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Rally Caps with Jodi Cutler

empowEar Audiology - October 06, 2022 17:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
It is Official!!! Rally Caps was selected for the 31st Heartland International Film Festival in Indianapolis starting the week of October 10-16, 2022. This book to film shines a positive spotlight on deafness, cochlear implants, sports, and friendship. Join me as I talk with the woman who made t...

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Dr. Uma Soman: Opportunities Listening Together

empowEar Audiology - September 09, 2022 20:05 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Opportunities are the theme of this podcast. Dr. Uma Soman is an assistant professor at Fontbonne University, nonprofit director for Listening Together, and teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing and listening and spoken language specialist. In this podcast, she discusses the opportunities that she...

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Dr. Ivette Cejas, Psychologist: Parental Stress & Self-Efficacy Support

empowEar Audiology - August 25, 2022 20:57 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Stress is a part of every parenting/family journey.  This parenting stress can be compounding when a child is deaf/hard of hearing.  Join me in a conversation with Dr. Ivette Cejas, licensed psychologist, Associate Professor at the University of Miami Ear Institute, and Director of Family Suppor...

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Lynn Wood: Listening with Lynn

empowEar Audiology - August 05, 2022 15:07 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in this special interview with Lynn Wood.  This interview takes a trip down memory lane for both of us!  Lynn was one of my audiologists as a tween and has continued to be a mentor and friend throughout my personal and professional journey.  Lynn is a nationally recognized Listening and ...

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Dr. Johnnie Sexton, Au.D.: Changing the Culture of Communication

empowEar Audiology - July 14, 2022 21:18 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me for an engaging interview with Dr. Johnnie Sexton, audiologist,  as we discuss The CARE Project and Educational Audiology services with a theme of changing the culture of communication.  Dr. Johnnie Sexton, Au.D., has worked with children who are deaf and hard of hearing for over four de...

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Dr. Jessica Hoefler: Unlocking Representation for Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing Through Piper's Key

empowEar Audiology - June 23, 2022 17:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in an inspiring conversation with Dr. Jessica Hoefler as she shares her story of Piper’s Key and her mission to gift inclusive books to children with disabilities that represent their unique selves in a positive light.  Dr. Hoefler is an educational audiologist for the Summit Educational...

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Growing Stronger in Acceptance and Advocacy

empowEar Audiology - June 02, 2022 14:13 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in a conversation with Sara Robinson, M.A., CCC-SLP as she opens up about growing stronger in her acceptance and advocacy as a hard of hearing individual.  In this episode, Sara opens up to our audience about growing up with a slow progression of hearing loss, her up and down struggles w...

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Composing a Soundtrack of Silence

empowEar Audiology - May 12, 2022 11:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Join me in a conversation with Matt Hay as he shares his emotional and physical journey of losing and regaining his hearing.  Through his challenging experiences, he has chosen to focus on the things that he can do rather than the things that he cannot.  Matt was a sophomore in college when he f...

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Do What You Love To Be The Leader in You!

empowEar Audiology - April 21, 2022 17:40 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Take a deeper dive into the impact that YOU have as a leader in your own life with guest Gayla Guignard, Chief Strategy and Programs Officer for the AG Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Join me in an empowering conversation about the topic of servant leadership and how each per...

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