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In this episode of Hearing Health Today, David Kelsall, M.D. shares how his experience on medical missions abroad, conducting clinical research and performing surgeries throughout the years has shaped his view on the current successes and opportunities of hearing health care, and what the future may hold We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Professor Michal Luntz shares her unique perspective on hearing loss as a physician, surgeon, scientist, teacher and cochlear implant recipient. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Barbara Kelley, the Executive Director of the Hearing Loss Association of America and Abigail Heringer, cochlear implant recipient and contestant on “The Bachelor” and “Bachelor in Paradise”, discuss awareness and explore different awareness channels for both professionals and patients. We’ll also learn about the CIICA and how important the combination of professionals and patients’ voices are to improving awareness of hearing loss. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Useful links https://www.hearingloss.org/ https://ciicanet.org/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Professor Kelvin Kong, Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon, shares his experiences treating chronic otitis media. He also discusses the disparate access to health care and the impact on First Nations peoples in Australia. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Links: https://plumandhats.nal.gov.au/ https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/world-report-on-hearing https://www.closingthegap.gov.au/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Professor Ad Snik, from Nijmegen, the Netherlands shares his career highlights and discusses the current clinical pathways for mixed hearing loss including what really influences hearing outcomes and sound quality. Useful links: http://www.snikimplants.nl/?page_id=298/ We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

How can empowerment help patients to move along their hearing loss journey? Listen to the Executive Director of the ACI Alliance, Donna Sorkin, discuss ‘The power of two: rise of the empowered patient’ on the episode of Hearing Health Today. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Links: https://www.acialliance.org/ https://www.acialliance.org/page/CI_CAN This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Australian epidemiologist, Professor Bamini Gopinath, discusses how lifestyle factors impact on hearing loss and other health and social outcomes. Write a review: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HearingHealthToday1 Useful links: https://www.rand.org/health-care/surveys_tools/mos/36-item-short-form.html https://euroqol.org/eq-5d-instruments/eq-5d-5l-about/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Professor Esra Yucel shares her extensive rehabilitation experience and discusses the importance of real-world listening and communication. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode of Hearing Health Today, Professor Terry Zwolan shares her 30+ years’ experience of treating patients with sensorineural hearing loss and discusses the importance of the International Consensus Paper as well as her 60/60 referral guidelines. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Useful links https://adulthearing.com/consensus-process-and-publication/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32658396/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

Have you ever wondered about hearing health care across large geographies? Listen to Dr Phillip Chang, ENT Surgeon from Sydney, Australia, discuss patient-centred care and the multidisciplinary approach his team uses to serve country and regional patients. Useful link: https://www.hearingimplantsaustralia.com.au/ We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you're a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In the final episode of our inaugural season of Hearing Health Today, we'll take a walk down memory lane with the pioneer of the multi-channel cochlear implant, Professor Graeme Clark, who’ll discuss how it all began, the advancements in technology over the years, and the impacts it has had on clinical care. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode, ‘A New Lease of Life’, Tony describes the impact hearing loss had on his life as an actor living in the UK. Also in this episode, we hear a professional perspective from Dr Isabelle Mosnier, ENT and expert in aging and cognition, from Paris, France. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Relevant Links: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/2195885 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgs.15445 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916259/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

For the first time on Hearing Health Today, you’ll hear the round-table discussion between Jen, a parent of two children with cochlear implants, and Aleisha Davis, the clinician who supported them through their journey. Listen now to “A Paediatric Perspective”. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Relevant link: https://shepherdcentre.org.au/research/functional-listening-index-paediatric/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss. The Functional Listening Index - Paediatric, which tracks the developing listening skills of young children with hearing loss, is a collaboration of The HEARing CRC, The Shepherd Centre and Cochlear Limited.

In this episode, 'A Connected Hearing Care Ecosystem', hear Dr Eliana Cristofari, a surgeon and expert in rehabilitation from Varese, Italy, discuss how she and her team have built an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to 'care-anywhere'. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In today’s episode, we continue exploring the theme "When Hearing Aids Are No Longer Enough" from the patient’s perspective. We’ll hear from Malcolm, a gentleman from the United Kingdom, who struggled for many years with hearing aids before finally receiving a referral for a CI. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This material is intended for health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss. Outcomes may vary, and your health professional will advise about the factors which could affect your outcome.

In this episode, we're going to dive deep into progressive hearing loss and explore what happens, or doesn't happen, when hearing aids are no longer enough. We'll be speaking with Professor Ulrich Hoppe, Professor of Audiology at University Hospital and Head of the Cochlear Implant Center, CICERO, in Erlangen, Germany. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Speaker Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrich-hoppe-3397238b/ This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

In this episode, we'll speak with Associate Professor Holly Teagle from the University of Auckland in New Zealand and explore how we can address the growing hearing loss epidemic. We'll also gain a broader perspective on why treatment guidelines and a standard of care for hearing loss are so crucial when we hear from two additional experts in the field, Dr Leo De Raeve, Scientific Adviser of the European Association of Cochlear Implant Users, and Associate Professor Robert Briggs, Head of Otology and Medical Director of the Cochlear Implant Clinic at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Australia. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Boisvert I, Reis M, Au A, Cowan R, Dowell RC (2020) Cochlear implantation outcomes in adults: A scoping review. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232421. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232421 This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss.

Today, we'll continue our theme on telemedicine and hear from another expert, Dr. Allison Biever, researcher and audiologist from Rocky Mountain Ear Centre in Denver, Colorado, who'll give her perspective on how clinics can use telemedicine in practice and also provide insight into what's in store for the future of hearing health care, both challenges and opportunities. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup This is a podcast for hearing health professionals. If you are a person with hearing loss or a member of the general public, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss. Slager HK, Jensen J, Kozlowski K, Teagle H, Park LR, Biever A, et al. Remote Programming of Cochlear Implants. Otology & Neurotology. (2019 Mar); 40(3):260-66.

Over the series, we have engaged with subject matter experts from across the globe to explore and discuss various topics of interest to hearing health professionals. In this episode, “Staying Connected in Challenging Times”, we'll hear from Professor Helen Cullington, who'll talk about how hearing health professionals can stay connected to their patients. We will explore what changes in practice have occurred with the COVID-19 pandemic. We'll also hear about what tools exist in the hearing 'space' for professionals and discuss tools and resources to help patients reduce their fear of isolation. We value your feedback so please take a few minutes to complete our engagement survey: https://forms.office.com/r/LyLfHCUKup Recent media: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-52400153. Recent publication: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/430308/.