Hearing health is more than just hearing loss—it’s also about cognition, fall safety, quality of life, and others. Kim Cavitt, AuD, shares strategies to help improve the patient journey.

How can you encourage patients to “think audiology”? Kim Cavitt, AuD makes a case for more effective communication between audiologists and patients, with a special emphasis on promoting the value of quality hearing services—which is the ultimate goal of the newly launched online resource for consumers, ThinkAudiology.org.

In this bonus interview, Gyl A. Kasewurm, AuD, emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and knowing one’s worth to succeed in audiology—and life in general—and supports these with interesting personal experiences.

With a rapidly evolving hearing care landscape, what are the biggest challenges to today’s audiology practices? Esteemed audiology professional, entrepreneur, and speaker, Gyl A. Kasewurm, AuD, addresses this tough question head on and shares her top strategies in running a successful practice. Read the transcript here.

In this bonus episode recorded at the 2019 American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Conference in Columbus, OH, D’Anne Rudden and Samantha Kesteloot take a deep dive into Samantha’s early struggles as a child then a teenager with hearing loss and how she overcame those struggles in her pursuit of a career in audiology. Read the transcript here.

An audiology professional with hearing loss? It’s inspiring what audiologists and AuD students with first-hand experience with hearing loss could contribute to patient care. Listen to this podcast with D’Anne Rudden and guest, Samantha Kesteloot, an outstanding third-year AuD student with hearing loss, as they explore Samantha’s the trials and triumphs in becoming an audiologist while managing her own hearing loss. Read the transcript here

Storytelling offers a unique way of engaging with patients in their hearing care. Explore effective strategies to get started with storytelling using social media with these experts, D'Anne Rudden, AuD and Dawn Heiman, AuD. Read the podcast transcript here.