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Closing the Gap in Cochlear Implant Access Cochlear implant technology is better than ever, candidacy is expanding, and awareness is growing. So why are so many potential candidates still not reaching a cochlear implant evaluation? In this episode, we sit down with Carrie Spangler, AuD, Executive Director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, to talk...
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Closing the Gap in Cochlear Implant Access Cochlear implant technology is better than ever, candidacy is expanding, and awareness is growing. So why are so many potential candidates still not reaching a cochlear implant evaluation? In this episode, we sit down with Carrie Spangler, AuD, Executive Director of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, to talk...
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Artificial intelligence is already influencing hearing healthcare, but the biggest changes may have less to do with replacing clinicians and more to do with how patients move through the system, how data is used, and how care teams make decisions. Meet Devin McCaslin, PhD, Clinical Director of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Michigan Medicine and...
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Cochlear implantation has advanced dramatically, but getting the right patient from hearing loss to evaluation, surgery, activation, and long-term care can still be unnecessarily complicated. As candidacy expands and demand grows, the question is not simply how to see more patients. It is how to design a smarter system around them. Meet Ashley Nassiri, MD,...
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She’s back! Reconnect with Dr. Camille Dunn, PhD, cochlear implant expert, industry leader, and the co-host who helped make our 2023 CI series a success. In this episode, Susan and Camille reunite to set the stage for what’s changed (and what hasn’t) in cochlear implant care since 2023. What You’ll Hear: Camille brings her experience...
For years, cochlear implant programs have relied on established protocols for candidacy evaluations, programming, and long-term follow-up. But national data now show wide variation in how that care is delivered. So what should every clinic standardize, and where should clinicians retain the flexibility to respond to individual patients? Meet Meredith Holcomb, AuD, Professor and Director...
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For decades, cochlear implant programs have followed the same basic appointment schedule. Activation, one week, one month, three months, six months, nine months, one year. But what if that schedule is based more on tradition than evidence Meet René Gifford, PhD, Chief of Audiology and Research at Hearts for Hearing and one of the most...
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For decades, cochlear implant success has been measured by speech scores. But what if those numbers don’t tell the whole story? Meet Teddy McRackan, MD, neurotologist at the Medical University of South Carolina and one of the leading researchers redefining how cochlear implant outcomes are measured. As the developer of the CIQOL (Cochlear Implant Quality...
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What happens after clinical eligibility expands, butaccess, testing, and counseling are still catching up? Meet Margaret Dillon, AuD, PhD, Associate Professor andDirector of Cochlear Implant Clinical Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Dillon’s clinical trial work was instrumental in the 2019 FDA approval of cochlear implants for single-sided deafness (SSD)...
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What happens when the cochlear implant field starts moving faster than the traditional care model? In this episode of the CI Report, a special series from Doc Talk by MedAudPro, Dr. Susan Good is joined by Dr. Camille Dunn and Dr. Dan Zeitler for a post-meeting download from two major cochlear implant meetings: ACIA in...
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What happens when clinical evidence expands faster than Medicare coverage policy? Meet Dr. Maura Cosetti, Director of the Ear Institute at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and one of the nation’s leading cochlear implant surgeons. As a leader of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance’s effort to expand Medicare coverage for...
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What if every month of waiting actually costs a child their future voice? In pediatric cochlear implant care, time is not just a factor – it is the factor. The window for neuroplasticity is open from birth, and for children with congenital hearing loss, it starts closing earlier than most providers realize. Meet Dr. Melissa...
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How many cochlear implant candidates are current hearing aid patients being seen in audiology and ENT clinics right now without anyone realizing it? Meet Hemina Harris, ARNP, a nurse practitioner specializing in general otolaryngology and pediatrics at the University of Iowa Health Care System, adjacent to one of the country’s most established cochlear implant centers....
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