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Thursday, February 6
 

8:00am EST

Update in Music Audiology
Thursday February 6, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am EST
Crystal EF
Music Audiology is a small speciality, however music people (performers, engineers, industry support professionals, avid concert goers) are a large population who seek hearing services from all practitioners. In this session, many of the most active and prolific speakers, clinicians, and researchers in the field will share important updates to best practice and technology/procedure updates pertinent to anyone interested in this population. Specific topics of focus will include recent progress in teleaudiology, best practices for safe use of in-ear monitors, verification and demystification of custom filtered hearing protection for performers, and updates on the many global initiatives for hearing loss prevention.

Learning Objectives:
1.Apply clinical best practices to the audiologic care of musicians and music industry professionals.
2.Identify tools and methods available to verify hearing protection devices and in-ear monitors.
3.Assess how teleaudiology impacts access to and provision of hearing healthcare to music industry professionals.
Speakers
BF

Brian Fligor

Staff, Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness
Brian Fligor is a board-certified pediatric audiologist and owner and staff audiologist at Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness, a large private audiology practice in downtown Boston. His specific clinical and research interest is in evaluation and management of chronic bothersome tinnitus... Read More →
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Shannon Switzer

Director, Musicians Hearing Clinic
Shannon Switzer is the Director of the Sensaphonics Musicians’ Hearing Clinic in Chicago and is a featured audiologist in the MusiCares x Tuned teleaudiology partnership. As a lifelong clarinetist herself, she became fascinated with hearing conservation for musicians while earning... Read More →
MS

Michael Santucci

President, Sensaphonics, Inc.
Michael Santucci is a Doctor of Audiology and president of Sensaphonics, Inc., Chicago, IL. In 1985 he founded Sensaphonics which designs, develops and manufactures custom in‐ear products for the music industry as well as a variety of other hearing conservation applications. For... Read More →
avatar for Laura Sinnot

Laura Sinnot

Laura Sinnot is a long time audio engineer for film whose career expanded into hearing health as an audiologist after over-exposing her ears to her work and the bustling metropolis of NYC. She ran the Sensaphonics Musician's Hearing Clinic, a Chicago-based institution for three years... Read More →
BK

Benj Kanters

Associate Professor Emeritus of Audio, Columbia College Chicago
Benj Kanters (BS/MM Northwestern University) is associate professor emeritus of audio, Columbia College Chicago, where he was on the faculty of the Audio Arts and Acoustics department from 1993 to 2022. He directed the Audio Design and Production major, teaching audio physics and... Read More →
avatar for Colleen Le Prell PhD

Colleen Le Prell PhD

Financial Disclosures: Salary/Grants at NIH-NIDCD; Grants at American Academy of Audiology FoundationNon-Financial Disclosures: Participant at WHO Make Listening Safe Consultation Meetings; Member at NIOSH Nora HLP Cross Sector CouncilColleen le Prell is the Emilie and Phil Schepps... Read More →
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Frank Wartinger

Financial Disclosures: NoneNon-Financial Disclosures: NoneFrank Wartinger is the founder of Earmark Hearing Conservation, a music audiology clinic in Philadelphia. He is adjunct faculty at Drexel University and Wayne State University, and co-hosts the music audiology podcast “Talking... Read More →
HM

Heather Malyuk

Heather Malyuk, owner of Soundcheck Audiology, is a musician and audiologist who hails from Northeast Ohio, but is known internationally as a clinician and public speaker in the field of music audiology. She received an undergraduate degree in Music History and Literature from the... Read More →
JV

Juan Vasquez

Juan Vasquez is an audiologist based in Chicago, Illinois. Before pursuing a career in audiology he taught, recorded, and performed music with various ensembles and as a solo artist. In 2019, he earned a Doctor of Audiology degree from Pacific University and has had various experiences... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am EST
Crystal EF
  Workshop

1:00pm EST

Update in Music Audiology
Thursday February 6, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
Crystal EF
Music Audiology is a small speciality, however music people (performers, engineers, industry support professionals, avid concert goers) are a large population who seek hearing services from all practitioners. In this session, many of the most active and prolific speakers, clinicians, and researchers in the field will share important updates to best practice and technology/procedure updates pertinent to anyone interested in this population. Specific topics of focus will include recent progress in teleaudiology, best practices for safe use of in-ear monitors, verification and demystification of custom filtered hearing protection for performers, and updates on the many global initiatives for hearing loss prevention.

Learning Objectives:
1.Apply clinical best practices to the audiologic care of musicians and music industry professionals.
2.Identify tools and methods available to verify hearing protection devices and in-ear monitors.
3.Assess how teleaudiology impacts access to and provision of hearing healthcare to music industry professionals.
Speakers
BF

Brian Fligor

Staff, Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness
Brian Fligor is a board-certified pediatric audiologist and owner and staff audiologist at Tobias & Battite Hearing Wellness, a large private audiology practice in downtown Boston. His specific clinical and research interest is in evaluation and management of chronic bothersome tinnitus... Read More →
avatar for Shannon Switzer

Shannon Switzer

Director, Musicians Hearing Clinic
Shannon Switzer is the Director of the Sensaphonics Musicians’ Hearing Clinic in Chicago and is a featured audiologist in the MusiCares x Tuned teleaudiology partnership. As a lifelong clarinetist herself, she became fascinated with hearing conservation for musicians while earning... Read More →
MS

Michael Santucci

President, Sensaphonics, Inc.
Michael Santucci is a Doctor of Audiology and president of Sensaphonics, Inc., Chicago, IL. In 1985 he founded Sensaphonics which designs, develops and manufactures custom in‐ear products for the music industry as well as a variety of other hearing conservation applications. For... Read More →
avatar for Laura Sinnot

Laura Sinnot

Laura Sinnot is a long time audio engineer for film whose career expanded into hearing health as an audiologist after over-exposing her ears to her work and the bustling metropolis of NYC. She ran the Sensaphonics Musician's Hearing Clinic, a Chicago-based institution for three years... Read More →
BK

Benj Kanters

Associate Professor Emeritus of Audio, Columbia College Chicago
Benj Kanters (BS/MM Northwestern University) is associate professor emeritus of audio, Columbia College Chicago, where he was on the faculty of the Audio Arts and Acoustics department from 1993 to 2022. He directed the Audio Design and Production major, teaching audio physics and... Read More →
avatar for Colleen Le Prell PhD

Colleen Le Prell PhD

Financial Disclosures: Salary/Grants at NIH-NIDCD; Grants at American Academy of Audiology FoundationNon-Financial Disclosures: Participant at WHO Make Listening Safe Consultation Meetings; Member at NIOSH Nora HLP Cross Sector CouncilColleen le Prell is the Emilie and Phil Schepps... Read More →
avatar for Frank Wartinger

Frank Wartinger

Financial Disclosures: NoneNon-Financial Disclosures: NoneFrank Wartinger is the founder of Earmark Hearing Conservation, a music audiology clinic in Philadelphia. He is adjunct faculty at Drexel University and Wayne State University, and co-hosts the music audiology podcast “Talking... Read More →
HM

Heather Malyuk

Heather Malyuk, owner of Soundcheck Audiology, is a musician and audiologist who hails from Northeast Ohio, but is known internationally as a clinician and public speaker in the field of music audiology. She received an undergraduate degree in Music History and Literature from the... Read More →
JV

Juan Vasquez

Juan Vasquez is an audiologist based in Chicago, Illinois. Before pursuing a career in audiology he taught, recorded, and performed music with various ensembles and as a solo artist. In 2019, he earned a Doctor of Audiology degree from Pacific University and has had various experiences... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2025 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST
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