The Hearing Matters Podcast: Hearing Aids, Hearing Technology and Tinnitus

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Serving Our Country, Protecting Our Hearing: One Veteran’s Story

2026-11-1026:33

Send us Fan Mail Hearing loss can make a confident, capable person quietly change how they live: sitting closer, taking extra notes, avoiding noisy rooms, and burning energy just to follow a conversation. We sit down with Gerald “Jerry” Ephault, a veteran, entrepreneur, and former university professor, to talk about what finally pushed him from coping to treating his hearing loss and why that shift mattered for his students, his colleagues, and his marriage. Jerry walks us through the real-w...

The Hidden Impact of Hearing Loss on Confidence and Connection

2026-11-0610:48

Send us Fan Mail You can be young, social, and “fine” on paper and still struggle to hear what matters. We dig into a surprising disconnect: many millennials and Gen Z believe hearing loss only affects older adults, even as noise exposure, earbuds, concerts, and busy lifestyles make hearing challenges more common than people want to admit. Hearing health is overall health, and we talk candidly about why accurate, evidence-based education beats fear-based messaging every time. Jessica shares ...

I Wish I’d Tried Hearing Aids Sooner | Jessica Lawley

2026-11-0357:58

Send us Fan Mail What if hearing aids could change more than the way you hear? For Jessica Lawley, who was born with hearing loss in her left ear, getting hearing aids as an adult transformed her confidence, relationships, and ability to connect with the world around her. In this episode of the Hearing Matters Podcast, host Blaise Delfino, M.S. - HIS sits down with Jessica Lawley of CareCredit to explore her personal hearing loss journey, from navigating childhood with untreated hearing loss ...

From Musician to CEO: Michael Smith on Leadership, Resilience & the Charleston Symphony

2026-10-2049:01

Send us Fan Mail A city like Charleston feels incomplete without live music, and Michael Smith could not accept that the Charleston Symphony Orchestra might disappear. We sit down face to face with Michael, a first-chair trumpet player turned CEO, to unpack the real story behind keeping a nonprofit orchestra alive through the 2008 recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part music, part entrepreneurship, and entirely about leadership when the stakes get personal. Michael shares what most ...

How Hearing Aids Have Changed in 40 Years: AI, OTC & the Future of Audiology

2026-09-2544:10

Send us Fan Mail How have hearing aids changed over the past 40 years, and where is hearing healthcare headed next? In this episode of the Hearing Matters Podcast, host Blaise Delfino, M.S. - HIS sits down with his father, Dr. Gregory Delfino, an audiologist with more than 40 years of experience, for a conversation about the evolution of audiology, hearing aid technology, artificial intelligence, over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, and the changing role of the hearing healthcare professional...

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The Hearing Matters Podcast: Hearing Aids, Hearing Technology and Tinnitus