I grew up in Kansas City, on both the Kansas and Missouri sides of the state line, and smack dab in the middle of Tornado Alley.

One of my earliest memories is of my dad, my three older brothers and me scrambling to get out of our station wagon and getting down into a ditch along the side of a highway to try and protect us from a twister roaring by only a few hundred yards away. 

We all survived ...

This ...

I read this quote this morning, which I'm surprised I hadn't heard before. "If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and ...

In continuing with the interview series, I had the opportunity to speak with Carolyn Pinkerton, AuD, about working with a major manufacturer, private practice, audiology students, and the profession itself.

Dr. Pinkerton is by title an Education and Training Audiologist for Starkey, joining the company in June 2012. She recently earned her AuD at Northeastern University. Her clinical experience ...

Naturally, when the subject line, "Can Therapy Dogs Help Kids with Autism?," came in my email, I immediately read it. It was for a press ...

With a $250,000 grant from the city's Fund for Public Health, the Hearing Loss Prevention Media Campaign will conduct focus-group interviews and will use Facebook and Twitter to spread the ...

A century ago this weekend, on March 3, 1913, 5,000 women marched in front of the Capitol demanding the right to vote. According to The Library of Congress, it was the first civil rights parade to hit the streets of Washington.

Despite the history-making event, it took another 7 years for the 19th amendment to pass on Aug. 26, 1920, finally giving women the right to vote. It's a right women don't take for ...

If you're unfamiliar with TED Talks, it works like this: TED, an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a nonprofit organization that describes its missions as "devoted to ideas worth spreading." During various events ...

The cold and snowy winter months can be challenging for many people. A trip outside, even for a brief errand, can be both difficult and dangerous. 

The winter can be especially treacherous for the elderly, who are at risk for broken bones from falls on ice, breathing problems caused by cold air, hypothermia and frost bite. Many hold less body heat due to a slower metabolism and reduced physical activity, ...

This morning, President Barack Obama was sworn in to serve a second term as the 44th president of the United States. Despite a chilly morning in Washington, DC, a crowd of nearly 600,000 gathered on the national Mall to hear the president take the oath of office.

In the speech following his oath, President Obama called on Americans to realize their place in helping move this country ahead.

"You and ...

Friends, friends of friends and total strangers emotionally raw over the mass murder of students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, expressed rage all weekend on my social media networks about the presence of guns in our society.

The theme carried over to mainstream media outlets. Here's a sampling of today's lineup of opinion columns at ...

For the next few weeks leading up to 2013, I'm going to use the blog to interview a variety of individuals in audiology, ranging from newly minted AuDs, grizzled veterans, and first-year students. The purpose of the interview series is to, of course, offer fresh perspective outside of my own ramblings. The questions will be unique for each participant based on his or her role in the field with emphasis on some ...

There are no words for what happened. As my family and friends know, I am passionate about autism/ASD for those affected by it and their families. I have lived in that world and I not only know it well but I respect it.

If the man who committed this unspeakable crime of slaughter in Newtown, CT, on Dec. 14, 2012, was on the autism spectrum, it is not the autism that is to blame. This was the act of one man ...

A few years ago when I went to a local music venue to hear the band, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, a very memorable scene played out on stage.

After playing for a few hours with the full band

For the next few weeks leading up to 2013, I'm going to use the blog to interview a variety of individuals in audiology, ranging from newly minted AuDs, grizzled veterans, and first year students. The purpose of the interview series is to, of course, offer fresh perspective outside of my own ramblings. The questions will be unique for each participant based on his or her role in the field with emphasis on some avenue ...

I came across a very interesting blog entry today ...

 John Glenn calls it "one of the most emotional moments of my life."

When Glenn recalled this moment to attendees of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's annual meeting on Nov. 16 in Atlanta, he wasn't reflecting on his long career of public service - as a former U.S. senator, serving the residents of Ohio for 25 years; as a Marine serving the country from 1941-1965 which included stints ...

Speaking with ADVANCE at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) annual meeting in Atlanta, outgoing ASHA president Shelly Chabon, PhD, CCC-SLP, said 2012 was a strong year for building relationships with audiology groups like American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA). 

For example, the groups sent a joint letter, along with the International Hearing ...

I found the ballot on my county's website to see which candidates were vying to represent me in the White House, in Washington and in Harrisburg. On this site, I also found information about where my polling place is. (You ...

Bullies, trolls, creeps - whatever you want to call them, they're everywhere on the Internet. They play pranks, say hurtful things and push ...

Audiologists across the country all tout factors like great work environment, low stress, lots of growth and great pay as reasons why they're happy they chose their profession.

At ADVANCE for Hearing Practice Management ...