25 Episodes!!! Time to Celebrate

Exactly 1 Year ago today the empowEAr audiology podcast was released.  Today is not only a celebration of 1 year, but also a celebration of the 25th episode.  25 is a great # to celebrate whether it is a birthday, anniversary, or the 25th empowEAR audiology podcast.  What are you waiting to celebrate?  I encourage you to believe in yourself and make the most of what gifts and talents you were made for.

IN celebration of 1 year and 25 episodes, I wanted to dedicate this episode to reflecting, refreshing and restarting.  Today I will reflect on my own personal gain, refresh on how 3C digital media made empowEAR audiology come alive as well as the multiple guests and listeners, and restart with goals for year 2.  

The first episode of empowEAR audiology is titled “What is My Purpose”.   In reflecting on this question over the past year, I have been reminded that we truly do not know another person’s journey- we all have our own experiences that make us who we are.  I am truly grateful that I tood this leap of faith with the empowerEAR audiolgy podcast to develop a unique platform for storytelling as it relates to personal and professional hearing journeys.  In episode #20, I interviewed Karin Weiser, international career transition coach, connector, and storytelling.  She also has a journey with a cochlear implant.  In this episode Karin goes deeper into why sharing your story.  We learn by stories, we open up emotions by telling stories, and we make lessons stick by telling stories.  What Story do you have to tell?  

Reflecting on my own story as it relates to being hard of hearing as well as an audiologist; I hope empowEAR audiology is helping to break down the stigmas that continue to surround hearing loss and others gain a deeper understanding of the unique spectrum of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.  

I started thinking about stigma again because it has been a topic of conversation at a recent conference that I attended.  My reflection actually took me back to my childhood years.  I thought to myself….this little girl ME, was born with hearing loss and not identified and fit with amplification until the age of 4, had a significant articulation difficulties,  wore analog hearing aids that really did not have the capacity to give access to the full speech spectrum, spend 12 years in speech, language, and auditory therapy, attended my public neighborhood school and was on an IEP receiving special ed services, went onto college and was told that because of my hearing loss, that pursing the field of audiology may not be a good choice, persisted through and achieved a doctorate in audiology, began a successful and rewarding career path in educational audiology, went on the cochlear implant journey late in life, and NOW I am hosting a podcast!!  Who would have ever thought that the little girl who was so difficult to understand with a significant bilateral severe to profound hearing loss would be celebrating the joy of 25 podcast episodes!!  Life has a way of making your own challenges your greatest purpose and if you dare to think differently you will emerge stronger.  In my own spiritual personal journey, I am absolutely grateful to have this lifelong hearing challenge.  Yes there ar

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Transcript

Announcer: Welcome to episode 25 of empowEar audiology with Dr. Carrie Spangler.
[00:00:16] Carrie: Welcome to the empowerEAR Audiology Podcast, which is part of the 3C Digital Media Network. My name is Dr. Carrie Spangler, and I am your host. I am a passionate audiologist with a lifelong journey of living with hearing challenges in this vibrant hearing world. This podcast is for professionals, parents, individuals, with your own challenges and those who want to be inspired.
[00:00:45] Thank you for listening, and I hope you will subscribe, invite others to listen and leave me a positive review. I also wanted to invite all of you to visit and engage in the conversation and the empowerEAR Audiology Facebook group transcripts for each episode can be found. Www three, the number three C digital media network.com under the empowerEar podcast tab.
[00:01:18] Now let's get started with today's episode. Welcome to empower you Audiology podcast. It is a time to celebrate. Exactly one year ago today, the empowerEAR Audiology podcast was released today is not only a celebration of one year, but also a celebration of the 25th episode, 25 is such a great number to celebrate.
[00:01:43] It's a birthday and anniversary or the 25th episode of empowEAR Audiology. What are you waiting to celebrate today? I encourage you to believe in yourself and make the most of what gifts and talents you were made for and celebration of one year and 25 episodes. I wanted to dedicate this episode to reflecting, refreshing and restarting.
[00:02:07] Today I will reflect on my own personal journey. Refresh on how three C digital media network made, empowerEAr audiology come alive as well as the multiple guests and listeners, and then restart for goals and year two. The first episode of empowerEAR, audiology was titled what is my purpose? And we reflecting on this question over the past year, I have been reminded that we truly do not know another person journey.
[00:02:36] We all have our own experiences that make us who we are, and I am truly grateful. That I took the leap of faith with the empowerEar Audiology podcast, to develop a unique platform for storytelling as it relates to personal and professional hearing journey. In episode number 20, I have the opportunity to interview Karen Weiser.
[00:02:59] She's an international career coach connector and storyteller. She also has a journey with a cochlear implant and this episode count goes deeper into why sharing your story is important, we open up emotion by telling stories. We make lessons stick by telling stories. What story do you have to tell?
[00:03:23] Reflecting on my own story, as it relates to being hard of hearing, as well as an audiologist, I hope empowEAR Audiology is helping to break down the stigma that continue to surround hearing loss and other, and that others gain a deeper understanding of the unique spectrum of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
[00:03:43] I started thinking about stigma again, because it has been a topic of conversation at a recent conference that I attended. My reflection actually took me back to my childhood years. I thought to myself, this little girl me was born with hearing loss, not identified and fit with amplification until the age of four.
[00:04:05] Had significant articulation difficulties, wore analog hearing aids that really did not have the capacity to give me access to the full speech spectrum. I spent 12 years in speech language and auditory therapy. I attended my public school and was on an IEP receiving special ed services. I then went onto college and was told that because of my hearing loss that pursuing the field of audiology may not be a good choice.
[00:04:38] I persisted through. I achieved the doctorate in audiology. I became a successful. And, um, found a rewarding career path in educational audiology. I went on to the cochlear implant journey later in life. And now I'm hosting a podcast. Who would have ever thought that a little girl who was so difficult to understand with a significant bilateral, severe to profound hearing loss would be celebrating the joy of 25 podcast episodes.
[00:05:13] Life has a way of making your own challenges, your greatest purpose. And if you dare to think differently, you will emerge stronger. In my own spiritual, personal journey. I am absolutely grateful to have this lifelong human challenge. Yes, there are times that I'm frustrated, mad, isolated, feeling isolated in this vibrant hearing world, but I have learned how to be resilient and determined.
[00:05:43] From this hearing journey emerged, many positive relationships and a purpose for your career. If you have not already heard my story, take a listen to episode one. I hope you feel empowered after this little reflection to overcome your own obstacles with resilience and determination. And today's 25th episode.
[00:06:05] I also wanted to hit the refresh button and talk about 3C Digital Media Network, empowEAR guest, and you as a listener. I wanted to share a quick story about how I got connected to the 3C Digital Media Network. A good friend and colleague Dr. Todd Houston actually interviewed me about a year and a half ago for his own podcast.
[00:06:30] Titled the listening brain. You can visit his podcast and look for episode number 10, to hear this conversation or go to today's show notes and you can find it there as well. After that particular episode, Todd ask if I have ever considered hosting my own podcast and I've actually thought about it, but with a full-time job and family, I did not have an abundance of extra time to figure out all of the behind the scenes action that go into launching and sustaining a podcast.
[00:07:03] Todd went on to share about he, and two other colleagues that I also know and admire ,Scott Palasik and Tammy Bradham, teamed up and had created three C digital media network. They were looking for content creators. It was the exact platform support and expertise that I needed to be involved with to make empowerEar Audiology
[00:07:28] Come alive. Thank you Todd, for asking me and to the whole three C digital media network team, but yeah, for your ongoing guidance and support. Listeners if you have ever considered a podcast, webinar blog, or any other content creations, reach out to digital media network would be a fit for you. Thank you. Let's hit the refresh button again and talk about the amazing guests that I have had over the past year.
[00:08:01] This podcast would not be possible without each of you willing to give up your time and share your talent. I truly get excited each and every time I have an interview set up, you can visit the website to listen on Apple Spotify and Google play, and you can catch each episode. I am going to give you a brief rundown of each of the guests, because I am grateful for each of you giving up your time and your talents to be on the empowerEAR Audiology Podcast.
[00:08:34] And again, you can visit the website and find out more. Dr. Cheryl DeConde-Johnson. Thank you for being my first interview. And you can hear about her personal story as a parent, as a professional, as well as the conversation about return to score during the pandemic
Dr. Tina Chilress, she shares her personal journey and we discuss AKA shoes, um, and masks and accommodation that may be needed returning during the pandemic
[00:09:06] Camille Warren, she is a mom, extra ordinary mom who shares her story and advice to other parents and professionals about re-entry back into school during the pandemic.
Dr. Carol Flexer, my childhood audiologist. We have a conversation about lifelong learning, mentoring, the brain and passion for audiology.
[00:09:28] Dr. Gail Whitelaw. We have a conversation about teens, teen advocacy and the campUS experience, which is an overnight camp for teens.
I had Dr. Katie Colburn and Audrey Susz who, uh, counselors for the campus program share about teen mentoring and the importance of that.
I loved interviewing Dr. Oliver Adunka, who was my cochlear implant surgery.
[00:09:58] And we talk about the cochlear implant process and where it is headed.
Dr. Beth Walker, we talk about the significance of mild hearing loss in children.
Janet DeGeorge's discusses her parent journey as well as her new book, not a leader. Now, a leader,
Dr. Erin Schafer. We talk about the importance of wearing the mic,
Deanna Magna and her role as a teacher of the deaf or hearing impaired.
[00:10:27] And she shows her resources that she has developed.
Dr. Karen McGiver-Lux personal story, as well as my personal hero,
Dr. Ryan McCreary and the importance of research and audiology,
Dr. Michelle Hu and happiness with peer to peer connections by deaf and hard to hearing.
I also had the opportunity to interview four moms, Nancy, Maggie, Stephanie, and Tina, and they should get it moments about raising a child or children who are deaf and hard of hearing
[00:11:01] Dr Mark Brennan and his personal story research and framing the hearing loss advantage,
Dr. Angela Alexander and her personal passion and dedication to the work of auditory processing and auditory processing disorder.
Karen Weiser career coach, cochlear implant user, and the importance of sharing your story,
[00:11:23] Dr. Sam Atcherson and his personal journey and finding the right solutions and supports
Juliana and Andrew Hebert from HearStrong foundation and being a HearStrong. Champion Dr. Renee Gifford shares about bi-modal hearing and
Jaime Vernon shares her mom journey and her 01C3 organization songs for sound. I know that was a lot.
[00:11:49] And thank you. But listening. All of the highlights of these gaps over the past year. I don't have a favorite episode because I truly loved them all. And I am grateful for your storytelling, whether it was a personal, a professional journey. I loved the learning from each of you and digging deeper into topics to empower others and cannot wait to meet more guests.
[00:12:14] As we kick off year two. Let's hit the refresh button one more time and talk about our listeners. Thank you to all of you for tuning in twice a month to catch the latest episode I've heard from many of you over the past year and continue to receive positive feedback. It brings me great joy to hear when a college professor shares this podcast with students to listen.
[00:12:41] It warms my heart to find out A parent was inspired by another parent sharing their story. I am encouraged when an adult who is deaf or hard of hearing realizes that there are others who are in their shoes. Listeners. I hope you keep on listening. I hope you share with others. I hope you engage with me.
[00:13:02] on the empowerEAR Audiology, Facebook page. Please give a five star review, consider writing a positive favorable comment. All of these actions help empowerEAR Audiology growth so others can benefit listener. There's someone that you want me to interview. Please reach out and let me know. Lastly restart.
[00:13:27] I am looking forward to year 2 and 25 more episodes. I strive to bring more empowering stories, cutting edge researchers and professionals, and additional practical knowledge and tips to all of you. I will be trying out some new ways to engage in the upcoming year, including some Facebook live events and learning opportunities.
[00:13:51] As I close today for empowEAR Audiology, 25 episodes, one year celebration. I just want to give a huge thanks again to everyone for believing in me and cheers to year two and 25 more. Thank you.
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