An Introduction to EmpowEAR Audiology

Welcome to the introduction of the empowEAR audiology podcast!!  Take a listen and find out how your host Dr. Carrie Spangler, a passionate audiologist with a personal hearing loss journey will empowEAR you!  Listen in and communicate with Carrie as she threads pieces of her own personal and professional journey while hosting incredible guests who have their own journeys. If you want to be empowEARed or just want to hear some great hearing and listening advice, subscribe and don’t miss an episode.

For more information about Dr. Carrie Spangler- check out her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-spangler/

For transcripts of this episode- visit the podcast website at: https://empowearaudiology.buzzsprout.com

Transcript

[00:00:00] Hello everyone! Welcome to the introductory podcast for empowEAR Audiology. I am your host, Dr. Carrie Spangler, an educational audiologist with over 20 years of experience, and an individual who has hearing loss and has lived with hearing loss her whole life in this vibrant hearing world. I am so excited to venture on this podcast journey and hope that all of you as listeners will venture on this journey with me becoming empowered.
[00:00:51] We are all a product of the experiences that we have in our life, whether they are positive or negative experiences. One of my greatest strengths and my greatest challenges has been my own personal journey. Living with hearing loss in this hearing world. When you're going through the moment of ups and downs, it's hard to recognize in that moment, what might evolve if you would've told me in my tween and my teen years that I would become an audiologist, I would have never believed you.
[00:01:32] Thankfully those seeds were planted and watered along the way. And I was steered into the field of audiology being empoweared. When I was trying to come up with a name for this podcast, I wanted the name to be bold, inspirational, and say something about the focus is as I started brainstorming different topics. Possible people I might want to interview in the future and I realized how many ways and people make up my life puzzle. it's the different pieces of my own personal family, friend and community experiences better with the pieces of my professional learning, teaching research and technology. That has empowered me over my lifetime. I have some of my best ideas and practices by having conversations with others, sharing stories, sharing knowledge. So why not have conversations with Carrie in the upcoming episodes? I hope that you will hear from leaders in the field of audiology, speech, language pathology, educators of the deaf and hard of hearing otolaryngologist, hearing technology experts, families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and those who walk in the shoes of hearing challenges daily. I also plan on intertwining my own personal hearing loss journey, living with hearing aids, getting a cochlear implant, accommodation that have been used along the way, personal and professional stories, challenges, and barriers that I have overcome.
[00:03:34] It is my goal to bring to you experts who have empoweared me and the hearing loss field, as well as those who have braved the daily hearing challenges and empower others to do the same. I hope all of you will subscribe today and get notifications. I've released episodes every other week and the first episode, I will be taking a deeper dive into my own personal healing journey to unravel different points that led me into the field of cardiology.
[00:04:12] I hope that you would join me. This has been a production of the 3C Digital Media Network. 3C Digital Media Network is a company focusing on connecting world and innovative ideas to enhance individual communication for all who want to be to improve how they think live and express themselves.
[00:04:39] Again, I hope you will join me in my first episode. And I look forward to sharing more stories with all of you. Have a great day. 
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