PCORI Announcement
Media
1993 "The Americans with Disabilities Act: How will it impact you?" WTAE radio program "Dimitri - Live" (July, 1993)
1994 "Aural Rehabilitation Interactive software saves time, enhances quality of service" Advance Magazine (Zarrella, S.), 4 (29), 4, 7.
1995 “The Wide Wired World of Hearing Care: Travels on the info superhighway” The Hearing Journal, 48, 18-20.
1995 “Americans with Disabilities Update” North Hills News Record, January, 1995.
1995 "Audiologists seek etiology, intervention for nonstimulation" Advance Magazine (Zarrella, S.), 5 (6), 13, 17.
1996 "Our Healthy Community" Earl Belle Smith, M.D., F.A.C.S., host, WCXJ/AM (1550).
“Swimming safety and children” Ralph Iannoti, reporter, KDKA (TV 4).
"Hearing Aids and Alzheimer Disease" Terri Taylor, talk show host, WQED (TV13), Health
News show.
1999 "High-tech hearing aids" Focus on Health in the Jewish Chronicle, Ben Wecht, Freelance Writer, subscription of 12,000, March 18, 1999.
1999 "The American with Disabilities Act: Is it really helping the hearing impaired?" interviewed and quoted for the cover story of The Hearing Journal (February 1999).
1999 "Clinician Focus" Physician's Practice Digest, Vivian Smith, Freelance writer, June 1999.
"Simpler, smaller, smarter: New advances in hearing aid technology" Alive and Well Program, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Station Square Sheraton,
Pittsburgh, PA (54 attendees), May, 1999.
1999 "People the Times" University Times, July 22, 1999, p.11.
1999 "Sensory systems and aging." Aging Today, journal of the American Society on Aging, Claudia Miller, Freelance writer, August, 1999.
"Hearing Aids Help Alzheimer's Patients and Caregivers" News Flash-Research Periscope
in Pitt Magazine, Amy Notarius, Staff Writer, August, 1999.
1999 "Experts debate key fitting issues: LDLs, kneepoints, and high frequencies", The Hearing Journal, H.Gustav Mueller, October, 1999.
1999 “Soundfield systems for our schools” Philadelphia Inquirer, Mary Ann Uhlman, writer, (October, 1999).
1999 “Assistive Listening for the Hearing-Impaired” Health Focus with Mary Rob Jackson on the 5 o’clock news, KDKA (TV 4).
1999 "Campus Newsmakers", Pitt Magazine, Staff Writer, December, 1999.
2000 "Members tell us why they became audiologists" The Hearing Journal, David Kirkwood, Editor, March, 2000.
2000 "Can Aerobics be Hazardous to Your (Hearing) Health?" Zenith Woman, Lora Garrick, Freelance writer, February, 2000.
2000 "Telephone hearing screening" Focus on Health in the Jewish Chronicle, Freelance Writer, April, 2000.
"Questions and Answers about Hearing Loss - May is Better Speech and Hearing Month", B94 radio, Infiniti Broadcasting, Shellie Duffie Sunday Morning Health Show, May, 2000.
2000 “Disposable hearing aids for mild hearing loss now available” Physicians News Digest (October, 2000, v.6 (3), p.16).
2000 “Disposable aids for mild losses” UPMC Presbyterian Physician (November, 2000, v.9 (11), p.8)
“The Woman Doctor’s Guide to Health and Healing” (Elizabeth Shimer, author)
2002 Interview with Greg Coy, Philly/Tri-State Cable station.
Post Gazette, staff reporter, “Implantable Hearing Aids” (March 20, 2002)
Ivanhoe Broadcast News, “Hearing Aid Advances” (March 2003)
2003 Physician’s News Digest, “Clinical trials assess impact of directional hearing aids” (March, 2003)
2003 The Canada Council for the Arts (www.canadacouncil.ca), Natural History Radio; The Natural History of Sound Documentary Series (April, 2003)
2003 Announcing the Musician’s Hearing Center, Post Gazette, City Paper, WTAE (TV 4)
2003 Hearing Protection for Musicians with Mary Anne VanDeVelde, WPXI (September, 2003)
Becoming an Audiologist, interview with K. Fenton from Center Stage
2004 Ask and Expert Column: Do hearing aids help in noise?, New Pittsburgh Courier (July, 2004)
2005 How to Save Your Ears, (www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1012179,00.html)
Real Simple Magazine, Nina Willdorf, p. 38 (February 2005)
2005 Ivanhoe Broadcast News, “Hearing Protection for Instrumentalists” (April 2005)
2005 WJAS, one hour interview regarding the Musician’s Hearing Center (May, 2005)
2005 UPMC Health Journal (Radio: 60): Hearing Loss. (August 2005)
2005 Classes, new devices can help, Tribune Review (October 2005)
2005 UPMC Health Journal (http://UPMCHealthJournal.com), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 30, 2005)
2006 Stick it in your ear! Popularity of wireless ear pieces lessening the stigma of hearing aids, Post-Gazette (Linda Wilson Fuoco, January 25, 2006)
2006 Do iPod earbuds cause problems? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Timothy McNulty, February 8, 2006)
2006 Being a Steeler Fan can be Good for Your Health, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 2006)
2006 What is new in hearing aids? Jewish Chronicle (March 2006)
2006 Speaking Up: Baby boomers aren’t suffering hearing loss in silence (Bob Karlovits) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (March 26, 2006)
2006 The din of dinner. (Marlene Parrish) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (August 20, 2006)
2006 Checkups, Woman’s Day Magazine (November, 2006)
2007 Connected: New device changes life of hearing-impaired, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 9, 2007).
2007 Danger of Loud Toys, WTAE (December, 2007)
2007 NIHL Prevention for Student Musicians, Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 18(7), 7-9.
2008 Interview related to school-based program for musicians in the Advance for Audiologists (March, 2008)
2008 Danger of MP3 players, Channel 11 with Stacia Erdos (May 29, 2008)
2008 Understanding hearing health care, Post Gazette (July 30, 2008)
2008 Relearning How to Hear, Post Gazette by Pohla Smith (September 3, 2008)
2008 Hearing protection for student musicians: Pittsburgh School Program Works with Musicians’ Hearing Center (Naquin Shafer), ASHA Leader, 13(13), September 23, 2008
2008 The Pittsburgh Educator (description of the hearing protection program in the schools) vol.1, no. 1 (Fall, 2008).
2008 Interview in InTune Magazine (Musicians’ Center) (December, 2008)
2008 Interview in Upper St. Clair Magazine (Musicians’ Center) (December, 2008)
2009 Training Yourself to Listen More Quietly in Men’s Health (with Maria Masters) (May, 2009, p.80)
2009 Women’s Health Magazine Interview (12/09, page 69).
2009 Training yourself to listen to quieter music, Men’s Health Magazine interview (July, 2009)
2009 G-20 Summit: Polic use acoustic warfare to disperse crowds. www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/2009 1001/US Acoustic.warfare.protesters/
2009 The Art of Medical Cooperation. www.chronicle.pitt.edu/up-content/uploads/2009/11/chornicle11=16=091.pdf (X,31, 11/16/09)
2009 Steeler Super Bowl Tips, Protecting your hearing during the game, Shelley Duffy, KDKA (January 2009)
2010 WTAE Radio Interview with Jim Cunningham, “Beethoven’s Hearing.”
2010 CareADvantage: Alzheimer Magazine for Caregivers “Is it hearing loss? Only testing can tell.” (Winter/Spring 2010, p.22-26)
2010 Focus on Hearing Protection, July/August 2010 Hearing Review Products, page14 (interview by Judy O’Rourke
2010 Noise-Induced hearing loss is completely preventable (Post Gazette, Katie Falloon, Wed, June 23, 2010). www.post-gazette.com/pg/10174/1067439-114.stm#ixzz0rhpp5Cko
2010 Facets Magazine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, interview about promoting community health through the Musicians’ Hearing Center (interview by Lindy Kravec)
2011 On Topic: UPMC Center for Audiology http://www.upmc.com/SERVICES/OTOLARYNGOLOGY/Pages/default.aspx
2011 KDKA Morning Show with Larry and John. Radio interview about noise induced hearing loss and children. (April 2011).
2011 Participated in the Eye and Ear Foundation Development Video focused on Hearing and Balance (April-May 2011).
2011 MP3 players and damage to the ears, story in the Greensburg Tribune-Review, interviewed by Stacey Federoff (November 24, 2011).
2011 TV interview for Channel 33, Mercer County, PA. (December 2011)
2012 MERP and UPMC Center for Audiology and Hearing Aids partner with Quota International of Hermitage to help prevent hearing loss in music students. Press release http://www.UPMCHorizon.com (January 2012)
2012 What? MERP is recycling hearing aids? Article appeared in the Greenville Record Argus, May 15, 2012.
2012 “Band told of harm to hearing” Sharpesville Herald, Mercer County (Joy Leiker reporter). August 21, 2012.
2012 “What we take for granted” Views and Voices, November 2012.
2012 “Sound Decision” Greenville News, September 2012.
2012 “Do you hear what I hear?” Sharon Herald, September 11, 2012.
2012 “The sound of freedom” Life and Times, September, 2012.
2012 Radio Interview on Froggy 95.1 (one hour talk show), September 13, 2012.
2012 Radio Interview on WPIC (1/2 hour talk show), September 13, 2012.
2013 Tribune Review, Firefighters exposed to harmful noise (Adam Brandoff), April 23, 2013
2013 New York Times, When Hearing Aids Won’t Do (Judith Graham), June 12, 2013
2013 “Promoting interventional audiology” UPMC Marketing Video (December 10, 2013)
2013 UMass Alumni Newsletter, Remembering the NAIADS, December 6, 2013
2014 “Hearing Loss and Musicians” Rocket to the Stars www.rockettothestars.com (January, 2014)
2014 Pittsburgh Sports, interview (1/28/14) about the impact of hearing loss in the NFL (story focused on Derrick Coleman and the Super Bowl)
2014 Post Gazette, story about new “iPhone” hearing aids (April , 2014)
2014 City Paper, Musician’s Health (June 18, 2014)
2014 San Jose Mercury News (Heather Somerville, reporter). Article on the Soundhawk ,hearing improvement technology (June 2014) www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_2602217/Soundhawk-secures-55M-to-start-selling
2014 Post-Trauma Interdisciplinary Outpatient Clinic with audiology featured: www.youtube.com/watch?v+niqkLFd2pTs
2014 Tribune Review, story about Pitt Football Player with hearing loss (Jerry Dipaola) http:/triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/6843831-74/blair-pitt-stroke#axzz3EEdU2wKM (September, 2014).
2014 Union Town Herald Standard (9/30/2014) interview about selecting hearing aids, being an educated consumer
2015 New Courier and Community PARTners, Esther Bush. Hearing…Don’t take it for granted. (February 25, 2015).
2015 Medtech Insight, Heather Lindsey. Trends and technologies in hearing aids. (March 10, 2015).
2015 Post-gazette “High-fidelity earplugs preserve hearing by Laura Byko. http://www.post-gazette.com/new/health/2015/04/21/high-fidelity -earplugs-perserve-hearing/stories/201504060017 (April 21, 2015)
2015 Advance Magazine, Valerie Neff Newitt, What can audiologists do to help prevent hearing loss in patients? (May, 2015)
2015 Intune Monthly, Emile Menasche “Hearing protection outreach program” (May, 2015)
2016 ASHA Leader, Haley Blum “PSAPs” (January, 2016)
2016 We Practice What We Teach, FACETS (Spring/Summer 2016, Linda Kravec)
2016 Hear CARE. It’s Not Just About Hearing, FACETS (Fall/Winter 2016, Linda Kravec)
2016 The Real World, FACETS (focus on HearUP program; Fall/Winter 2016, Linda Kravec)
2016 Our Pledge. Our Responsibility. Our Future. SHRS in the Community, FACETS (Fall/Winter, Linda Kravec)
2016 Tuned In: No. 1 Viewer Complaint: Loud Background Music, Rob Owen, Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA (4/22/2016) http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/04/22/No-1-viewer-complaint...
2016 Women and Tinnitus, Shape Magazine (9/27/2016).
2016 PBS, Next Avenue (website) Living Well over 50: Hearing Loss and Treatment Options. (11/7/2016).
2016 Philadelphia Inquirer, Tom Avril (Health and Science Reporter), Hearing Loss and Cell Phones, published in the Sunday Help Section (December 2016).
2017 UPMC Blog re: CDC study: http://insideupmc.upmc.com/preventing-hearing-loss-realitvely-easy/
2017 UPMC Media Relations Newsroom page http://www.upmc.com/media/pages/default.aspx
2017 ASHA Leader – Out of the Booth (5/5/17)
2017 Philadelphia Inquirer Can’t hear on your cellphone? Here’s help. January 26, 2017
2017 Philadelphia Inquirer: http://ww.phillycom/philly/health/beyonce-pregnant-hearing-cochella-gram...
2017 Deer Creek Newspaper, Hearing Protection (10/12/17)
2017 Caregiver magazine. Hearing and Cognitive Decline. (10/21/17)
2017 Consumer Reports on Health – On Your Mind (Sari Harrar) Latest approaches to treating/living with tinnitus.
2017 Consumer Reports (Hallie Levine). Questions to ask before purchasing a hearing aid. (September 8, 2017).
2017 Consumer Reports (Hallie Levine). Hearing loss and Social Isolation. (10/10/17).
2018 ASHA Leader, Interview for Interventional Audiology, 2/2018.
2018 Community Connections, UPMC Senior Communities, UPMC Services Support Senior Communities Residents, Spring/Summer Magazine, 10-11.
2018 Sight and Sound, Eye and Ear Foundation Magazine, HearUP – to make sure nobody falls through the cracks, Carrie Fogel, 1, 5.
2018 Advice for graduates, Video, University of Pittsburgh office of the Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (April, 2018).
2018 Violinists lawsuit against opera house for hearing loss is heard around the orchestra world, Post Gazette, Jeremy Reynolds, Sunday April 15, 2018.
2018 prevention.com Earplugs for Sleep (June, 2018).
2018 UPMC On Topic – Protect Your Hearing (June, 2018)
2018 UPMC On Topic – Navigating Hearing Health Care (June, 2018)
2018 Men’s Health Hearing Protection (October 9, 2018)
2018 AARP (Christina Ianzito) Self-fitting hearing aids (October 9, 2018)
2018 Consumer Reports: Hearing Screening (Hallie Levine). (12/13/2018)
2019 ABC News, hearing loss because of noise levels at the superbowl (2/3/2019)
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-continer/health/protect-voice-hearing-...
2019 Expansion of hearing aid coverage for children and Medicaid adults, The Hearing Journal (2/15/2019)
2019 Consumer Reports Cover Story, What to know about tinnitus (Hallie Levine) (3/11/2019)
2019 Otolaryngology Research Update, Interventional Audiology: Clinical Advancements and New Research (interview, April, 2019)
2019 Headway Magazine, Audiology Services in a Survivorship Clinic (4/1/2019)
2019 Ken Leiser, Catholic Health World, OTC HAs (6/27/2019)
2019 Medtech Insight – online journal (interview 7/23/2019)
2019 SHRS Facets Magazine, History of the Audiology Program (interview, 7/2019)
2019 SHRS Faculty Spotlight Videos (7/26/2019)
2019 Hallie Levine, Consumer Reports, What hearing protection works at concerts? (8/12/2019)
2019 Vidya Rao, Robb Report (Lifestyle Magazine), Restaurant Noise (8/15/2019)
2019 Hallie Levine, Consumer Reports, Hearing Screening in Adults (8/27/2019)
2019 Kristen Fischer, Healthline, Hearing, dementia, depression, and falls (9/08/2019)
2019 Dr. Radio on SeriusXM, October is Audiology Awareness Month (9/25/19)
2019 AAA President’s Video Message (10/19) www.audiology.org
2019 CQ Roll Call (Capital Hill newsletter), What audiologists think about medicare coverage of hearing aids and related services (11/18/19)
2019 Linkwell Health, BC/BS Hearing loss and health outcomes, Sue Treiman (11/3/2019) www.linkwellhealth.com
2019 AAA President’s Video Message (12/19) www.audiology.org
2019 Interview for the “World is Listening” (p. 26-27) FACETS Magazine, SHRS 50th Anniversary (Fall/Winter 2019)