Educational Seminars of Hoglund Family Hearing and Audiology Centers
Free Seminars
FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ABOUT HEARING LOSS, RINGING EAR AND HEARING AIDS
Hoglund Family Hearing and Audiology and Southwest Florida Tinnitus and Hearing strive to be the hearing educational resource for residents in Southwest Florida. One of the ways we accomplish this goal is by holding regular hearing seminars. We can accommodate up to 30 people at each Lunch and Learn Seminar at your local Perkins Restaurants. At these seminars you can learn the truth about hearing loss, hearing aids and tinnitus (ringing ears). No hearing aids will be sold during this program. If you or a loved one experience symptoms of hearing loss, ringing ears or currently wear hearing aids, then don’t miss this exciting, free opportunity!
“Hearing is one aspect of health that most people don’t know nearly as much as they’d like to know,” says John Hoglund. “When a group of people get together and they are discussing health issues and someone throws out their blood pressure readings, everyone understands. When the topic of hearing comes up, you get a lot of glassy stares. We created these lectures series to get through some of the questions about hearing loss in general, branch into the types of hearing aids and their components and also discuss tinnitus, the ringing in the ears.”
Featured Speaker
Denise A. Pancyrz, acclaimed author, lecturer, and Diabetes Coach, will share how Diabetes
has personally affected her health. She will share methods and strategies that she has personally
used to “Reverse her Diabetes,” and she will offer insights on how she has helped others to
improve their quality of life through holistic lifestyle changes and proper nutrition. You will learn how
Diabetes affects your circulation, and how your hearing, your cognitive health and memory can be
affected by this condition. If you or any of your loved ones have been diagnosed as Diabetic or “PreDiabetic,” you owe it to yourself to learn how Denise has succeeded in reducing her dependency on
pharmaceuticals and dramatically improved her quality of life! Attendees will have an opportunity to
win a copy of her fascinating book, The Virgin Diabetic, at each of the Seminars!
Featured Speaker
John Hoglund BC-HIS, ACA of Hoglund Family Hearing Centers will also present new information associating untreated hearing loss with the early onset of Dementia, Memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. He will also cover the advancements into the treatment of Tinnitus (or ringing in the ear) through a new FDA approved product that has made a great difference for Tinnitus Sufferers.
MEET YOUR HFH SPEAKERS BUREAU
Jamie Katz, Au.D., from Starkey Hearing Technologies
Dr. Katz has 36 years of clinical experience, including comprehensive diagnostic audiology at a speech and hearing center, as well as an ENT practice, with strong emphasis on product training and research. Dr. Katz will offer insight into the remarkable advancements in hearing aids in the past several years including digital technology, directional microphones, wireless and Bluetooth applications, extended wear devices and the invisible solutions for dealing with hearing loss. He will help sort through the many questions concerning hearing loss, consumer reports and hearing aid prices and answer all questions about the often confusing features and benefits of hearing aids. He will also discuss the new and exciting device made for iPhones called HALO, which gives patients who have Apple devices more control over their hearing aids than ever before.
Susan De Bondt Au.D
Tinnitus Expert Dr. Susan De Bondt Au.D is coming to Southwest Florida for a series of lectures concerning remarkable breakthroughs in the field of Tinnitus Treatment! She will be showcasing the works of famed Tinnitus researcher Dr. Robert Sweetow, Clinical Research Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at University of California San Francisco. Dr. Sweetow's pioneering work in music therapy led to the creation of the Widex ZEN Tinnitus Treatment protocols that have helped tens of thousands of people suffering with Tinnitus. Dr. De Bondt has over 30 years experience ranging from working with Tinnitus Patients in Ear, Nose and Throat clinics, Private Practice Audiology clinic's, and VA medical centers.
John Hoglund BC-HIS, ACA
John is nationally board certified in hearing instrument sciences and is also certified by the American Conference of Audioprostology. John has been taking care of the needs of the hearing impaired throughout Florida for the past 24 years. John offers insight into the often confusing symptoms of hearing loss, especially when noise exposure is involved. He also covers the advancements into the treatment of nerve deafness and presents information concerning the recent findings from Johns Hopkins that untreated hearing loss dramatically increases the probability of developing Alzheimer's disease and dementia. John has lectured throughout Florida since 1985, and will be available for a question and answer period at the conclusion of the lecture.
DENISE A. PANCYRZ, Author, the Virgin Diabetic
Denise A. Pancyrz, acclaimed author, lecturer and Diabetes Coach. Author of the acclaimed book, THE VIRGIN DIABETIC.
Angel C. Duncan M.A.-MFT, ATR
Angel C. Duncan has an extensive background in counseling psychology and dementia forms. She is at the Neuropsychiatric Research Center of Southwest Florida as a cognitive scales rater in clinical research trials and provides research education in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias throughout Southwest Florida. In addition, Angel is a consultant for GE Healthcare and speaks globally. She is an adjunct professor in New Haven, Connecticut at Albertus Magnus College and visiting instructor at the University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa. Angel is a contributing author and regularly publishes in medical journals and other publications. She has been interviewed in The Los Angeles Times, The New Jersey Star Ledger, CBS, ABC News, WGCU-Gulf Coast Live! and Google Hangout, among others.
Alex Hogg
Alex Hogg from Starkey Hearing Technology will offer insights into the incredible Livio Al that Time magazine selected as one of the top 100 Inventions of 2019. This amazing new “Hearable” device brings Artificial Intelligence and Health Monitoring features to hearing aids and will monitor heart rate and body and brain fitness. It also has a “Fall Detector” feature which will notify three family members or health care providers if a Patient suffers a fall! It will even translate 27 different foreign languages so that you will hear them in English through your hearing aids. He will also discuss invisible solutions for hearing loss, and the recent success with Lithium Ion rechargeable devices that have made a tremendous difference for hearing-impaired patients with dexterity problems. You never have to change batteries again.
TESTIMONIALS
"I would recommend this lunch and learn seminar to your friends and family because it is very informative. The workshop was excellent. The speakers were very knowledeable and covered every ear problem possible. They also explained everything in laymans language which made it easy to understand. My knowledge about hearing has dramatically improved after attending the Seminar."
“The seminar was very informative - I learned a lot about hearing loss and tinnitus since I was concerned about it and dementia. The seminar covered information that was helping and made me understand Tinnitus and how to cope with this condition.”
It was really interesting learning of the emotional and brain trying to compensate for the hearing loss. The information was helping in understanding tinnitus. As a spouse of a person with tinnitus, I can be more sensitive to his condition.”
“The information that was covered was informative and very helpful in understanding Tinnitus and hearing loss. They provided me with information that I had not heard before. John is an above average speaker and knows his topics very well. I have learned so much from him and I’m pleased to have come to the seminar.”
“I would recommend this seminar to my friends and family because it’s an opportunity to have hope. They covered every topic that I was seeking information about and the material was presented in an effective format for learning about hearing loss. ”
“Just to know that there is hope out there is enough. The information and explanations were simple and not too technical for the average Joe and my knowledge about hearing after the seminar was dramatically improved. I have read books on tinnitus but your information and procedures opened up a whole new world.”
“Excellent Tinnitus Presentation today! I am so glad I came. I expected an extended sales pitch, but got a very good overview of hearing and tinnitus problems with a description of a treatment protocol and recommended product. Well done!”
"The seminar was outstanding! My knowledge of hearing is dramatically improved! Thank you!"
Shirley H.
"The seminar was very beneficial, providing common sense help."
Mary S.
"The lunch and learn was informative and gave one food for thought. I never knew hearing loss and dementia were connected."
C.M.
"Very informative! I learned a lot. I never knew so much about getting my hearing tested."
Mary Ann S.