Earmark Hearing Conservation

08/17/2025

“How Noise Affects Our Health” from WHYY’s The Pulse

On August 8, 2025, Philadelphia’s NPR station WHYY aired a comprehensive and impactful episode of their science show, The Pulse . The episode hit close to home for Earmark—not only because of its focus on hearing loss prevention, but also because it includes the voice of our own Talking Ears

08/10/2025

Super proud to hear hour on hearing health, featuring some of my favorite humans: .rick, , and Mary Kim! Great work, everyone!

08/09/2025

Second mention of our "Dad Joke" heavy CAOHC training course this week. and I sense a troubling trend a brewing.

And I like it :)

08/08/2025

Friday Vibes ~ We don't often talk about our CAOHC occupational health hearing conservation courses on this platform, but when I get feedback like this from a course I know I need to share with you all.

Keep the dad jokes into the weekend, all!

08/05/2025

Thrilled to be hosting a webinar for PAA (Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology) in a few weeks. Register below to join the fun.

(editor's note: CEUs will be offered, but "fun" not guaranteed)

🎶 Calling all audiologists, music lovers, and hearing health advocates! 🎧

Music Audiology might be a niche specialty—but its impact is massive. From performers and producers to fans in the front row, expert hearing care matters more than ever.

📢 Join Frank Wartinger, Au.D., for a must-attend webinar exploring the clinical side of music audiology—perfectly paired with Benj Kanters’ upcoming session at the PAA Conference this fall.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:
🔹 Innovations in teleaudiology
🔹 Safe in-ear monitor (IEM) fitting
🔹 Verification protocols for filtered hearing protection
🔹 Global hearing loss prevention efforts in music

👥 Who Should Attend:
🎵 Audiologists & Hearing Care Providers
🎵 Students & Faculty
🎵 Anyone passionate about music & hearing

🎤 Dr. Wartinger, founder of Earmark Hearing Conservation and the Philly Musicians’ Clinic, brings unmatched insights as a clinician and music producer with 200+ records to his name.

📅 August 21, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM ET
💻 Zoom Webinar – link sent with registration
REGISTER HERE: https://www.paaudiology.org/event-6250113

🔗 Don’t miss this opportunity to turn up your knowledge and protect the sound of music!

07/23/2025

Thanks to Michael Morsch for asking me to contribute to . Now that we are part of , I wonder if there will be more reach of these great public health media pieces? Find the full article on Salus I Health's site or on my media links.

06/12/2025

Celebrating hearing loss prevention collaborations with Public Health Programs and prestigious Education and Research Centers (ERCs)

Hearing loss prevention and hearing conservation are, at their core, preventive services. Our training of occupational hearing conservationists directly targets the reduction of hazard-related impacts—not just for employees and employers, but for the families and communities surrounding each indiv...

06/11/2025

Music Audiology at the NHCA National Hearing Conservation Association 2025 Conference

2025 was a huge year for Music Audiology at the NHCA conference in Charleston, SC. Frank Wartinger (owner of Earmark Hearing Conservation and co-host of Talking Ears) put together a full-day workshop on Updates in Music Audiology , and through the power (magic?) of technology (also magic?) we were

04/28/2025

Globally-Accessible Hearing Loss Prevention Training

When we clock into work, we expect a safe environment in which to complete our tasks (and importantly, to collect our paycheck). Unfortunately, millions of workers are faced with serious hazards every day. Hearing health is jeopardized by loud work environments, which leads to one of the most preval

04/22/2025

Celebrating 10 years of Earmark Hearing Conservation in Philadelphia!

In April 2015, I officially launched Earmark Hearing Conservation with the mission to improve the hearing health of the Philadelphia music community. Now ten years later we are looking back at all we've accomplished: care for thousands of musicians' and sound people's ears, collaborations with Tun

04/09/2025

Virtual CAOHC Course Schedule Update

Earmark Hearing Conservation has released dates for the CAOHC Occupational Hearing Conservation (OHC) certification courses for the remainder of 2025. Click here to view the full schedule. If you or your colleagues are in need of initial or re-certification for Occupational Hearing Conse

03/26/2025

Another learning lab in the books! and I hosted a sold out 3.5 hour class on Music Audiology and it went off swimmingly. Special thanks to the incredible band we brought in for a live sound demonstration: , , and Trenton O'Neil. They were so good that after a few songs the audience mutinied and made it clear they didn't want to hear me talking anymore so I gave into the calls to just "let the band play!" And couldn't have been happier.

Music Audiology is about celebrating sound and the amazing gift of music for our world. Loudness needs to be respected, revered, and cultivated, just like spiciness in food. Too little and there is no life and vibrance, but too much and we have a medical problem. Seeing the audience respond with smiles and warmth to the sound gifts the band was laying down was The Whole Point and I was here for it.