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ENT Pulse Presentation

Care Equity, Quality, and Safety

Hearing Health Collaborative: Engaging Primary Care and Consumers to Advance Hearing Care

Sunday, October 18, 2026
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Location: 403A

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Sarah A. Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA

    Enterprise Associate Medical Director, Improvement/Lean; Audiology Director, Hearing Implant Program
    Cleveland Clinic
    Avon, Ohio, United States

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • RG

    Richard K. Gurgel, MD MSCI

    Professor of Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Disclosure(s):
Richard K. Gurgel, MD MSCI:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Understand current obstacles to obtaining hearing care within the medical referral system, the process and rationale for developing a hearing care common language, and the implications of leveraging an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the hearing health needs of the public.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the current state of hearing care in the U.S., including the obstacles that exist within the medical referral pathway.
  • List the underlying root causes of these obstacles, along with the countermeasures developed to improve utilization of the medical referral pathway.
  • Understand the potential impact of the countermeasures on both audiologic practices and public policy.