Sensaphonics Adds Two More Audiologists into Golden Circle

Sensaphonics, the in-ear monitoring technology company, has graduated two more audiologists to its exclusive Golden Circle. The company's two-day Golden Circle seminar teaches audiologists the specific skills required to serve music industry clientele regarding hearing protection, in-ear monitors, and related topics.

The audiologists gaining Golden Circle certification at the seminar, held July 28-29 at Sensaphonics headquarters in Chicago, include: Stelios Dokianakis, Au.D., of Holland Doctors of Audiology in Holland, Michigan, and Jennifer Dionne, Au.D., of Comprehensive Otolaryngology & Audiology, serving Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire.

The Golden Circle seminar is taught by Dr. Michael Santucci, Sensaphonics president and founder, along with the company's audio engineering consultant, Joe Tessone. Participants are taught the basics of concert sound systems, with specific emphasis on in-ear monitoring. The personalized, hands-on seminars include instruction on in-ear products, backstage etiquette, taking proper ear impression. Unique, high-technology hearing solutions for musicians, including the Sensaphonics 3D Active ambient IEM system and dB Check in-ear sound level analyzer, are presented in detail. The highlight of this seminar was a hands-on lab session working with a live band, The Missing Chums, at Tessone's studio/rehearsal facility, Mystery Street Recording Company in Chicago.

Sensaphonics founder and president, Dr. Michael Santucci, initiated the seminar series to help audiologists better serve the music industry. "Musicians are very different from the typical audiology client," he notes. "It's important that audiologists elevate themselves beyond simply taking ear impressions and offer musicians the knowledge and expertise to use in-ear monitors safely and preserve their hearing. Our Golden Circle members are among the few who have the specialized training to serve these clients properly, whether in the office or backstage. Artists and engineers can be confident of getting professional service that is appropriate to their needs and lifestyle when seeing a Golden Circle audiologist."