Dr. Nichole Kingham, Speaker, Audiologist, Coach

There's a lot of news and noise out there right now about hearing aids, hearing aid providers and hearing healthcare. I recently googled "hearing aids" for my small town, located just north of Seattle and there were 522.000 results. Google Maps listed 17 hearing aid retail stores or clinics within 8 miles of me. How the heck are our patients supposed to know who we are and what we do? How do they know (and trust) what makes us different from the rest? If you ask most audiolog

My granddad was an intelligent man with a knack for snarky sarcasm and profound witticisms. His humor had a way of planting seeds of wisdom that still come to mind on a regular basis. I remember as a kid, traveling with him through Oklahoma where the cotton fields are vast and the cows, plentiful. Ever driven past a stock yard on a hot summer afternoon in the panhandle of Oklahoma? I can tell you, the pungent aroma is enough to wake an 11 year old up from a dead sleep. "What

Once you have decided to add an Audiology Assistant to your Team, you must decide on their full job description for your clinic. Because each clinic setting, size and patient population will differ and possibly change over time, the job description must be flexible. Having an established Protocol for your Lab and for patient care is important, too. Protocols help to make expectations clear and will support the decision-making processes in patient care. The contents of an Audi

So, there I was, 10 years into my career, working in a successful Private Practice and I was absolutely exhausted. I was coming in early, then seeing patients during regular business hours, during my lunch and after hours. Then, at the end of the day, I'd start the not-so-fun but crucial duties of chart notes, checking in repairs, completing orders, doing the necessary paperwork that keeps the clinic functioning and then cleaning up to go home, usually around 7 o'clock. I had