Hearing Assistive Technology

Laura Corcoran is a speech-language pathologist and Auditory Verbal Therapist fluent in English, Spanish and ASL. For over a decade, Laura provided speech-language and auditory verbal therapy to children with hearing loss...Laura Corcoran is a speech-language pathologist and Auditory Verbal Therapist fluent in English, Spanish and ASL. For over a decade, Laura provided speech-language and auditory verbal therapy to children with hearing loss and their families and was Director of the Kellogg Child & Family Program at HEAR Wisconsin, an early intervention program based in the Milwaukee area. Currently, Laura is a Consumer Engagement Manager in the Midwest Region for the MED-EL Corporation... Read More >

Mitchell has been with Hamilton Relay since February 2005. He previously served as an Outreach/Account Manager for Hamilton before advancing to his current position as Hamilton CapTel Product Manager, where...Mitchell has been with Hamilton Relay since February 2005. He previously served as an Outreach/Account Manager for Hamilton before advancing to his current position as Hamilton CapTel Product Manager, where he focuses on translating consumer input into innovative service offerings for Hamilton CapTel products and services. Mitchell is currently based in Madison, Wisconsin. Shari Penner is the National Program Manager for Heroes With Hearing Loss, a program within Hamilton CapTel,... Read More >

Jenn Schumacher, Au.D. is an audiologist and medical writer with more than a decade of experience in the hearing aid industry. Jenn joined GN Hearing in 2014. Her current focus...Jenn Schumacher, Au.D. is an audiologist and medical writer with more than a decade of experience in the hearing aid industry. Jenn joined GN Hearing in 2014. Her current focus is on creating communications related to hearing aids and audiology for hearing care professionals, physicians, and patients. She has prior experience in conducting hearing aid research and clinical trials, in fitting software development and with fitting hearing aids in hospital... Read More >

Nagish is a tech company at the intersection of accessibility, natural language processing, and telecommunication. Prior to pursuing his life mission of making communication more accessible, Tomer worked as a software...Nagish is a tech company at the intersection of accessibility, natural language processing, and telecommunication. Prior to pursuing his life mission of making communication more accessible, Tomer worked as a software engineer at Bloomberg L.P., a research assistant at Columbia University, and an Intelligence Analyst in the IDF. Tomer holds a degree in Computer Science (Magna Cum Laude) from Columbia University and has co-authored and published academic papers in Natural Language Processing... Read More >

John Kinstler is the Outreach Marketing Manager and Braille Services Product Manager for CapTel Inc. With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, he is on the...John Kinstler is the Outreach Marketing Manager and Braille Services Product Manager for CapTel Inc. With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, he is on the Board of Directors with the Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TDI), a national consumer advocacy group. He also served as president of the HLAA – Madison Chapter. John travels throughout the U.S. educating consumers, businesses, and support... Read More >

Prior to specializing in Info and Communication Technology accessibility, Gary was an ASL Interpreter. He’s been with the NIH since 1993. He’s a hearing aid and captioning user and a...Prior to specializing in Info and Communication Technology accessibility, Gary was an ASL Interpreter. He’s been with the NIH since 1993. He’s a hearing aid and captioning user and a strong advocate for accessible technology as a means to address un/underemployment as well as healthcare disparities experienced by Deaf and disabled persons. His role at the NIH allows him to promote meaningful access to both live and prerecorded videos through... Read More >

Erik Strand created MachineGenius, Inc. in 2017 with the express purpose to modernize and automate the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) approach. MachineGenius’ smartphone app, Olelo Captioned Calls,...Erik Strand created MachineGenius, Inc. in 2017 with the express purpose to modernize and automate the Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) approach. MachineGenius’ smartphone app, Olelo Captioned Calls, was the first FCC-conditionally certified IP CTS provider to generate call captions exclusively using Automated Speech Recognition (ASR). Over the last fifteen years, Strand has used ASR to design and build at-scale call transcribing systems. He began his professional career... Read More >

Stephen Clark is a real-time captioner based in Washington, DC. His real-time experience includes onsite and remote stadium captioning and theater captioning, as well as captioning for students and governmental clients....Stephen Clark is a real-time captioner based in Washington, DC. His real-time experience includes onsite and remote stadium captioning and theater captioning, as well as captioning for students and governmental clients. Steve is the Immediate Past Chair and co-founder of the Global Alliance of Speech-to-Text Captioning. Read More >

Jennifer Schuck and her team at Caption Pros provide captioning for any venue, no matter how large or how small. She is an award-winning captioner and 16-year veteran of the...Jennifer Schuck and her team at Caption Pros provide captioning for any venue, no matter how large or how small. She is an award-winning captioner and 16-year veteran of the captioning industry, thus committed to providing the best captioning for every consumer, whether one-on-one or in a convention center. She has served on numerous committees such as the Arizona and National Court Reporter’s Association. She has won the Hearing Loss... Read More >

Karyn Menck is the owner of Nashville-based Tennessee Captioning, and is a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomat Reporter, Certified Realtime Reporter and Certified Realtime Captioner. Karyn has captioned...Karyn Menck is the owner of Nashville-based Tennessee Captioning, and is a Registered Professional Reporter, Registered Merit Reporter, Registered Diplomat Reporter, Certified Realtime Reporter and Certified Realtime Captioner. Karyn has captioned national and local programming for a variety of news, sports, entertainment, educational, and corporate programming across the country. She also provides CART and captioning for university students, theater productions, and professional football and grand slam tennis stadium captioning. Karyn is... Read More >