Nonetheless, because there's more to life than audiology...
The recordings below are hand/home-made. Doug played each instrument (one at a time) and sang (more or less, ya know) all the vocals (meh) while recording and editing the whole thing on a Tascam digital recorder.
Douglas L. Beck Audiology Hearing Aids Cochlear Implants
Douglas L. Beck Au.D. CCC-A, F-AAA
Simple Country Audiologist
Senior Director of Audiology EssilorLuxottica NA
Musician, Author, Keynote Speaker
American Academy of Audiology
"Excellence in Audiology"
Award Recipient 2026
(BioSketch Feb 20 2026)
Douglas L. Beck earned his undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders & Sciences (1982), his master's degree from University of Buffalo (1984) and his Doctor of Audiology (AuD) from the University of Florida (2000). His career began in Los Angeles at the House Ear Institute in cochlear implant research and intraoperative cranial nerve monitoring. In 1988, he joined the medical school faculty at Saint Louis University in the Department of Otolaryngology. Eight years later he co-founded an audiology and hearing aid dispensing practice in St Louis, Missouri. In 1999 he became President and Editor-In-Chief of AudiologyOnline.com. Dr. Beck joined Oticon Inc. in August 2005 and 17+ years later he resigned as Vice President of Academic Sciences in March 2022. Throughout his years of full-time employment at Oticon he also served as Web Content Editor for the American Academy of Audiology 2008-2015, Senior Editor for Clinical Research at the Hearing Review from 2016 and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Communication Disorders at the State University of New York, Buffalo. In March 2022, he became Vice President of Clinical Sciences at Cognivue Inc., he resigned on Jun 30, 2023. Dr. Beck continues to write, lecture, and consult globally for multiple clinical, scientific and other entities. In January 2024 Dr Beck joined The Hearing Matters Podcast as co-host through May 2025. In April of 2025 he became Associate Editor of the Journal of Otolaryngology ENT Research (JOENTR). In April 2025 Dr Beck became Senior Director of Audiology at EssilorLuxottica.
Professional Awards:
2011: R.S. McCrea Medal in pediatrics at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2024: Association of Independent Hearing Healthcare Professionals (AIHHP) Golden Lobe Recognition Award for Outstanding Service in the United Kingdom.
2025: Lifetime Achievement Award in Hearing Sciences and Patient Care from Audiology Experts (Boston, USA).
2026: The Excellence in Audiology award from the American Academy of Audiology.
Dr. Beck is among the most prolific authors in audiology with 265+ publications, interviews, and op-eds written for the AAA, ASHA, IHS, Hearing Review, Audiology Online, The Hearing Journal, the Journal of Otolaryngology ENT Research, and other professional publications addressing a wide variety of topics such as Op-Eds, audiology, language, pediatrics, cognition, cognitive screeners, prescription and OTC hearing aids, amplification, vision, psychology, neuroscience, anatomy and physiology, counselling and more.
Dr. Beck is a sought after lecturer globally and has presented 1200+ lectures, keynote addresses, podcasts, and other professional presentations.