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Interview with Todd Decker, Owner, Professional Hearing Services (PHS)Interviews from Audiology Online: Interview with Todd Decker, Owner, Professional Hearing Services (PHS)
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Interview with Todd Decker, Owner, Professional Hearing Services (PHS)
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This is Dr. Paul Dybala with Audiology Online and today we're spending some time with Todd Decker.
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Todd is an audiologist and the owner of Professional Hearing Services (PHS) in Watertown, South Dakota.Todd, thanks for spending some time to talk with us today.
Todd Decker: Thank you Paul, I appreciate the opportunity.
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Decker: Sure, I have a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in Audiology, and I'm currently working on my doctorate from the PCO School of Audiology and expect to finish in the spring of 2008.
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Decker: Absolutely, Paul.
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Todd Decker, Audiologist, Owner PHS
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Decker: PHS had been in business for close to 15 years at the time I purchased it and it had been very successful here in South Dakota.
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Decker: I have always had a vision of how health care should be and I felt the best way I could make it a reality would be to open a private practice, or have a private practice where I could actually implement changes the way I want them instead of having to go through the layers of bureaucracy.
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Decker: Well, when you walk in, it's a room about 9 feet wide by 14 deep (in hind sight I would like to have it a little wider).
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Decker: Well, with all the technology we have in this room, we wanted something that would provide ease-of-use.
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Decker: Yeah!
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Decker: Absolutely.
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Decker: Exactly.
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Decker: Right! [laughter] It's actually for the kids.
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Decker: High score I can't tell you, but my favorite game is Madden 2007 or Call of Duty 3.
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Decker: Yes, "Dora the Explorer" is great for little ones or "Winnie the Pooh" or "Mickey Mouse," any of those types of movies.They're just watching away.
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Decker: When we're dealing with patients, what's nice about the reality suite is that it really is like they are in a particular environment, like a restaurant.
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Decker: Correct.
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Decker: Well, we use the Starkey "Surround Town" quite often which is nice.
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Decker: We had to professionally contract for this with an audio-visual group from Minneapolis.
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Decker: This room was about $25,000 since we took a more extreme approach to building it and putting top-of-the-line equipment in it.
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Decker: I think as a profession we are well behind other medical professions as far as counseling our patients with media.
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Decker: I think you just pressed the point exactly.
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Dybala: That's perfect, Todd.
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Decker: Well, you can always visit our web site at www.2ears.com and from there you will be able to e-mail me.
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Well, thanks again, Todd.I appreciate your time.I wish you the best with your reality suite and your entire practice in the future.
Decker: All right.
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