WHO WE ARE
Earmark Hearing Conservation
Frank Wartinger founded Earmark Hearing Conservation with the mission to improve the hearing health of musicians in the greater Philadelphia area.
Earmark offers hearing conservation consultation, custom hearing protection options, and in-ear monitors. Serving musicians and music lovers, Earmark aims to provide customized solutions for listening, monitoring and performance needs for years to come.
Frank Wartinger, Au.D., ABAC, F-AAA, CPS/A
Prior to obtaining his graduate degree in Audiology from Salus University, Frank studied at Purchase Conservatory of Music in the Studio Production Program and earned his Bachelor of Music degree. He is an active composer, producer, recordist, mixing engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. With over 200 records produced to date, his music has been featured on NPR's All Songs Considered and film score credits with PBS, SevenBar Foundation, Studio Rever, and the American Film Institute. Along with songwriter and producer Scott Hallam, he is co-founder of Audiodowsing, a full service music production company.
He currently serves on the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) representing the American Academy of Audiology (AAA). He is a certified CAOHC Course Director and Professional Supervisor of the Audiometric Monitoring Program. He is active on the executive committee of National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) as an elected Member At Large (2024 - 2026), previously served as the Director of Communications (2017 - 2019), and is a member of the NHCA Music Induced Hearing Disorders Task Force. Frank is Board Certified by the American Board of Audiology (ABA). As a member of the AAA Music Audiology Task Force, he was coauthor of the first clinical consensus document addressing the audiological services for musicians and music industry professionals (2020).
Dr. Frank Wartinger was a clinical specialist in audiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 2014 - 2022. There he coordinated the Healthy Hearing Community Education Program, a community service initiative focused on hearing loss and hearing conservation awareness with children and young adults in the Philadelphia area.
Drawing on his extensive experience on both sides of the glass - behind the mixing board and behind the microphones - Frank brings real-world solutions to each client's hearing and monitoring situation.
Select Publications
Meeting Musicians Where They Are
Wartinger F. Meeting Musicians Where They Are. Hearing Review. 2024;31(1):14-17.
Audiological Services for Musicians
Hearing loss profiles: Music industry professionals
Protecting Your Child Against Hearing Loss
Hearing Conservation Through Partnership With Musicians
Hearing Wellness For Musicians
Wartinger, F. (2017). Hearing wellness for musicians. Hearing Journal. 70(4) 42.
Musicians' Hearing Program
Fligor, B., Wartinger, F. (2011). Musicians' hearing program. Audiology Today. 23(3), 32-42.
Recent Media, Appearances, and Articles
Proof Feature “MUSIC TO THEIR EARS”
Purchase College alumni magazine feature (2024)
Gig Gab Podcast Episode #411 “Healthy Hearing with Music Audiologist, Frank Wartinger”
Podcast interview with Dave Hamilton (2024)
Hear from the Audiologists - MusiCares X Tuned
How I Got Tinnitus podcast episode #21
Podcast with host JD interviewing Frank about his own tinnitus and show, Talking Ears (2022)
Signal To Noise Podcast episode #117 "Hearing Health Matters"
Podcast with (then) host Chris Leonard spoke with a panel of Music Audiologists (2022)
Dr. Frank Wartinger is a Gold Circle Audiologist in the Sensaphonics audiologist network. The audiologists with the Sensaphonics Gold Circle Audiologists have been personally trained by Sensaphonics president Michael Santucci, Au.D., in meeting the needs of music industry clients, and have extensive personal experience working with musicians and sound engineers.