Hyperacusis Expert Witnesses

Fairfield, California

Audiology - Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, TBI, Hyperacusis, Worker's Compensation, Occupational Health, Noise Exposure, Hearing Conservation

Dr. Dimitri Palilis received his Doctor of Audiology degree from Rush University and has practiced audiology for approximately 20 years. He is a California and Nevada-licensed dispensing audiologist and owner of Creative Hearing Solutions. His medical-legal practice focuses on hearing loss, tinnitus, occupational and military noise exposure, acoustic trauma, traumatic brain injury, hearing conservation and disability evaluation. Dr. Palilis has worked across research, clinical, occupational and forensic audiology. He has authored thousands of medical-legal opinions for the Veterans Affairs disability system involving hearing loss, tinnitus, military noise exposure, and causation. His work has provided him with substantial experience analyzing noise exposure history, audiometric patterns, delayed-onset claims, competing etiologies, and the relationship between auditory symptoms and traumatic injury. Dr. Palilis provides independent medical examinations, record review, causation ana...

Dana Point, California

Audiology, Noise - Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, Vertigo, Acoustic Trauma, 3M, Airbag Deployment, Head Injury, Whiplash, Malpractice, ADA, Fitness for Duty, OSHA, Noise Exposure, Hearing Aids, Product Liability, MVA, Airplane Crash, Central Auditory Processing, Shooting Accident

Dr. Colucci has extensive experience in clinical, industrial, military, and forensic audiology, serving patients of all ages, including those with multiple disabilities. He holds a B.A. from California State University, Fullerton (1972), an M.A. from Ohio University (1974), and an Au.D. from Central Michigan University (2004). He was certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and licensed in 1976, and he became board-certified by the American Board of Audiology in 1999. In 1990, he was a guest speaker at the Fellows of the Howard House Foundation. In 1997, he served as an Expert Witness for the California Audiology and Speech Pathology Licensing Board. Part of Dr. Colucci’s noise and trauma expertise comes from consulting in the petroleum, nuclear, and manufacturing industries. From 2007 to 2020, he served as the consulting audiologist for Chevron and other petroleum producers, including British Petroleum, Tesoro Petroleum, Conoco, and Valero Petroleum. In 2010...

Fort Collins, Colorado

Audiology, OSHA - Audiologist, Hearing loss, Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, Air Bag Deployment Injury, Hearing Aids, Hearing Aid Fitting Techniques, Hearing Handicap, Tinnitus Handicap, Worker's Compensation, Former CAOHC Cert. Course Dir., Audiometric Assessment, Audiology Malpractice, Hearing Product injury, Whiplash, Noise Control, Explosion, Shootings, MRI

46 years of clinical practice in audiology, hearing industry consultant, trainer, professor, conference speaker, practice manager, author and former military audiologist. 50 years teaching courses and training clinicians within the field of audiology with specific emphasis in hearing loss, tinnitus rehabilitation, noise induced hearing loss, Audiology Practice Management (Coauthor: Strategic Practice Management, 4th Edition). Coauthor: Forensic Audiology. Adjunct Faculty in Audiology at the Rush University, Chicago, IL; Salus/Drexel University, Elkins Park, PA; and The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. Dr. Traynor holds the designation: Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, Experience includes: • Clinical Audiology - Hearing Assessment - Hearing Rehabilitative Treatment, Hearing Aids, Hearing Conservation, Board Certified: American Speech Lang. Hearing Association, Certificate of Clinical Competence - Audiology ...