Stop The Ring, dba
Tinnitus Learning Health Network™ (TLHN)
Strategic Advisors
Robert M. Traynor
David Holcomb
Michael Seid
Ed.D., MBA, FNAP
Ph.D. x 2
Ph.D., ICN/LHN
Dr. Robert M. Traynor owned and practiced audiology 46 years at Audiology Associates, Inc., Greeley, Colorado, providing diagnostic & rehabilitative treatment for hearing loss/tinnitus patients of all ages & operative monitoring for otolaryngologists & general surgeons.
He has served as an academic beginning in 1972 as Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of Audiology, University of Northern Colorado, Retiring as Associate Professor & Audiology Program Director, Colorado State University in 1993. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Audiology at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Rush University, Chicago, and Salus University (now part of Drexel University), Elkins, Park, PA.​
He serves as a host for This Week in Hearing, provides professional consulting to the hearing industry, and Forensic Audiology services.
David Holcomb, PhD, is a theorist and practitioner at the intersection of data, culture, analytics, and human behavior, with particular depth in designing and governing data-driven systems in regulated, multi-stakeholder environments, including healthcare.
Dr. Holcomb is the author of Building a Data Culture, which integrates research and real-world executive leadership to address the human, organizational, and governance challenges of large-scale data and learning systems. He has served multiple times as a C-level executive—including roles overseeing analytics and operations—and as a professor of analytics, business, and information technology, and is a frequent public speaker on data strategy, organizational change, and sustained adoption.
He holds two PhDs, in Organizational Behavior and Information Technology, and advises organizations on aligning data, operations, and executive strategies to enhance employee engagement, delight customers, improve financial results, and create lasting stakeholder value.
Michael Seid, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he conducts research in health outcomes, quality improvement, and implementation science. Trained as a behavioral and social scientist, his work focuses on how healthcare systems can reliably deliver the right care to patients over time.
Dr. Seid’s research centers on chronic health conditions and the design of collaborative learning health systems that connect patients, families, clinicians, and researchers. He has spent nearly two decades helping build and study network-based models that translate evidence into practice and support continuous improvement across complex care environments.
As a Strategic Advisor, Dr. Seid brings deep expertise in learning system architecture, governance, and improvement science. He provides a systems-level perspective on how multi-site health networks can measure outcomes, learn continuously, and achieve durable, patient-centered impact at scale.
