Boomers and millennials living with hearing loss experience similar and different challenges. — Shutterstock At 33, Anna Pulley has already gone through a lifetime of what she wryly calls "adventures in deafness," a litany of funny, frustrating, painful experiences that those of any age with hearing loss can appreciate. Pulley recently wrote an essay about … Continue reading Young and Deaf: Lessons for All Ages
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Deaf? Hard of Hearing? Hearing Impaired? Be Careful What You Call Us
The debate over how to refer to those with hearing loss. —Illustration by Scott Davis/AARP Recently, my editors used the term "the hearing impaired" in a headline, to refer to people with hearing loss. As soon as I saw it, I knew there would be protests. The debate over what exactly to call people with … Continue reading Deaf? Hard of Hearing? Hearing Impaired? Be Careful What You Call Us
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Relief from the High Cost of Hearing Aids?
Last month the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued a report with a series of recommendations that, if adopted, could revolutionize the way consumers receive and pay for hearing health care in the United States. Unfortunately, this report was not widely covered in the mainstream press, and although I wrote about this at the time, … Continue reading Relief from the High Cost of Hearing Aids?
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It’s Summertime and the Livin’ Is Noisy
Monday is the 4th of July and possibly one of the worst days of the year for your ears. The 4th is a day of parades and picnics — but also fireworks, which are at the top of my list for damaging sources of summer noise exposure. Read here: HuffPost. First posted last year on AARP … Continue reading It’s Summertime and the Livin’ Is Noisy
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A Weekend With “My People”
I’ve just spent six days in Washington DC with “my people” – the deaf and hard of hearing members of the Hearing Loss Association of America. It was our annual convention, held this year in Washington DC at the Washington Hilton, a short walk from the Dupont Circle Metro stop. Lots of restaurants and shops … Continue reading A Weekend With “My People”
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New Report Pushes for Cheaper, Easier Hearing Aids
New report could revolutionize the way consumers receive and pay for hearing health care — Getty Images Last week the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued a report with a series of recommendations that, if adopted, could revolutionize the way consumers receive and pay for hearing health care in the United States. … Continue reading New Report Pushes for Cheaper, Easier Hearing Aids
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Not Just a Genius
This is from Arlene Romoff, to whom we all owe gratitude for her efforts on theater captioning. The tweet is great. Lin-Manuel Miranda is not only a genius but a genuinely decent human being. "I posted this on Facebook - that Lin-Manuel tweeted about the great audience for the captioned performance of Hamilton. Amazing! They … Continue reading Not Just a Genius
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Reflections on Hearing Loss
Interview with Stu Nunnery, After hearing loss, Katherine Bouton finds new purpose in life. This paragraph about HLAA is just one part. Click on the link to read the whole interview. Stu: Hearing loss has many side effects short and long term and most troubling to many of us is the isolation, depression, and other long … Continue reading Reflections on Hearing Loss
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Hearing Loss? Think Opportunity.
“Hearing loss is such an adventure,” a new acquaintance wrote to me not long ago. This is one comment I’d never heard before. Wow, I thought, she really has reached that elusive state of acceptance. Many people talk about the hearing loss “journey,” from denial to anger to bargaining to depression to acceptance. But an adventure. … Continue reading Hearing Loss? Think Opportunity.
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“Sounds that Punch Right Into Your Hearing”
Are we out of our minds? Just when you think awareness of the dangers of noise might be beginning to catch on, you get a New York Times review of a pop concert headlined "Finding Balance in Braying, Shattering, Crackling Electronics." (Yes, The New York Times.) In case you think that's a rhetorical flourish, the critic … Continue reading “Sounds that Punch Right Into Your Hearing”
Katherine Bouton: Smart Hearing 