Buying hearing aids could soon become as easy as buying reading glasses. In a surprise announcement yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that, effective immediately, it would no longer require adults to get a medical evaluation before buying most hearing aids. The agency is also considering creating a category of over-the-counter hearing aids to encourage … Continue reading Affordable Hearing Aids Just Got a Giant Step Closer
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Charity Events Like HLAA’s Walk4Hearing Raise Awareness and Spirits — As Well as Money
Fall and spring are prime times for charity fundraiser walks and runs, events that raise a substantial part of yearly donations and help raise public awareness for important medical conditions, including hearing loss. Some charities raise hundreds of millions from their annual events, like the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, the Susan G. … Continue reading Charity Events Like HLAA’s Walk4Hearing Raise Awareness and Spirits — As Well as Money
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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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Hearing ‘Hamilton’
Friday night, I and 100 or so other people with hearing loss got to see Broadway’s hottest show, Hamilton – with captions! Thank you to the Theater Development Fund’s Theater Accessibility Program! The Richard Rodgers theater also has an induction loop. Thank you Nederlander theaters! Looping is wonderful technology for many people. Here's a list of looped spaces … Continue reading Hearing ‘Hamilton’
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What Would Helen Keller Do?
“Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people.” Helen Keller — Pictorial Press Ltd … Continue reading What Would Helen Keller Do?
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Higher Medical Bills for Those Who Don’t Treat Hearing Loss
The cost of hearing loss treatment is far less than the cost of not treating. by Katherine Bouton. First published on AARP, April 19, 2016. Two new studies point out the serious consequences of untreated hearing loss. In one, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina found that middle-aged adults with untreated hearing loss had … Continue reading Higher Medical Bills for Those Who Don’t Treat Hearing Loss
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Can’t Hear These Iconic Sounds of Spring?
It may be time to get your hearing checked. Birdsong. Where ever you live in the United States, the great spring bird migration happens at this time of the year. Warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks, orioles, thrushes, vireos fly through on their way from winter homes in the tropics, singing as they wing their way north. One … Continue reading Can’t Hear These Iconic Sounds of Spring?
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Hearing Aid Batteries: Tips for Longer Life
Hearing aids are certainly an improvement over the ear trumpet. But that unexpected extended beep in your ear that means your hearing aid battery is about to go dead can be annoying. This is especially true if you don’t happen to have any spares. The life of a hearing aid battery is unpredictable, even in controlled … Continue reading Hearing Aid Batteries: Tips for Longer Life
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Trouble Hearing in Your Book Club?
Are you in a book club? If you’re hard of hearing, the answer may be no. Even a hearing book club member may miss a lot of the discussion. An estimated five million Americans are in book clubs,some of them are in more than one. I know people in couples’ book clubs, mother-daughter book clubs, … Continue reading Trouble Hearing in Your Book Club?
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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
Katherine Bouton: Smart Hearing 