December 3rd (that’s today) is National Disability Day, a United Nations recognized event also known worldwide as the International Day of People with Disability. National Disability Day promotes education about the needs of people with disabilities as well as compassion and understanding of the challenges they face. Some disabilities are visible at a glance. People … Continue reading I Have a Disability. How About You?
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My New Book
SMART HEARING: Strategies, Skills and Resources for Living Better with Hearing Loss. You can get it online at Amazon or Barnes & Noble, in paperback or ebook for Kindle or Nook. If you're one of the the millions of Americans who have experienced hearing loss, whether newcomer or longtime veteran, this book is for you. It's also … Continue reading My New Book
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For Better Care for Older Adults, Think Hearing Loss.
Two scholarly papers published this month discussed the impact of hearing loss on patient communication in older adults. Both found that unrecognized hearing loss may have a serious negative impact on health care in the elderly. In the first, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on January 18, researchers Jan Blustein, a professor of … Continue reading For Better Care for Older Adults, Think Hearing Loss.
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Why Internet is Essential for the Hard of Hearing
This past week, we moved to a new apartment and I found myself without high-speed internet — no DSL or Wi-Fi connection at home — for 10 (long) days. It was an uncomfortable reminder of how vitally important the internet is for people with hearing loss. I did have a smartphone, so I was not completely cut off … Continue reading Why Internet is Essential for the Hard of Hearing
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Emergency Preparedness Plans for Those With Hearing Loss
Tips that go beyond the usual for the deaf and hard of hearing. Tips for those with hearing loss on how to be prepared in the case of an emergency. — Getty Images/iStockphoto Emergencies happen. Just recently, the country has seen floods, tornadoes, wildfires and terrorist attacks, not to mention a host of other catastrophes. … Continue reading Emergency Preparedness Plans for Those With Hearing Loss
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For My Summer Vacation, I Went to Hearing Camp
Who says only kids get to go to summer camp? Last week I went to hearing camp. We didn't sleep in bunks, but we did have sing-alongs, games and picnic lunches. And we spent a lot of time talking and, more importantly, listening. Hearing camp was a four-day program at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, … Continue reading For My Summer Vacation, I Went to Hearing Camp
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The Hazards of Driving While Deaf
The death last week of 29 year-old-Daniel Harris, who was Deaf, is a reminder for all of us who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing that we need to be extra cautious when pulled over by a police officer. Here's a link to the New York Times article, which also includes heart-breaking photos of this … Continue reading The Hazards of Driving While Deaf
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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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Boomers, Hearing Loss and the Workplace
Americans are working longer than ever, whether by choice or necessity. It's created a problem the workplace has tried to ignore: hearing loss among the millions of boomers still on the job It’s 2016, which means that the first of the baby boomers turn 70 this year. 2.5 million of them. Having survived to 70, their life … Continue reading Boomers, Hearing Loss and the Workplace
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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 