We all have questions about our hearing, our hearing aids, and our life with hearing loss. How can we enhance our hearing experience? How do we deal with hearing related issues like tinnitus and vertigo? How does hearing loss affect cognitive health? Sometimes these issues may be addressed at HLAA chapter meetings, or through informal … Continue reading Answers to Questions About Hearing Health
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I Have a Disability. How About You?
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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“Affordable” Hearing Aids
There’s a lot of talk about “affordable” hearing aids, much of it in anticipation of the Food and Drug Administration’s final approval of an over-the- counter hearing aid. We don’t know the specifics of the future OTC hearing aid but some have speculated that the cost will probably be around $1000. Comparatively speaking, that is … Continue reading “Affordable” Hearing Aids
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Will Your Health Insurance Cover Hearing Aids?
The second installment of Hearing Tracker's survey of 2000 hearing aid users has just been published, and it includes some interesting facts and figures. Paying for Hearing Aids with Medical Insurance, the new Hearing Tracker report, is based on a survey of 2000 hearing aid users conducted earlier this year by Hearing Tracker and its founder, … Continue reading Will Your Health Insurance Cover Hearing Aids?
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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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Hearing Aid Facts and Figures
Almost a year after the passage of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, I was curious to know if the bill and the attendant publicity had affected the hearing aid marketplace. So I asked an expert: Abram Bailey of Hearing Tracker. OTC hearing aids won't be on the market for months, if not years. But the … Continue reading Hearing Aid Facts and Figures
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Do Your Hearing Aids Sweat?
It’s hot. And humid. Perfect weather for ruining your hearing aids. Moisture. Whether it’s humidity or sweat, getting caught in a downpour, or diving into the pool, moisture is terrible for your hearing aids. It’s damaging to the delicate inner workings (the microphone, flexible circuit board, disposable battery, receiver and antenna). And it can clog … Continue reading Do Your Hearing Aids Sweat?
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Where Hearing Loss is the Norm
There’s one event a year where my hearing loss is not a factor in my ability to communicate. That’s the Hearing Loss Association of America’s annual Convention. This year’s convention was held in Minneapolis June 21st to June 24th. I don’t know how many attended but virtually everyone was deaf or hard of hearing – or … Continue reading Where Hearing Loss is the Norm
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Not Much of a Joiner?
“I’ve never been much of a joiner.” I was encouraging an acquaintance with hearing loss to come to one of our HLAA Chapter meetings. I told her about our informative programs and guest speakers. I also said the meetings were a chance to meet other people with hearing loss. She agreed to give it a … Continue reading Not Much of a Joiner?
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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.
Katherine Bouton: Smart Hearing 