Five Ways to Hear Better Posted: 07/15/2015 by Katherine Bouton | 0 Comments Do you think you’re losing your hearing? You probably are. Two-thirds of those over 75 have some degree of hearing loss, and so do a substantial percentage of younger people. The most effective way to deal with hearing loss is to get … Continue reading LIsten Better to Hear Better

Five Ways to Hear Better Posted: 07/15/2015 by Katherine Bouton | Comments: 0 Do you think you’re losing your hearing? You probably are. Two-thirds of those over 75 have some degree of hearing loss and so do a substantial percentage of younger people. The most effective way to deal with hearing loss is to get … Continue reading The Key to Hearing Better is Listening Better

Posted: 07/08/2015 by Katherine Bouton | Comments: 0 Remember those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer with the top down—or at least the windows open—and Top 40 blasting from the radio. I thought that was one of the things I had to give up as my hearing loss got worse. I drive a lot, especially in … Continue reading The Soundtrack of Summer Drive Time

That's the Affordable Care Act, and it doesn't solve quite everything. Last week’s Supreme Court affirmation of the Affordable Care Act is good news for the 6.4 million Americans who stood to lose their health insurance if the decision had gone the other way. But it doesn’t improve matters for those with hearing loss. The … Continue reading The Ins and Outs of Hearing Aid Coverage Under the ACA

Summer travel often means staying in a hotel or motel room, or in a succession of hotels if you’re on a tour. It can be a great luxury, but especially if you’re moving from one place to another every few days, it can get confusing. I’m sure every one of us has left something in … Continue reading Safer Summer Travel

Everything you always wanted to know about hearing loss.... now in one slim volume! Living Better With Hearing Loss: A Guide to Health, Happiness, Love, Sex, Work, Friends ... and Hearing Aids is now available at any bookseller in paper or as an ebook. As the subtitle says, it covers everything about hearing loss -- and hearing … Continue reading Everything You Always Wanted to Know …..

To read about the newly improved -- and the yet to be addressed -- issues of airplane travel for people with hearing loss, click here:  Navigating That Airport Scrum -- With Hearing Loss. Tips and tricks for making that trip a whole lot easier.

In general, summer is easier on the ears than winter, because many of us spend time outdoors and enjoying leisure activities that tend to be quieter than some winter pursuits. But don’t be lulled into thinking your hearing is safe. Click here to read about five of the most damaging sources of summer noise exposure, and … Continue reading It’s Summertime, and the Livin’ is Noisy……

Do you love the theater but rarely go because you can’t understand the dialogue or lyrics? Fortunately there are several solutions to this problem beyond the familiar infrared headphones that many theaters offer. And those with hearing loss can even get discount tickets to many shows. First, about infrared. Theaters that seat more than 50 people … Continue reading Four Show-Stopping Ways to Hear Better at the Theater.