This Memorial Day, as we honor veterans with parades and flags and, yes, barbecues, we should remind ourselves of the toll that war takes on hearing. Two and a half million veterans have service-connected hearing disabilities. Tinnitus is the number-one claim for all service related disability, with more than 1.5 million veterans receiving disability benefits … Continue reading The Noise of War
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Hearing Loss Won’t Kill You, or Will It?
I published this post on my Psychology Today blog, which is aimed at psychotherapists. But I thought the readers of this blog might also find it interesting. If you are a therapist and have a patient with hearing loss, please read this to get a sense of what your patient may be experiencing. I lost … Continue reading Hearing Loss Won’t Kill You, or Will It?
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The Day I Lost My Hearing
Every year I observe the day I went deaf. My life changed that day. At first it seemed nothing but negative, a catastrophe. Now I see that it gave me an opportunity, a door that opened onto a new world. I remember the day because it was a holiday -- Halloween. My hearing had been in a … Continue reading The Day I Lost My 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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No Wheelchair Ramp for the Deaf
Getting hearing access for those who are deaf or hard of hearing is a little more complicated. One accommodation for the hard of hearing is an American Sign Language interpreter. But only a small minority of those who need it, use it. — Getty Images Trying to get accommodations for those of us … Continue reading No Wheelchair Ramp for the Deaf
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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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Would You Ask for Help With Hearing Problems at Work?
Dealing with the stigma of both hearing loss and aging at work can keep some employees from asking for accommodations — Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Older workers with hearing problems face a double whammy: They're dealing with the stigma not only of hearing loss but also of age. If they ask for accommodations on the job for … Continue reading Would You Ask for Help With Hearing Problems at Work?
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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 