About "What I Hear"
This blog will be about daily life with hearing loss, but to learn more about causes, prevention, and the psychological effects of hearing loss, as well as research that may someday lead to a cure for...
View ArticleNew York City and the Hard of Hearing
Why can't New York be more like Seattle? New York is a great place to grow old, but it has a way to go before it accommodates those with hearing loss. read more
View ArticleHearing Loss and Dementia
Hearing Loss and Dementia share a strong statistical association. What the explanation? read more
View ArticleWhere Is the Steve Jobs of Hearing Loss?
Why are hearing aids so expensive and so ineffective? Noted composer and classical record producer Richard Einhorn, who has severe hearing loss himself, explains. read more
View ArticleAn Interesting Addendum on Dementia
The inability to detect speech in noise may be a key indication of future cognitive issues. read more
View ArticleIt's a Very Noisy World
What causes hearing loss? Most of the time, the answer is noise. read more
View ArticleMore Noise, More Hearing Loss, More Isolation
What happened to me, and why it may happen to you. read more
View ArticleNoisy Restaurants, Part 2: When You're the Waiter
Excessive restaurant noise is a common complaint from diners who'd rather hear their dinner companions. But often it's the wait staff whose hearing is endangered. read more
View ArticleWhat I Didn't Hear at The New York Times
One of the hardest things about hearing loss is how to deal with it in the workplace. The stigma of age looms large, and fear of seeming not up to the job keeps many quiet. But keeping it secret may be...
View ArticleCochlear Implants Are Miraculous and Maddening
For an adult who has gone deaf in midlife, cochlear implants can be a miracle. But like most miracles, implants come with some downsides. read more
View ArticleAirports and the Hearing Impaired
Airport travel presents many hurdles for the hearing impaired. The Department of Transportation is currently accepting comments on the need for better information access for those with hearing loss....
View ArticleHearing Aids and Health Insurance
Health insurance agencies consider the use of hearing aids "discretionary" and cover little or none of the cost. This is a public health travesty. read more
View ArticleWatching TV in ASL
Wow, you mean people actually watch TV with captions? How can I text my friends and play my video game on my IPad and watch "The Walking Dead" at the same time if I have to read captions? An episode of...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Someone Like Me
People with hearing loss are hard to live with. For one thing, they're always telling you how to talk to them. Here are some tips. read more
View ArticleWhen Job Interviews are Discriminatory
It's not always intentional, but it can still be illegal.read more
View ArticleOnce You Get the Job
Discrimination on the job often falls into a gray area. Although people with hearing loss are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act, there are all sorts of more subtle kinds of...
View ArticleClean House, Clear Head
Clean house, clear mind. For most of us clutter is a psychological issue. For those with hearing loss, visual clutter -- like auditory clutter -- eclipses the essential read more
View ArticleYoung and "Hearing Lost"
Hearing loss is hard at any age, but for teenagers and young people it can lead to a kind of social isolation that makes them feel as if their experience is unique -- and something to be suffered in...
View ArticleMastering Difficult Moments
One of the Hot Topics on this web site right now is: Mastering Difficult Moments. For people with hearing loss, tough challenging conversations are an everyday occurrence. Difficult moments lurk around...
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