- 5 Reasons to Wear Hearing Aids
- Communicating with the Hearing Impaired
- The Dynamics of Hearing
- Do You Have a Hearing Loss?
- Helping someone who keeps asking “What?”
- Protect Your Hearing this Independence Day
- Zoom Video Conferencing for the Hard of Hearing
- Hearing Loss Survival Tactics
- Eight Hearing Loss Defining Moments
- Cooking with Hearing loss.
- Headphones and Hearing Loss
- What DEAF Means
- Helen Keller Quotes about Deafness
- Questions about Hearing Loss 8-10
- Questions about Hearing Loss 5-7
- Questions about Hearing Loss 1-4
- 10 Questions about Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss and Cancer
- Lip-Reading for Children
- Hearing Loss and Doctor Visits
- Vocal Variety and Hearing Loss
- Hearing Aids A Saving Grace
- Three Benefits of Hearing Loss
- COVID-19 and Hearing Loss
- My Cochlear and Hearing Aid visit Los Rios
- A Simple Hearing Loss Test
- Cochlear is activated – what happened?
- Cochlear Implant Expectations
- Customer Service Calls and Hearing Loss
- Giving Thanks for My Hearing Loss?
- Prayer for one who is going deaf
- How Voice and Tonality can help the Hard of Hearing
- 8 Tips to Survive Dining in Loud Restaurants
- The Truth About Hearing Aids
- Sounds I do not hear without hearing devices.
- Pictures help us Hear
- The Cochlear goes to Disneyland
- If a Tree Falls, do you hear it?
- Hearing Loss and Humor
- Hearing Loss and Team or Solo Sports
- Watching the Wizard of Oz with Closed-Captioning
- Hearing Loss and Self-Serve Checkout
- HLAA-CA Hearing Loss Tech Expo
- Making a Difference about Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss and Frustration Go Hand in Hand
- Hard of Hearing Helped by LCD Writing Tablets
- The Ears During Eye Examinations
- Hearing Aids and Water Don’t Mix
- Waiters and Waitresses – Repeat or Rephrase
- Beware of the Dangerous Decibels
- Thankful for A Hearing Loss?
- Hard of Hearing Witch-A Post-Halloween Drama
- Get Reconnected
- Your Pet and Your Hearing Aid
- Voice Tonality… IT MATTERS!
- Why a Hard-of-Hearing Cat is My Mascot
- Aging parents? You need this book NOW!
- My Cochlear Implant – Eleven Months after Activation
- Significant Cochlear Implant Milestone
- Improving Speech Comprehension with my Cochlear Implant
- My New Hearing Aid Designed to Pair with my Cochlear Implant
- My TEDx talk about Hearing Loss
- The Cochlear Implant Eight Months Later
Thankful for A Hearing Loss?
Thanksgiving, the season of gratitude and thanks, is upon us. Can we give thanks for a hearing loss? Many with “less than perfect” physical capabilities dwell on the disadvantages – those with hearing loss are no different – yet there are often hidden...
Hard of Hearing Witch-A Post-Halloween Drama
A witch had her broom stolen. In this funny cartoon, the witch victim misunderstands the question asked by the policeman. It does garner a chuckle or two. Soft consonants are a challenge for the hard of hearing This cartoon exemplifies how easy it is to misunderstand...
Get Reconnected
When our eyesight starts to diminish, we rush down to the store and get some of those little ‘cheaters’ or magnifying glasses; yet, when it comes to hearing loss, people wait an average five to ten years before seeking help. Why wait? Could it be one is not aware of a...
Your Pet and Your Hearing Aid
We love our pets. As such, we want to protect them from harm as we would protect any family member. We want to protect our hearing aid from our pet perceiving it as a toy or worse, a snack.
Voice Tonality… IT MATTERS!
When I was younger, and had dogs, I always got a kick out of saying awful things to them in a sweet voice while watching them respond positively. The dogs were not responding to my words; rather, to the tone of my voice. This taught me the tone of our voice (i.e.,...
Why a Hard-of-Hearing Cat is My Mascot
With the recent promotions of my revised and expanded hearing loss book, many ask, “What’s up with the cat wearing hearing aids?" A hard-of-hearing cat wearing hearing aids is the mascot for my books about hearing loss for two reasons. First of all, I am nuts about...
Aging parents? You need this book NOW!
Hearing loss and aging go together. If you are finding it increasingly difficult to connect with your parents because of hearing loss, you'll want to get a copy of Hearing Loss CPR, Keep the Connection Alive; a book that focuses on communicating with someone...
My Cochlear Implant – Eleven Months after Activation
Here are exciting developments eleven months after activation of my cochlear implant. A New Hearing Aid Advanced Bionics (AB) and Phonak are both subsidiaries of Sonova, a company based in Switzerland that specializes in hearing and wireless communication solutions. ...
Significant Cochlear Implant Milestone
Recently I happily reached a significant Cochlear Implant milestone. There are many ways to get the most out of your hearing-aid investment. Here's a critical one that applies to Cochlear Implants too: Check and double-check your ears before entering water...
Improving Speech Comprehension with my Cochlear Implant
Although my left ear hears better, there is still the challenge of understanding speech. Training in Listening for Speech Comprehension During the testing to fit me for my new Phonak hearing aid that will pair with my Advanced Bionics cochlear implant (CI) my...