Gael Hannan

Gael Hannan is an author, speaker and advocate on hearing loss issues. In addition to her weekly blog at the Better Hearing Consumer, which has a passionate international following, Gael has written two acclaimed books, “The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss”and “Hear & Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss”, written with Shari Eberts. She is regularly invited to present her uniquely humorous and insightful work to appreciative audiences around the world. Gael has received many awards for her work that advocates for individuals to become more knowledgeable and successful at dealing with their hearing loss and a more inclusive society for them to live in.

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Building Value for Case Acceptance

online pharmacy purchase provigil online generic by Howard Ong, DDS, MAGD This article is the last of a series of three, one building on the other. The first was Culture of Leadership and the second was Engagement for Alignment. The third in this series is the end result of the first two. In other words, if the principles of

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Drinks, Dementia and Hearing Loss

For those who have hearing loss and/or chronic tinnitus, news of breakthrough cures or treatments are met with a heartbeat-jump of hope. Then, a snort of suspicion. But then we think, but what if? How wonderful if one day, preferably before I die, ‘they’ discover something we can swallow or smoke that will actually revive those cochlear hair cells or eliminate chronic

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Ethics versus Reimbursements – Part 2

by Mike Metz During the early years of the American Academy of Audiology, many people took a great deal of time to compile a list of what audiology can include in its scope. Many hours of volunteer work went into what skills define the profession. Similarly, many hours went into the organization of the Code of Ethics. While

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The Hearing Loss Battle Cry

This month, at least two countries are celebrating historic independence as nations. It was a full-on revolution for the United States and a bloodless document-signing for Canadians, but for both countries, it was a years-long march to the desired freedoms. People with hearing loss also wage private wars with their disability—that can last a lifetime. Maybe a little more flag-waving would

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Ethics versus Reimbursements-Part 1

by Mike Metz A renowned and respected otologist told me over 25 years ago that if I was not billing insurers with the “unlisted procedure” code (a “by report” code for reimbursement), I was not on the leading edge of my profession. Good advice at a time when the field was moving forward. Not like these days. In a

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When Yer Talkin’ to a HoH…

When people with hearing loss gather together—like 1500 of them—you’d think it would be noisy. Loud voices talking over each other, yelling what?! or pardon?! In some ways, however, we are a quieter crowd than an equivalent number of hearing people. If more than one person talks at a time, we don’t understand anybody, so we generally honor the one-speaker rule.

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Why You Should Let Your Face-Light Shine!

This is a simple plea: let there be light. If you’re speaking with people like me—who have hearing loss and who depend to some degree on speechreading—make sure we can see your face. Your whole face. All the time. That means no shadows. Examples of shadow-makers include baseball caps, light from beneath or above—which has the added disadvantage of making

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Engagement for Alignment

Editor’s Note: Dr. Howard Ong presents part two in a three-part series on leadership. Engagement for Alignment by Howard Ong, DDS, MAGD The first article in this series on “A Culture of Leadership” covered basic principles of culture that defines a leadership style for your practice. This second article builds on that. Now that you have discovered your culture

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Don’t Make Us Beg

It’s the kind of news that makes the hard of hearing heart beat faster. No, there’s been no proclamation of National 50% Off Hearing Aids Day. No announcement of a little pink pill that will make damaged cochlear hair cells spring back to life. No scientific proof of a twice-daily mantra that will calm the neurons firing off tinnitus cannons

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Audiology, Hearing Aids, and the Future

by Mike Metz buy anafranil online anafranil online no prescription Have you come across those newspaper ads that try to solicit a varying number of people to participate in a “study” with “new” hearing aids? Who would do this? It’s just an ad gimmick, right? Despite likely being illegal in many states, how can such things that mislead consumers be