Better Hearing Consumer

My name is Shari Eberts and I have a hearing loss. This is a simple statement, but one that is 20 years in the making. It has taken me some time to accept my hearing loss, and to stop hiding it. I have now come full circle and consider myself a hearing health advocate! I even write a blog to

Have you ever stared at something so familiar—a sight you’ve seen a thousand times a day, every day of your life—for so long and so hard that all of a sudden it looks different? It’s as if you’re seeing it for the first time, and it looks bizarre! This is the pinna, the flap on the side of the head that comes in pairs,

Ever had one of those days?   A day that is pocked, from sunrise to moonrise, with hearing faux pas and embarrassing moments?  A day when, no matter what the situation or conversation, communication brings more pain than pleasure?  A day that tempts you to hide from all human interaction—forever?  You know you’re having a bad hearing day when: You’re missing

My guest writer this week is David Drake, the founder and headmaster of the White Oak School in Westfield, Massachusetts, a school serving bright students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities. He lives with his family in Northampton. Pharmacie-Marseille.com by David Drake   I’m pretty sure I come from a line of serial hearing-aid abusers.   My grandfather’s hearing aids were

Note:  Person with hearing loss = hard of hearing person = HoH   She did it again—she started talking to me from another room.  His baseball cap shades his eyes, and I always have to ask him to take it off.   People with hearing loss complain that other people don’t accommodate us, or make an effort to meet our

Sometimes when people want to communicate with us, we may not be fully functioning, hearing-wise. In the shower, for example, or when we are abruptly awakened from sleep. Or when going down for breakfast at a weekend house party, and realizing you’ve put on all your clothes and all your makeup, but have forgotten the minor detail of your hearing

Last week, I flew from San Jose, California, to Ottawa, Ontario, a three-flight trip that was scheduled to take 10 hours.  But because of one delayed departure, the journey ultimately included the three flights, an unexpected hotel layover, lost luggage, a few tears and a total of 28 hours.  And if that’s not bad enough, I broke a lot of

I have a question for those of you who wear things in your ears.  And I don’t mean on your ears like earrings and hats and such, I’m talking in online pharmacy cozaar for sale with best prices today in the USA your ears—hearing aids, specifically. Have you ever put them in when they were cold?  Really, really cold? If

What is the shape of things to come in 2015—what does the year hold for people with hearing loss? Beyond manufacturers introducing their increasingly fantabulous hearing technology, darned if I know.  But shape is an active verb—we have the power to shape and influence new standards for our own lives. When we look forward to the year ahead, we make both resolutions and

Dear Readers: During this holiday season, the editors at Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) are taking some time off. However, we are not leaving you without anything to read on our blog this week. Instead, we are publishing a special holiday edition filled with what we call our Readers’ Choices. HHTM has had more than half a million page