Better Hearing Consumer

Recently, my HearingHealthMatters colleague Dr. Bob Martin wrote a post with a suggestion for his fellow hearing care practitioners: have clients write down notes on their hearing aid experiences, so that questions and concerns can be addressed in the next clinical appointment. This great idea got me thinking about what someone bringing home their first pair of in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aids

A few months ago, my guest blogger Lauren Sherwood wrote a poignant and popular piece on the “two most painful words to a hard of hearing person”.   If you have hearing loss, you know what the two words are: Never mind!   The article beautifully expressed the universal stab in the stomach that people with hearing loss (PWHL)  feel every

Shanna Groves, a fellow speechreading instructor, is my guest writer this week. By Shanna Groves My eyes were often my ears as a child growing up with an undiagnosed hearing loss. In college, I majored in Communication and took several classes that emphasized Voice and Diction. This exposed me to the importance of enunciation and clear speech. Through the years,

If you had only 5 minutes to make a difference in the life of a stranger, how would you use it? If, in an unexpected moment, a person whose daily world is not connected to yours, has opened themselves up and is ready to embrace your words, because, somehow, they know what you’re offering is something they need—what would you

Based in Denmark, the Ida Institute is a think-and-action tank for hearing care professionals.  Although funded by a grant from Oticon, the institute is an independent non-profit that aims to make client-centered care the standard of hearing health.  Ida’s mission is to ‘foster a better understanding of the human dynamics associated with hearing loss”. Among its many projects, Ida has

When talking about hearing loss and its impact on our lives, we usually discuss the meaningful issues such as communication access at work, how it affects our family interaction, accepting it as a reality in our lives.  Important, life-changing stuff.   But accessible mani-pedis?  There’s not much in the respectable hearing loss literature about how communication issues affect the more

Adventure time for the Hearing Husband and me!  In an unprecedented move that has shocked our family and friends, we sold our house and are taking some time to figure out where we want to settle next.  In the meantime, we have downsized our living quarters to a beautiful 5th wheel named “Flag”.  I decided it needed a name—not only

online pharmacy provigil buy with best prices today in the USA Enjoy this past, popular post, while I’m on vacation.   See you next week! “Hi, I’m Chelsea. Welcome to the Cacophony Café. I’d like to tell you about our specials tonight.” Our group of six is seated at a round table. This is a good thing, because it’s easy

….for a couple of weeks.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy a couple of reader favorites from the past few months.  See you soon, Gael. I don’t pretend to be a hearing care professional. But for anyone looking for non-biased, trial-and-error insider advice about hearing aids, I reckon that experience is worth at least a year or two of

“What’s that sound?” I ask the Hearing Husband. “A dog barking down the street”, he replies. “What’s that?” “The fridge coming on.” “What’s that?” “A car alarm going off.” online pharmacy order lasix without prescription with best prices today in the USA “What’s that?” “The cats play-wrestling.” “What’s that?” “The oven timer going off.  For a long time.” “Oh shit!”