Hearing Views

By Peter Slobin, M.Sc. How do we inspire someone with a hearing loss to get help? As a hearing care professional, I often ask myself this question. It’s been estimated that only about one in three people who need hearing aids today actually get them. Sadly, for many people, good hearing health is not a high priority. Companies that manufacture

By Joseph Cerquone For hearing safety advocates, this photo is akin to art in its ability to inspire. In it, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints has just won the 2010 Super Bowl and is hoisting his infant son to the delight of the stadium crowd. Baby Brees wears hearing protection. A caption could read: “Few things are more

This post is a Reader’s Choice selection for 2013.   By Lauren E. Storck A survey conducted recently by the Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning (CCAC) revealed that the benefits of real-time captioning for persons with hearing loss are both diverse and important. Responses from the 220 survey participants also underscored the need to make real-time captioning more widely available

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. The Readers’ Choices are the posts published on each

By Kevin M. Liebe Usually by this time of the year, no doubt, you’ve already received countless requests for donations from a myriad of wonderful and deserving non-profit organizations across the country. Organizations like the Salvation Army, the Union Gospel Mission and many, many others come to mind. However, in keeping with the hearing theme of our blog (“Hear Well,

By Kevin M. Liebe My fellow editor Gael Hannan, at the Better Hearing Consumer, recently published a fantastic post entitled: How to Tell Your Mother (She Has Hearing Loss). The post begins with a conversation between a mother and a daughter, in which the daughter tries to convince her mom that it’s time for her to “do something” about her

By Neil DiSarno, Ph.D. Especially in the face of change, professional health associations play a key role for their members. A case in point: the steps taken by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in anticipation of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Annually, ASHA develops a public policy agenda and last year’s addressed Act-driven change. But ASHA also

“This is the story of how we begin to remember                         This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein             After the dream of falling and calling your name out                         These are the roots of rhythm                                     and the roots of rhythm remain.”                                                    Paul Simon

By Brian Taylor, AuD During the recent annual meeting of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, the keynote speaker Curtis Alcock of Audira,  a British think tank for hearing, made an indelible impression on the audience. Among his thought-provoking messages (and there were many) was this: The sense of hearing and its importance to daily life, rather than the disorder

Editor’s Note: Shortly following my post a few weeks ago, AuD Dilemma, I posed this question on the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) discussion board: “Is it Time to Embrace Pre-Audiology for AuD Program Entry?” While there were several responses, I thought Dr. Barry Freeman’s response was worth sharing today, and he was kind enough to allow me to publish