Visit to the Emergency Room
Lolly Wigall relates the frustrating experience of maneuvering an emergency situation with an elderly family member with a disability. I was visiting my elderly father recently. He lives across the country from me so I don’t have the opportunity to visit him very many times a year. His health is declining, which is very…
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I have told you more than once!
Lolly Wigall discusses the frustrations of hearing loss, even for long-time hearing aid users whose family and friends don’t understand what aids actually do. Having a hearing loss is not fun. Many times hearing loss “creeps” up on the person. Most times hearing loss is gradual. I tell people that hearing loss begins when you…
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Who Should I Buy My Hearing Aids From?
This is an interesting question that each person with a hearing loss asks. If not the person with the hearing loss, then surely a family member such as a daughter or son asks the question. It is a larger question than just googling an audiologist or hearing aid dispenser. There are many considerations: convenience to…
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Do You Have Your Hearing Aids On?
Do you want to call it hearing abuse? Or do you just want to call it ignorance? Maybe I can be generous and call it “holiday stress”. The phenomenon seems to be more prevalent this time of year than at other times of the year. Winter is approaching and there is some anticipation of the…
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