by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In our article Hearing Stereo with One Ear, a lady wanted to know how to hear both stereo channels in a single ear bud as she only had one working ear. I wrote, “The neatest would be if you could find a single earbud wired to a stereo plug.” At […]
Implantable Hearing Aids—Should I Get One Now?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I have a progressive loss rated at “severe” currently. At the rate I’m going, I’ll probably not be helped by hearing aids within 10 years. Many of the ALD’s I have purchased have not really been enough help, I am getting more desperate about means to stay in […]
Invisible (Completely Implantable) Hearing Aids Are Coming
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Clinical trials for invisible (internal) hearing aids are underway. They are seen as a boon to those people who refuse to get a hearing aid because of the negative social stigma attached to wearing hearing aids. In addition, these hearing aids are also waterproof (unless your head leaks!) and obviously will […]
Room Loops and Spillover
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, Our Senior Center has two rooms looped: the computer room where people learn computer skills, and the “lipreading room” where a lipreading class is held. These rooms are next to each other. Each has a separate loop that was installed a few years ago. My friend that is […]
Hearing “Stereo” with One Ear
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I am almost deaf in one ear. I have trouble hearing music via headphones that play different parts in each ear piece—specifically when I am listening to my iPod with the earbud headphones. Is there a product out there for people who can only hear out of one […]
Finding Real Time Captioning (CART) Providers
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Real-time captioning (CART) at meetings and events is a blessing for those of us who can’t hear/understand everything the speaker is saying. Sometimes we just glance up at the screen to catch the odd word we miss. Other times, we rely almost exclusively on the words magically appearing on the screen […]