by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Until now, captioned telephone service has been restricted to landline phones (CapTel), or to phones (landline or cell) used in conjunction with a computer (WebCapTel). Now, if you have Apple’s iPhone (cell phone) with 3G service, you can have CapTel captioned conversations where ever you are by just using your cell […]
My Mom Won’t Wear Her Hearing Aids
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned (and frustrated) daughter wrote I’m hoping that you can help me. My mother is 63 and has significant hearing loss which was diagnosed about 20 years ago. She bought hearing aids about 2 years ago and has never, ever used them. She is not in denial about her hearing […]
Ototoxicity is Just One of the Many Side Effects of Drugs
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I was googling to see if Biaxin [Clarithromycin] was a contributing factor in my sudden hearing loss and discovered the site http://www.medications.com. Both drugs I had been using were packed with user testimonies, and Lipitor [Atorvastatin] to my surprise was one. I could not find any reference to […]
Hearing in the Classroom: An Assistive Device for Hard of Hearing Teachers
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing teacher wrote: It seems to me that loop systems and FM systems are better for students than for teachers. How would either benefit a teacher? It seems that those systems are set up to have one person (usually the teacher) wear the microphone and the sound gets […]
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome and Mountain Travel
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A concerned mother asked: My daughter is 9 years old and she has been hearing impaired since she was about 2½. She has bilaterally enlarged vestibular aqueducts, and she also has only 1½ turns on her cochlea. My question is, do you think it would be safe for her to go […]
The Benefits of Hearing and Speechreading Together
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One lady asked, I was wondering if it is possible to speech read what people are saying if you can’t hear them at all? I am finding that if I can hear them even a little bit, I can speech read a lot of what they are saying. but […]