by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © May, 2025 A man lamented: I am hard of hearing and my discrimination is poor. Even with my hearing aids, I often miss much of what people say. Is there any technology available that can help me understand what people are saying in situations where my hearing aids […]
Assistive Devices
Why Hard of Hearing People Love Hearing Loops in Churches Rather Than FM Systems
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. May, 2018 A man wrote, I am going to approach my church about installing a hearing loop system. It is going to be a “hard sell” because the church already has a largely-unused FM system and apparently, I am the only person interested in, and familiar enough with, […]
Installing a Hearing Loop System in a Church Is Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © March, 2018 A man wrote, I am a member of the technical committee at our church and we are investigating installing a hearing loop system. When an addition was built for our new sanctuary, we ran the cable for a loop system. What we are planning on doing […]
Are the Magnetic Fields in Hearing Loops a Health Hazard?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. February 28, 2017 An audiologist wrote, I am an Italian audiologist. Whenever I can, I encourage the use of hearing loops. Recently, the registry office of an important Italian city was interested in installing a counter hearing loop. They wanted me to guarantee that the employees working at the […]
“The Communicator” Clear Surgical Face Mask Now Available
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. February 12, 2017 For decades I’ve wished that doctors, dentists and other health care professionals would wear clear, surgical masks so that I could speechread them. I know many of you with similar severe hearing losses feel the same. In the past, I’ve read about clear masks that had […]
The PockeTalker 2.0—Love at First Sound
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. August 22, 2016 Williams Sound has done it again. They have improved the venerable PockeTalker that so many hard of hearing people have used and loved over the years. The result is the new PockeTalker 2.0. What’s not to love? I gave the PockeTalker 2.0 a real workout during the […]