by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained, While I was at my audiologist’s office, I mentioned how difficult it is for me to hear in the ‘cubicle farm’ where my desk is, and in some of the conference rooms where I work as a number of my co-workers speak softly. I mentioned how some people […]
Assistive Devices
Watch Out! Cell Phone Use Can Damage Your Hearing
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. From time to time scientists have raised the question of cell (mobile) phone safety and how it may affect our brains since the antennas of cell phones are transmitting electromagnetic energy into our heads. In the past there have been concerns that cell phone usage may cause various kinds of brain […]
Making Your CapTel 800i Phone Work in a Different Room from Your Router
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked, I have my high-speed internet connection (router) in one room, but I want to use my CapTel 800i phone in another room. Is there an easy way to do this without stringing an Ethernet line to that room? You betcha! One way is to get a power line […]
CapTel 800i—Changing Your Phone’s Default Volume Setting
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. For those of you that use the wonderful CapTel 800i captioned phone, this phone comes with the default volume set in the middle. This means that you can set the volume to whatever level you like, but when you hang up the phone it automatically resets the volume to this preset […]
What to Do When Your TV Doesn’t Have RCA Audio Output Jacks and You Want to Hook a Loop Amplifier to It
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, I have a new Vizio flat screen TV, but it doesn’t have any audio output jacks, nor even an earphone jack. It only has an ‘optical’ output called SPDIF, whatever that is. I don’t have a cable box, satellite box or anything with audio out jacks—just the cable […]
Neckloops with Mono Plugs Can “Butcher” Music—Here’s the Solution
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D., with Steve Barber You want to be careful to match mono plugs to mono jacks and stereo plugs to stereo jacks when using music equipment. If you don’t, you can end up with problems. My friend Steve explained, I’d been happily using my neckloop (a standard Williams neckloop) with my iPod […]