by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. My friend Michele has a hearing loss. She explained: I was in Home Depot yesterday morning. While waiting for the nice man who offered to cut a threaded rod for me, I was standing near the entrance of the tool rental area. Evidently there is a motion sensor that triggers a […]
Coping Strategies
Improving Your Speechreading Skills
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: Is there anywhere on the web, or a resource that you could direct me to, where I can learn to improve my lip reading skills? The real secret to becoming better at speechreading (lip reading is the older term) is to always “stare” at the person […]
Automatic T-coils and Cell Phones—A Workaround
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: If someone has an automatic t-coil on their hearing aid, they will have problems hearing on their cell phones if they want to do so in t-coil mode. They will need a magnet glued to the phone’s earpiece in order to activate the automatic t-coil. I don’t have […]
An Effective Coping Strategy at the Doctor’s Office—Being Proactive Paid Off for Mary
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you have a severe hearing loss, hearing your name being called in a busy doctor’s office is stressful to say the least, and can be an exercise in futility when you keep being “missed” because you never heard your name called. The good news is that it doesn’t have to […]
Hearing People When Riding in a Car
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: When my husband and I are in the car and my daughter is in the back seat, I cannot make out what she is saying. I have lost most of my hearing in the conversational range and also in the high frequencies. Do you have any suggestions how […]
Instructing/Disciplining a Hard of Hearing Child
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A mother explained: We have a 5-year-old daughter who is hard of hearing, and wears hearing aids in both ears. She received speech therapy and hearing support at her pre-school as well. Her speech is delayed from not being able to hear for so long. We’re having a hard time disciplining […]