by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One lady asked: Do you ever hear something and can’t figure out immediately where the sound is coming from? Another lady replied: For me, that happens all the time. I have much less hearing in my right ear than in my left. At work when someone calls my name and I […]
Coping Strategies
Use the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet—It’s an Effective Coping Strategy
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. I have just written a new article called “The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet—A Boon to Hard of Hearing People (If You Know and Use It)”. This article begins, “Among most hard of hearing people, the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (also called the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, but sometimes erroneously referred to as […]
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide to Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has just released “The Savvy Consumer’s Guide to Hearing Loss.” This excellent 193 page book, by Karen Rockow, Ph. D,. herself hard of hearing, and now with a cochlear implant, gives a lot of practical coping strategies for people new to […]
Hearing Loss and Personal Space
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing lady wrote: I have always been a person that has to have my “space” and feel personally violated if people stand too close (any closer than arm’s distance). I will literally get very uncomfortable, start sweating, panicky, if it is not a situation that I can remedy […]
Hearing In Noise—What’s the Solution?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A mother wrote: My beautiful daughter was born with impaired hearing, and the doctors said she would lose her hearing as she got older. She is now in her forties. With her hearing aid, she hears noises, but cannot understand speech because of the background noise she picks up. Is there […]
Speechreading Difficulties
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: My hearing has decreased considerably these past few years. I ordered your “Seeing and Hearing Speech” CD recently to help me understand conversations better. I have been trying to read peoples’ lips for some time now and the lessons are helping, although I am still on […]