by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Real-time captioning (CART) at meetings and events is a blessing for those of us who can’t hear/understand everything the speaker is saying. Sometimes we just glance up at the screen to catch the odd word we miss. Other times, we rely almost exclusively on the words magically appearing on the screen […]
Coping Strategies
Can’t Understand Your Voice Mail Messages?—Here’s a Solution
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I’m interested in a service that provides text conversion for voice mail messages. What company provides this service? The name of the service some hard of hearing people use to automatically transcribe and send text messages to their cell phones and computers is SimulScribe (www.simulscribe.com). As one person […]
Coping Strategies for Hard of Hearing Teachers
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. There are many coping strategies that teachers can use in the classroom to make communicating with students easier and less frustrating. However, teachers need to be up-front and proactive about their hearing losses if this is to happen. Following is what James, a hard of hearing teacher, gives to his students […]
Cell Phones, Privacy & Hard of Hearing People
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: A problem I have with cell phones is that I have no privacy. I have to have the volume up so loud that people around me (even two offices away) can hear my conversations even with the speaker off. Is there something that can help me? I have […]
The “Dear Family” Letter Works
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A hard of hearing wife wrote: I loved your ‘Dear Family’ letter on dealing with my hearing loss. I cried after I read it because it hit the nail right on the head! My husband is terrible (regarding my hearing loss) and I’m hoping this will help! I’m getting […]
Real-time Captioning—Reasonable Accommodation in the Classroom
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady explained: I am a full-time student returning to school after working for 30 years. Because of my hearing loss, I am now retraining in a back office setting. My hearing loss was caused by high doses of Erythromycin as a premature baby (25 weeks). One of the products I […]