by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. The organization, DeafLink, is offering its new “Accessible Hazard Alert System—Individual Notification (AHAS)”, which is a new service for deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind and blind individuals in the USA. It can send emergency information for your city, county or state to email addresses, pagers, and cell phones with text […]
Assertiveness and Other Coping Strategies
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I am not assertive when it comes to being with people. This is partly my nature and partly because my older sister was hard of hearing long before I lost my hearing. She is never concerned how often we have to repeat for her. It is very annoying […]
Driving with a Hearing Loss
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. When my wife (before I ever met her) noticed she was losing her hearing, one of the first questions that worried her was, “Will I still be able to drive?” Apparently, many people seem to think you need to be able to hear in order to drive. (I think […]
Source of Free “Please Face Me” Buttons for Hard of Hearing People
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: Could you tell me where I could purchase the “Please face me, I lip-read” buttons? I don’t know of any commercial enterprise that sells these buttons. However, I do know some HLAA groups make them for their own people, for example HLAA of Washington state does. Now […]
Who’s Behind the Hotel Door?—You Need an ADA Kit
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: While staying at a motel last week I ran into a potentially hazardous situation involving my hearing loss. Though the problem could have been avoided, late deafened adults like me who function moderately well with hearing aids, though profoundly deaf without them, are not likely to anticipate it […]
Learning to Speechread
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: I would like to know what you have to say about how to learn speechreading. Is there a particular technique? Is there a book? Speechreading is an excellent coping strategy, however, you can’t really learn to speechread from a book. You need to see people’s lips in action. […]
Yelling? I’m Not Yelling. I’m Just Talking!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: For the last 10 or so years I have noticed a decline in my hearing. This year when I went to get tested, it was 55 dB in each ear. A question I have is when I talk everyone says that I’m yelling at them, but to me […]
Remote Captioning (CART)—Here’s What You Need
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, Our HLAA [Hearing Loss Association of America] chapter needs reliable information on how to access remote real-time captioning (CART) for our meetings. Can you help us with the specifics? Sure. Remote CART displays the same real-time captioning you’d see if the captionist was present. The basic difference is […]
Don’t Tell People “I am Hard of Hearing”—Instead, Say “Here’s How You Can Communicate With Me”
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A college student explained: Last semester, I was getting really depressed about how isolated socially I am in my graduate program. I tell my classmates I’m hearing impaired, but only one or two of them ever bother to talk to me before/during/after class. It got so bad, I started seeing a […]
Are You a Hard of Hearing Musician?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you are like many people, when you lose some/most/all of your hearing, one of the things you really miss is music. This is especially true if you are/were a musician, whether amateur or professional. Maybe you weren’t aware of it, but their is an organization especially for you called […]
Hearing Aids Are Not the Whole Answer, So Why Do We Act as if They Are?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Hearing loss is a complex issue. Thus, there is no single simple answer—so why do so many hearing health care professionals act as if hearing aids are the sole answer? Dr. Mark Ross, himself hard of hearing for as many years as I’ve been alive, is probably the foremost audiologist alive […]
Pets and Tinnitus Reduction
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: I found a little dog and had him with me for one week before finding his grateful owners. Of course I had to walk him, and I fussed over him (a sheltie/Pomeranian mix—he is super cute). During that time, it seemed the ringing in my ears was much […]
Finding Real Time Captioning (CART) Providers
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 […]
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 […]
Getting More Volume Out of Audio Devices
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. If you need a bit more volume when listening to audio devices such as FM receivers, iPods, MP3 Players, etc (but not telephones) when using neckloops, Music-Links or earbuds, you can get the boost you need with a neat little amplifier I just discovered at Radio Shack. I had trouble hearing […]
Getting More Volume Out of Your T-Coils and Telephones
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I received the T-Links and hooked them up to my ClearSounds amplified telephone model CSC50. They function as advertised however in my particular case the sound that I get is just not quite loud enough. This is true even though the telephone amplification is turned to its high […]
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