by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Shanna Groves, herself hard of hearing, and one of our HearingLossHelp eZine readers has just completed her first novel about a hard of hearing family. Here’s your chance to read this brand new novel. (She just finished the final chapter on December 24th!) You’ll find the first chapter grabs you, and […]
Entertainment
Using a Neckloop and T-Coils to Hear the TV
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: I have worn non-telecoil hearing aids for 8 years now and will be ordering mini BTE hearing aids with a telecoil soon. Our satellite TV audio feeds into a stereo receiver and I currently wear headphones when watching TV. Am I correct to assume I could plug a […]
Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In response to my article “Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box” (July 15, 2008) , a reader supplied some more valuable information. Steve wrote: The most recent issue brings up the topic of the Digital TV conversion. There are a couple of things that the web sites do not mention, I thought […]
Captioned Radio Finally Coming?
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One of the things I have wished for, especially in emergency situations, was a radio that would display the text as well as the audio, so I could read the words that my poor ears miss—much as I do with captioning on the TV. You don’t have to miss many key […]
Setting Up Your Digital-to-Analog Converter Box
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. On February 17, 2009 all analog TV transmissions in the USA will cease. If you have an analog TV (not digital) and use an antenna (not cable), then your TV will go blank on February 17. What you need is a digital-to-analog converter box. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created […]
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 […]