In October, the FCC ruled that 100% of cellphones sold in the US need to be hearing aid/CI compatible over next 2-3 1/2 years, making it easier for those with hearing loss to purchase a compatible device.
Author: Kerry Sullivan
TED TALK: What you don’t know about hearing aids
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For most of us, it is not a matter of if but when we will lose some of our hearing. Yet, we do not give hearing loss or hearing aids much thought until it happens to us or someone we love. It is then that we find out that hearing aids are incapable of restoring hearing to normal, especially in acoustically challenging situations.
The good news is that modern technology continues to bring us new, sometimes hidden, and often unknown features that can help those with hearing loss overcome more of their hearing challenges.
In this TED TALK, Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD, an audiologist with forty years of experience in hearing rehabilitation turned consumer advocate with the Hearing Loss Association of America, clearly describes the challenges of hearing aids and what people with hearing loss can do to supplement their effectiveness.
Mar 20th MEETING CANCELLED (Lip Reading Skills)
Our guest speaker has come down with Covid accompanied with laryngitis. Meeting will be rescheduled for a future date.
Join Us Jan 25th: Captions on your Eyeglasses!
Join us on January 25th at 6:30pm EST for a discussion with Tom Pritsky, founder of TranscribeGlass, an innovative start-up company whose Smart Glass product offers users the ability to “see” speech on their eyeglasses of choice.
RSVP required; email [email protected] for Zoom meeting details. Hope to see you there!