Category: news

Oh darn, I did it again. I slid into bluffing mode!

Hey, the conversation was a nightmare to follow – it was noisy and I didn’t know the people very well. There were several things I could have done to not bluff, but they involved time, disruption, and putting more value on the casual conversation than I was prepared to give.

Gael Hannon

That’s how Gael’s post begins. It’s got some good tips if you’ve found yourself in a similar situation. You read the rest of the article to find out what they are.

Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Departments of Family Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation are reaching out to people with disabilities to see if they are interested in participating in our study. The goal of this study is to learn more about what people with disabilities think about and want from autonomous vehicles (AVs), which are cars that drive with little or no human involvement. This research could help make AVs easier to use for people with disabilities.

Here’s the flyer. It has a different ways to contact them if you’re interested.

Do you know how Kyle Schulz is? Find out here

In the first of it’s kind broadcast, the Stanley Cup finals will include an alternative broadcast with an ASL commentator team! It will be airing on the NHL Network and ESPN+. https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-to-air-alternate-telecast-of-stanley-cup-final-in-asl

Watch this!

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.