Visor Card Can Eliminate Confusion With Police
I recently went white-water rafting with my family on the Kennebek river in Maine following the heaviest winter snows and spring rains in recent memory. On the bus to the drop-off point upriver, the guide explained emergency procedures in the event anyone fell out of the raft. I couldn’t hear the directions, but my wife filled me in. Read more
“Musical Ear” Auditory Hallucinations Finally Get A Medical Diagnosis In The New York Times
I’ve written several times about the weird phenomenon of hearing noises and music in my head ever since my sudden hearing loss, and when I cited Dr. Neil Bauman’s fascinating, in-depth book on auditory hallucinations, Phantom Voices, I made a rather strong statement about the lack of research that’s been done on the subject by the traditional medical and scientific community. Read more
Bluetooth Hearing-Aid Products Debut
Starkey Laboratories announced its Bluetooth Eli (Ear-Level Instrument) last week in a news release on the Advance for Audiologists website. Read more
Good Design Trumps All Else, Even In The Portable Bed-Shaker Market
OK, I finally bought the bed shaker I was stressing about in a post a few weeks ago. I’d been planning to buy Shake Awake, because several people had recommended it to me. But I went with the Sonic Shaker portable vibrating alarm clock from Sonic Alert instead. Read more
Neckloops For Telecoil-Equipped Hearing Aids Are Cool
When I got my first neckloop two years ago, I marveled at its simplicity and utility. It’s little more than a cord of insulated stereo-speaker wire that I loop around my neck and plug into a microphone or other source. But then, through the miracle of electro-magnetic induction, it transmits pure sound directly into my telecoil-equipped hearing aids. Read more