Top hearing technologies at CES 2019 - healthable tops my list.
Facebook Video Captions Expand Accessibility Opportunities and Acceptance
I never thought marketing insights would be helping to drive accessibility on the web for those of us with hearing loss, but when I skipped down to the "Optimize based on format" header of this article by Social Media Week, I paused. “People are viewing Facebook native with their sound off, so you have to think... Continue Reading →
Made for iPhone Hearing Aids & Hearing Loss Awareness Are Eliminating Stigma
I've written about my hearing aids before, and I'm sure it'll happen again. But while this post incorporates some talk of my Halo Made for iPhone hearing aids (which let me tell you, are AWESOME!), the point is that Made for iPhone hearing technologies are eliminating hearing aid and hearing loss stigma. (Hallelujah for us!) Technology: Making... Continue Reading →
What Is It Really Like to Lose Your Hearing?
A version of this was originally published in Prevention Magazine's "9 Women Share What It Feels Like To Lose Your Hearing." You don’t appreciate your hearing until you lose it. You may not even realize it’s happening. Hearing loss can develop gradually, and our body instinctively adjusts. Or if you’re like me, you spend 12 years denying it... Continue Reading →
We Can’t Break Hearing Loss Stigma Alone
The negative stigma hearing aids have is not the products fault. It’s not the fault of those of us who wear them. And it’s not the fault of the hearing professionals who fit them or the manufacturers who create them. It is the fault of the judgmental public who has learned in recent years, that... Continue Reading →
Has Apple’s iPhone 7 “Jack Controversy” just helped people with hearing loss seek help sooner?
(Featured image via https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-7/) The iPhone 7 is officially here, and with it I had to ask "Did Apple just help people like me (with hearing loss) want to get help sooner?" The iPhone 7 will start shipping Friday, Sept. 16. Pre-orders start Friday, Sept. 9. pic.twitter.com/pChtUoK3OJ — Sam Murphy Kelly (@HeySamantha) September 7, 2016 Hearing... Continue Reading →
5 Things To Remember When You’re Dating Someone With Hearing Loss
This article was originally written for and originally published on Elite Daily. Anyone with hearing loss can tell you it’s not easy. As if dating wasn’t already complicated enough, add on the additional hurdles of not being able to hear, understand or function like a normal hearing person. Love is a powerful thing, but when you... Continue Reading →
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