12 Months On From Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids Becoming Available, where are we now? Almost exactly one year ago a ruling by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration creating a brand-new category of over-the-counter hearing aids that could be purchased without a prescription or the oversight of an audiologist came into effect. So, 12 months on from … Read more
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Celebrates Hearing Technology Triumph at the Miracle League of Ottawa “…when it was turned on, the sound was amazing. Clear and crisp. Even across the field the sound quality was the same. I am impressed and in awe of how technology for hearing loss is evolving!” The Canadian Hard of … Read more
How to Create Your Own Accessibility at a Conference “Sometimes I speak at other types of conferences in hopes of sharing a hearing loss advocacy message with more mainstream audiences. At these meetings, accommodations are usually pretty limited, even when requested in advance. Often the organizers have never heard of CART or hearing loops, and … Read more
Crowds gather at the International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians A big buzz, and an international buzz. This is the headline from the first day of the 67th EUHA International Congress, which opened yesterday (October 18) and saw the event begin to recover the global flavour it had lost under pandemic conditions. Audiology Worldnews reports … Read more
To Hear or Not to Hear “Susan is well prepared. She contacts venues ahead of time to ask about the assistive listening systems in place and visits the venue in advance to test the available system before the show. Yet in recent months, she has only had two problem-free visits to a theatre out of … Read more