Shari Eberts
Hearing health advocate
Shari Eberts is a hearing health advocate, writer, speaker and avid Bikram yogi. She blogs at LivingWithHearingLoss and serves on the Board of Trustees of Hearing Loss Association of America. Shari has an adult-onset genetic hearing loss and hopes that by sharing her story she will help others to live more peacefully with their own hearing issues.
Since OTC hearing aids hit the stores many seem to miss the boat, lacking the sweet spot of features, form factor and price that will likely...
In all my years of celebrating Halloween, nobody has ever come looking for a trick, but often, things in life include a smattering of both tricks...
Once we hit a certain age, our primary care physicians recommend a series of medical procedures to generate a baseline health profile and to...
One silver lining of the pandemic is that hearing people have now come to realize what people with hearing loss have always known — concentrating...
Log into Zoom on your Internet browser — not the app. Enable automatic speech recognition (ASR) closed captioning for your Zoom meetings by...
Communication with hearing loss is always challenging. Even with perfectly calibrated hearing devices, background noise, low talkers and bad...
The metric 20/20 refers to your ability to hear sounds at 20 decibels in both ears. Just like 20/20 vision, 20/20 hearing does not mean you have...
People with hearing loss have faced increased isolation and communication difficulties. Here are some tips to get through the challenging time.
While video calls aid with lipreading, it is often still difficult to follow a conversation over video call due to poor audio quality and weak...
Talking to the receptionist at the audiologist office can often be a frustrating struggle for someone with hearing loss. It should not be.
Workplace communication can be challenging for people with hearing loss, but there are steps we can take to increase our chances for success.
With my hearing loss, I sometimes worry I will miss out on some of the Thanksgiving fun. Large dining room tables make conversation tricky,...
Gratitude for the positive aspects of your life could help deflect some of the frustrations from hearing loss.
Here are seven tips that will make it easier for your to hear in a noisy cocktail party.
Hearing loss does not happen to you alone. Consider taking your family to your next audiologist appointment.
I wear noise-cancelling headphones almost everywhere now. Not only do they protect my hearing in the moment, they prevent days of pain and...
There are serious risks associated with ignoring your hearing loss. You may be pushing people away, and there is a higher risk of dementia and...
It is critical to educate people about the importance of using a microphone for all meetings. Inclusion should never be sacrificed for the sake of...
While it's not a requirement to use hearing aids when behind the wheel, driving with unaided hearing loss can be challenging.
The evening meal is the most social part of the day but can be challenging for people with hearing loss, with or without hearing aids.
In spite of the many health risks associated with hearing loss, most doctors don't screen patients for hearing loss at the annual physical.
It's a fascinating experience to attend an audiology conference, not as an audiologist, but as a patient.
Hearing loss sneaks up on people gradually. Take a hearing test, find the right audiologist, and try a hearing aid (or two)!
Hearing loss can make conversations more challenging. Often we must rely on our conversation partners to practice communication best practices...
It’s that time of year again – summer’s heat recedes followed by the crisp air of Fall and the start of a new school year. My kids always...