Articles and resources to help you succeed with hearing aids
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One decision to make when wearing hearing aids is whether to choose domes or earmolds to fit inside your ear canal. Your unique hearing loss, lifestyle, and personal preferences will play a role in this choice.
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iPhone offers a number out-of-the box accessibility features for hearing loss, and and now with iOS 15, we've seen the addition of Conversation Boost, Audiogram Import, and Background Sounds.
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With Android 10, Google added a number of features to support users with hearing loss including Live Transcribe, Live Caption, and Sound Amplifier. Here's a guide to what's available.
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Are you afraid of missing the sound of a smoke alarm? Special smoke alarms are available that provide tactile and visual signals to ensure you are alerted. Here are our top 4 picks.
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A hearing dog provides independence, love, companionship, and emotional support, giving deaf people confidence to reconnect with their family, friends, and community, and embrace the life they want to lead.
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If you’re hard of hearing and starting a higher-education program, make sure that you have appropriate accommodations. Here are five things to keep in mind to help make university life a great, accessible experience.
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Log into Zoom on your Internet browser — not the app. Enable automatic speech recognition (ASR) closed captioning for your Zoom meetings by checking Enable live transcription service in the main settings.
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If you’re shopping for your first pair of hearing aids in the UK, take a moment to explore your options. To find the right solution for you, talk with a hearing health professional, do some basic research, and learn weigh up the pros and cons of purchasing privately versus seeking care through the NHS.
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Hearing aids are now so sophisticated that they have features hardly anyone but audiologists are aware of, much less understand. Most of us just want to put them on and be able to hear, but like any device, the more you know the more you can benefit. This is as true of hearing aids as it is of smartphones and computers. In fact, the latest hearing aids are mini-computers.
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When wearing hearing aids, hearing loops (or telecoil loops) can help improve your hearing. They are installed in a variety of establishments.
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One often-overlooked hearing enhancement tool is auditory training, a “brain training” technique for the ears, that is often used to improve listening skills for hearing aid wearers.
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