Got a Sign Language exam coming up? Any exam can be nerve-wracking, but language exams can be tough because they might mean more than just a paper and pen. Here are five tips to prepare for a sign language exam to help you feel more confident before stepping into the test. Read more: How to […]
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It’s no secret that some face masks aren’t very hearing aid friendly. Standard ear loop elastics interfere with the placement of behind-the-ear hearing technology. Clear masks on others provide access to lip reading, but don’t necessarily fit comfortably when worn by a hearing aid user. No one should have to choose between COVID protection and hearing technology.
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If you’re raising a hard-of-hearing children in a hearing world, helping them develop skills through speech and listening games can be vital for their speech development. One particular listening game, developed by graduate students and faculty at Utah State University Department of Communicative Disorder and Deaf Education, helped my hard-of-hearing daughter practice the various sounds
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An ambulance siren wails — and then another — it’s a piercing, high-pitched howl which cuts into my consciousness like a knife stabbing into my head. Slowly, the sound recedes but it is replaced by the peel of the bells of the cathedral, the clip-clop of the horses’ hooves and the rattle of cartwheels over
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A new study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that women can decrease their risk of hearing loss by eating a healthy diet. The study is called Adherence to Healthful Dietary Patterns is Associated with Lower Risk of Hearing Loss in Women. It was published in the Journal of Nutrition. The researchers tracked the diets
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Speech-to-text apps are useful, but they’re not conducive to conversation. Having to look up and down or back and forth at the app and the speaker can be physically exhausting. What if real time captions could be displayed in the same line of sight? This is the concept behind two smart glasses currently in development.
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People who are born with hearing in one ear rarely seek help from hearing care professionals. But people who lose all their hearing in one ear are more likely to have an interest in the hearing technology available to them. A recent study by a team at Aston University in England asked, “How do patients
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Latinx drag queen duo Selena Minogue and Casavina, also known as Deafies in Drag, have amassed quite a following. For the past decade they have created videos that aim to change negative perceptions of deaf culture and identity for the better. In March 2021, Casavina announced her resignation from the duo. HearingLikeMe writer Beth Tingle
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There has been some research lately that has revealed the possibility that children with cochlear implants are learning words faster than children with no hearing problems. It has got me thinking about my son Harry. Being profoundly deaf at birth, Harry was implanted at 14 months old with no previous experience of hearing the world
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