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Clarity Cordless Phone Provides Maximum Amplification with...
Hearing Mojo The Clarity Professional C4230 5.8GHz Cordless Amplified Phone not only provides up to 50 decibels of amplification, but also provides a very clear signal through its wireless handset.
Tech Sun, Jun 15 2008 hide this blog

It's Official: Bilateral Cochlear Implants Improve Quality...
Hearing Mojo Hearing in stereo is good for your health. A study by the Indiana University School of Medicine found “cochlear implants in both ears significantly improve quality of life in patients with profound hearing loss and that the cost of the second implant is offset by its benefits.”
Tech Thu, Jun 05 2008 hide this blog

Congressman Markey Demands Internet-Video Captions For...
Hearing Mojo Democratic US Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts is backing a bill that would require major producers of web videos to provide captioning, a piece of legislation that provides many other benefits for people with hearing, vision and other disabilities.
Tech Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog

Or, You Can Trade In Old Hearing Aids For $200 Back From...
Hearing Mojo You can trade in two of your old aids for $200 off the price of a pair of new digital hearing aids from America Hears.
Tech Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Don't Blend Your Hearing Aids, Recycle Them Through The...
Hearing Mojo A few people were mightily disturbed by the funny video of Blendtec founder Tom Dickson grinding up a bunch of hearing ais in his company's high-tech blender. But at least one reader went beyond complaining and made the helpful suggestion to donate them to someone who needs them through the Lions Club recycling program.
Tech Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Why Don't Hearing-Aid Companies Caption Their YouTube...
Hearing Mojo Phonak, Oticon, Widex and other hearing-aid manufacturers are putting a lot of videos on YouTube, but why aren't they captioned? Hard-of-hearing consumers should be more vocal about demanding captioning not just on TV and DVDs, but on the web as well.
Media Language Tech Sat, May 03 2008 hide this blog

Hard-Of-Hearing Viewers Should Lobby For More YouTube...
Hearing Mojo Phonak, Oticon, Widex and other hearing-aid manufacturers are putting a lot of videos on YouTube, but why aren't they captioned? Hard-of-hearing consumers should be more vocal about demanding captioning not just on TV and DVDs, but on the web as well.
Media Language Tech Fri, Apr 25 2008 hide this blog

BlendTec Shows What You Can Do With Your Unused Hearing Aids
Hearing Mojo Are you tired of seeing your father’s hearing aids sitting unused in the drawer? Do you want to send him a message he won’t forget? Visit one of the funniest web sites I've seen recently. It's called "Will it Blend?" It’s hosted by the founder of Bledtec, the commercial blender company, who grinds up a pair of hearing aids in one of his blenders.
Thu, Apr 24 2008 hide this blog

Yes, You Can Buy Premium-Quality Digital Hearing Aids Over...
Hearing Mojo I recently got a new pair of hearing aids, and I'm as excited as if I'd just bought a new sports car. One of the reasons I'm so happy is that I was able to take ownership of the process for the first time by getting them from America Hears, which sells and supports hearing-aid consumers directly over the internet.
Tech Sun, Apr 20 2008 hide this blog

He's Blind, I'm Deaf. What Do I Have In Common With New...
Hearing Mojo I love the fact that David Paterson, the new governor of New York State, is demonstrating how and why he is able to do one of the world's most demanding jobs even though he is blind....It resonates with anyone who has gone through the process of learning how to work around their hearing loss.
Sat, Mar 15 2008 hide this blog

'Hearing-Aid Hacking' Gives The Inside Word On...
Hearing Mojo I just discovered a LiveJournal site called "Hearing-Aid Hacking" which gives great do-it-yourself advice on using assistive listening technologies with hearing aids.
Tech Tue, Dec 18 2007 hide this blog

Can "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks Explain Why I Hear...
Hearing Mojo I just picked up Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, and it is a revelation. Sacks is making me wonder whether the amazing human brain actually has the ability to correct and cure hearing loss to some degree, even when the physical hearing organs are damaged beyond repair.
Tech Fri, Dec 14 2007 hide this blog

Why Don't Mobile Phone Carriers Offer Inexpensive Data-Only...
Hearing Mojo Stone Deaf Pilots has a nice writeup about AT&T Wireless stepping in it when it offered a data-only wireless plan, but only for deaf customers.
Language Audism Tech Fri, Dec 14 2007 hide this blog

Vaccination Can Lessen Meningitis Risk For Cochlear Implant...
Hearing Mojo The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning that cochlear implant patients make sure they get vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, which is a potentially deadly infection causing inflammation of the lining of the brain.
Thu, Nov 01 2007 hide this blog

FDA Warns Viagra, Cialis and Levitra May Cause Sudden...
Hearing Mojo The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered makers of the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to post prominent warnings on their labels of the possilbity they may cause sudden hearing loss.
Thu, Nov 01 2007 hide this blog

More Good News From WGBH NCAM: Easy Captions For Adobe...
Hearing Mojo While I'm going on about WGBH NCAM's web video captioning success with its industry-wide coalition, I should also mention their recent introduction of a software utility that makes it easy to create captioned Adobe Flash videos.
Tech Thu, Nov 01 2007 hide this blog

Vaccination Can Lessen Meningitis Risk For Cochlear Implant...
Hearing Mojo The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning that cochlear implant patients make sure they get vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, which is a potentially deadly infection causing inflammation of the lining of the brain.
Wed, Oct 24 2007 hide this blog

FDA Warns Viagra, Cialis and Levitra May Cause Sudden...
Hearing Mojo The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered makers of the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to post prominent warnings on their labels of the possilbity they may cause sudden hearing loss.
Wed, Oct 24 2007 hide this blog

More Good News From WGBH NCAM: Easy Captions For Adobe...
Hearing Mojo While I'm going on about WGBH NCAM's web video captioning success with its industry-wide coalition, I should also mention their recent introduction of a software utility that makes it easy to create captioned Adobe Flash videos. This gives me an excuse to brag now: my consulting company's site, Aquarius Advisers LLC, we've had captioning on our Flash videos for two ye...
Tech Sat, Oct 06 2007 hide this blog

Stone Deaf Pilots Site Rocks With Hearing Assistive...
Hearing Mojo I just discovered a GREAT site on assistive technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, Stone Deaf Pilots - The Deaf Tech Blog. It's authored by Kathryn Hill, a San Francisco-based photographer, and it's chock full of the latest and greatest assistive technologies for both profoundly deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers. Check out her posts on finding a deaf-friendl...
Tech Fri, Oct 05 2007 hide this blog

AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Collaborate On Web Video...
Hearing Mojo There's some GREAT news in the captioning world this week from the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH, the public broadcasting station in Boston. AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to collaborate with NCAM to establish and manage a new International Captioning Forum to set standards for captioning on any kind of video presented on the Web. Th...
Tech Fri, Oct 05 2007 hide this blog

Gennum Abandons Hearing-Aid Market With DSP Chip and...
Hearing Mojo Gennum Corp. of Canada, long one of the leading suppliers of digital signal processing (DSP) chips and other technologies to the hearing-aid and headset industries, is abandoning the hearing-aid market with the spinout of its hearing instrument design and manufacturing operations to a private equity group and the sale of its consumer Bluetooth headset business to a co...
Tech Sat, Sep 29 2007 hide this blog

Buy Oticon Delta 'Think Pink' Hearing Aids And Fight Breast...
Hearing Mojo Oticon is putting its money where its mouth is with donations to the American Cancer Society tied to purchases of its Delta hearing aids during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Oticon has introduced its "Think Pink" Delta Lifestyle Edition hearing aids to match the pink ribbons and other apparel people wear to create awareness and raise money for br...
Tech Fri, Sep 28 2007 hide this blog

Note To Steve Jobs: Why Isn't The Apple iPhone Hearing-Aid...
Hearing Mojo I can't believe Apple failed to make its iPhone compatible with hearing aids. I'm in the market for a mobile phone again and just discovered the lack of compatibility. Given all the hype surrounding the iPhone launch, I'm surprised there haven't been more complaints, other than the strong objection I just found on Paula Rosenthal's HearingExchange site, some chatter [...]
Tech Thu, Sep 20 2007 hide this blog

Microbattery.com Offers Hearing-Aid Battery Ratings Along...
Hearing Mojo I've finally wised up and decided to get my hearing-aid batteries from a less expensive source than my local pharmacy. There are a lot of battery sites on the web, but the best I've found for hearing aids so far is Microbattery.com. In addition to a huge choice of small batteries for all kinds of devices ranging from wrist watches to digital cameras to [...]
Tech Tue, Sep 18 2007 hide this blog

Bernafon Brite Hearing Aids Win Prestigious Red-Dot Design...
Hearing Mojo Shortly after my 80-year-old mother-in-law got a CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid, we got a panicked phone call one evening. "I just ate my hearing aid," she screamed into the phone. it seems she had mistakenly dropped her small hearing-aid into a bowl of nuts, and when she grabbed a handful, she chewed it right up. I chalked up the mishap to her [...]
Tech Tue, Sep 18 2007 hide this blog

Jawbone Bluetooth Cell Phone Headset Is A Hearing Aid In...
Hearing Mojo Since its introduction late last hear, the Jawbone earpiece for Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones has seemingly taken the world by storm. It is offered in many major consumer electronics outlets as well as at Apple stores as an iPhone companion, by AT&T Wireless and at Best Buy stores. The secret to its success is not only its outstanding design, but also its [...]
Tech Sat, Sep 15 2007 hide this blog

Bernafon Brite Hearing Aids Win Prestigious Red-Dot Design...
Hearing Mojo Shortly after my 80-year-old mother-in-law got a CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid, we got a panicked phone call one evening. "I just ate my hearing aid," she screamed into the phone. it seems she had mistakenly dropped her small hearing-aid into a bowl of nuts, and when she grabbed a handful, she chewed it right up. I chalked up the mishap to her [...]
Tech Sat, Sep 15 2007 hide this blog

Agilent Makes It Easy To Design Hearing-Aid Compatible Cell...
Hearing Mojo Now there's no excuse. Agilent Technologies has come up with a design system enabling manufacturers of mobile phones to easily ensure their handsets meet all the hearing-aid-compatibility (HAC) standards mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The news release and associated product material on the new Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS) are worth [...]
Tech Tue, Sep 11 2007 hide this blog

Neurotone Improves LACE Hearing Comprehension Training...
Hearing Mojo Neurotone has introduced the third generation of its groundbreaking LACE product, a personal computer learning program that helps people with hearing loss dramatically improve their listening and comprehension skills. LACE (for Listening And Communication Enhancement) was conceived by audiologists at the University of California at San Francisco and developed into a [...]
Tech Tue, Sep 11 2007 hide this blog

Tell Your Congressional Reps To Support Hearing-Aid Tax...
Hearing Mojo It's time to call your U.S. Senators and Representatives again to tell them to support the Hearing Aid Tax Credit - a $500 tax break for first-time buyers of hearing aids. This is the third year in a row bills have been introduced in both the Senate (S. 1410) and House (H.R. 2329). So far they have never gotten out of committee. As in years past, it is a bi-partisan [...]
Tech Legal Tue, Sep 11 2007 hide this blog

Untreated Hearing Loss Can Take A Huge Bite Out Of Your...
Hearing Mojo Yesterday was Labor Day in the U.S., and that got me thinking about just how much harder it is to get through a working day now than before I lost much of my hearing. To quantify the problem, I went back to a study released earlier this year by the Better Hearing Institute, which found that Americans with untreated hearing loss earned less income than people with [...]
Tech Tue, Sep 04 2007 hide this blog

Hearing-Aid Reseller Amplifon To Get Long-Overdue Image...
Hearing Mojo The Deafness and Hearing Aids blog reports that Amplifon, the world's largest hearing-aid retailer, has hired world-class advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi for a $14-million image makeover. Reselling hearing aids has long been a mom-and-pop-style business, with small dispensers and one-person audiology practices accounting for a huge percentage of global [...]
Tech Mon, Sep 03 2007 hide this blog

Siemens Gets Active With New Cielo And Nitro Hearing-Aid...
Hearing Mojo Siemens Hearing is the quiet giant in the hearing-aid industry. While Phonak makes noise with its splashy Audeo ads, while Oticon promotes its stylish candy-colored open-fit hearing aids, while Widex keeps itself busy being the "blingi-est" hearing-aid company, and while GN ReSound makes headlines not getting itself acquired, Siemens Hearing just goes about [...]
Tech Mon, Sep 03 2007 hide this blog