VA benefits offered to qualifying veterans include coverage includes hearing aids but do all veterans qualify?
Halloween is nearly upon us and owls, those yellow-eyed denizens of the night, have long been associated with Halloween, perhaps because they are nocturnal and hunt under cover of darkness, or the fact that they can fly up right next to you before you even know they are there. But even though...
Currently there are huge gaps in the vision and hearing benefits that Medicare covers. We’ve mentioned before that Medicare often does not cover the cost of hearing aids. Though Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) may cover the cost, there are usually high co-pays and deductibles. A couple of...
Please note, the AirPod sound amplification features we talk about in this article are a tool you can start using today. However, AirPods are not intended to replace a hearing aid that has been determined by your audiologist/hearing aid dispenser to fit your specific ear anatomy and type of...
Learning and being aware of Deafness, hearing loss, Deaf culture, and Deaf identity can be extremely helpful to the Deaf people in your community. Since you never know when you might run into someone who is Deaf, we’re sharing 10 things to be aware of for Deaf Awareness Month, thanks to...
READ OUR UPDATED ARTICLE (Updated September 2021) Tips for Better Video Calls with Deaf/Hard of Hearing People Click to Read Updated Article Lip-reading doesn’t work well over video. Writing for Fast Company, product designer Quinn Keast recently shared his frustrations with the...
Laura Kim, a deaf education teacher with the San Diego Unified School District, described her own harrowing experience last week in the San Diego Union-Tribune. For many of us, last weekend was an opportunity to remember where we were when the terrible news came through. For Laura, though, the...
For many older adults with mild hearing loss, wireless earbuds like AirPods can be used as an assisted listening device when paired with a smartphone, Senior Living reports. They are cheaper than hearing aids, and no one can tell that the wearer is using the devices to amplify sounds. AirPods have...
That’s the question New York Times health columnist Jane Brody asks this week. She points out that two-thirds of Americans aged 70 and older “have clinically relevant hearing loss,” according to the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, and reminds us that unaddressed...
American Sign language (ASL) is a great tool for those who are deaf, but what if you can’t see the hand doing the signing? Now there’s a version of ASL that is tactile. Pro-tactile ASL communicates entirely through touch. Helen Keller learned to communicate as her teacher, Anne...
Typically I write about my thoughts on various topics but this week (and next week), I’m looking for your feedback on an issue close to all our hearts, our health coverage – specifically Medicare benefits, Congress is introducing the Medical Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefit Act to...
WILL MEDICARE INCLUDE SIGHT AND VISION BENEFITS IN 2022? By now we know there are some huge gaps in Medicare services especially in the areas of sight and hearing. The following PROS and CONS of the 2022 Expanded Medicare Proposal by US Congress informs us of what decisions legislators are making...
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