For those of us that have had hearing aids for awhile, we invariably run into minor problems with them. It's sometimes hard to remember that these little things are subjected to all kinds of environmental as well as human abuses. Just the fact that the earmolds and tubing are spending hours in our...

As you know, my cell phone and I do not get along. We haven't for years. With the advent of text messaging, I was finally able to 'talk' to people without having the stress of being unable to hear all that they said because of my hearing loss. Just recently, I got the Phonak FM Smartlink...

Thought I'd share with you a few things that EVERYONE needs to know if they are either using an FM system with their hearing aids or with someone who is. This is very new technology and new things are still being learned about it. First of all, you need to think about the fact that if the person...

A little humor for your day! We went down to Southern Illinois this past weekend to attend a wedding. If you think it was warm up here, you should have tried Mid-July down there. High 90's, high humidity and of course no breeze. As you all know, when you are wearing hearing aids, humidity tends to...

This is the fourth and final column on Communication in the Workplace. If you missed the other three just go back to the previous columns to catch up on what we've talked about so far. You've made the list of all of the problems that you are having when it comes to hearing and being able to do...

This is part three of four on Communication in the Workplace. The final column will be posted in the next few days. Here's a little homework for you. It may help you to start your journey on making conversations in the workplace a bit easier. We will go over the impact of Noise, Lighting, Behavior...

This is the second of four columns on Communication in the Workplace. I will be posting the other two in the next week or so. You've told your boss and co-workers about your hearing problem. Now, what? What do you need to figure out so that you can train all of them in your communication styles?...