Tami's Audiogram/Speech Banana Some of you have asked me what is a Speech Banana? Good question! I've included mine above and will try and walk you through it. The red line indicates the hearing loss that I have in the right ear and the black line indicates the loss in the left ear. When you...

Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has a newsletter that is sent out via the mail to those interested in receiving it. It's called InfoLink. The following includes some of their lead article from the Fall 2008 edition. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter, just give them a call...

Another personal story for you. Again, I don't use the persons' real name so that their privacy is protected. So far, over 8,000 of you have sent me your stories. I will try my best to get them in a column! Ed is a 35 year old from the Midwest. He is married and has 4 children. Ed has had a mild...

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...

Keeping in mind that I use a pseudo name in these, here is another story for you on living with hearing loss. I've taken all personal information out of it in order to keep the individuals' identity further protected. Rhonda is a 43 year old single mother of 2 teens. She lives in the State of...

This is for all of you flat-landers out there. I've been getting emails from all over the country from people wanting to know what services are available for them in different states. Give me a little time and I'll get other state information on here. In the meantime, let me know if you know...

There are many of us out there that have a hard time identifying the causes of communication problems they have at work. It's one thing to be up front with your family and friends, but deciding to tell those that you work with as well as your boss can be a very hard step to take. This column is one...

We all know how much fun it is to go car shopping. Just when you think you know what you want or need, the salesman starts telling you about all of the extra options. Before you know it, you are wondering if you really did need a new vehicle. Hearing aids can also be very confusing when you start to...

So, you've had your audiological evaluation and you've decided to do something about your hearing loss. Now what? There are things that you can do to save money in this process. Or at least to keep you from wasting your money and ending up with something that really is not going to help you with...

Got my new hearing aids today. For those of you that are interested, they are the ReSound Azure AZ71 BTE's. Let the hearing games begin..... While at the audiologists office, we tried an 'open fit' which means that instead of an ear mold in your ear, there is just a very thin tube that is...