For years I carried a spare Android phone in my purse so I could access its excellent auto-caption capability—at first via an app called Live Transcribe but later it was incorporated into the operating system. I always wondered when Apple would catch up, and it finally has, recently launching Live Captions (Beta) in iOS 16. Continue reading
Coping Strategies for Hearing Loss
Can Meditation Help With Tinnitus?
In honor of Tinnitus Week, I have reworked an old post describing how I first discovered meditation and its healing properties for my tinnitus. Many years later, I still find meditation an incredibly useful tool for managing not only tinnitus, but also the frustration of hearing loss. I hope you enjoy the post and that Continue reading
Setting Your Annual Hearing Loss Goals
The start of the year is a good time to take stock and set goals for the next 12 months. This can apply to any aspect of your life—and of course to your hearing loss. It’s time to set your hearing loss goals for the year. Maybe you have been ignoring your hearing loss, preferring Continue reading
Give the Gift of Skillful Living with Hearing Loss
Are you searching for the perfect gift for the person in your life with hearing loss? Or maybe the perfect gift for yourself (self-care is always fun!). Consider the gift of skillful living with hearing loss. Hearing loss does not come with an operating manual so that is why fellow-advocate Gael Hannan and I wrote Continue reading
People with Hearing Loss Need Both Bluetooth and T-Coils
Bluetooth’s new Auracast system is exciting and provides many potential benefits for people with hearing loss. But many of these benefits are years away. In this article for HHTM, I share the reasons why for now, people with hearing loss need both Bluetooth and T-coils. Let’s hope the industry is taking note. An excerpt from Continue reading
