Invisible CIC Hearing Aids, High-Fashion Italian Designer Shoes, And Me

Buying a pair of hearing aids can be like shopping for a new pair of expensive designer shoes: you’ve got to get exactly the right fit; they have to be sturdy and comfortable enough to wear all day; but you want them to look really good as well. It’s not an easy combination, especially the part about looking good. Read more

ClearSounds IL40: An In-Line Telephone Amplifer For All Seasons

Usually hotel telephones are a nightmare for me. They almost never work, even with my telecoil setting turned on and my hearing-aid volume set as high as it will go. (And then, insult is added to injury when the first call I want to make is to complain about the closed-captioning on the TV set not working, but I have to schlepp to the front desk in person to complain instead). I have the same problem with phones I try to use at clients, at friends’ houses… anywhere other than home, where I can rely on my trusty amplified desktop phone. But on our recent trip to New York, I tried out a ClearSounds IL40 Portable Telephone Amplifier, and now I believe my hotel phone problems may have disappeared forever. Read more

Jabra’s New Headset Is Hard-Of-Hearing Friendly

Jabra has always set trends for great design and cutting-edge consumer technology with its telephone headsets and earpieces, and now it is aiming its marketing guns directly at hard-of-hearing consumers with its announcement of the new Jabra 650 telecoil-compatible corded headset. Read more