Dr. Paul Dybala, who runs two excellent web sites for hard-of-hearing consumers and hearing health professionals -- Healthy Hearing and Audiology Online -- asked me to contribute an article to Healthy Hearing on my experiences shopping for mobile phones that would work with my powerful hearing aids. It was a fun exercise and has driven a lot of traffic to Hearing Mojo. It's … [Read more...] about Check Out ‘The Mobile Phone Challenge’ At Healthy Hearing
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Likable “Incredible Hulk” Lou Ferrigno Is A Real-Life Inspiration For Hard-Of-Hearing People
Healthy Hearing has just posted a good interview with hard-of-hearing actor and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. … [Read more...] about Likable “Incredible Hulk” Lou Ferrigno Is A Real-Life Inspiration For Hard-Of-Hearing People
In Memoriam: Jack Kilby Made Today’s Hearing Aids Possible
It's a little-known fact that Jack Kilby, the inventor of the microchip, was also a hearing-aid pioneer. The Texas Instruments engineer and Nobel Prize winner's death yesterday at the age of 81 has spurred a slew of stories about the invention of the integrated circuit and the dawn of the computer age. … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Jack Kilby Made Today’s Hearing Aids Possible
William Austin, Hearing-Aid Promoter Extraordinaire
The only thing William Austin seems to work at harder than promoting himself is promoting the benefits of hearing aids. But in fact, the two go hand in hand. Over the past 40 years, the founder of Starkey Laboratories, one of the world's seven dominant hearing aid manufacturers, has waged what at times has seemed a one-man war against the stigma of wearing hearing aids. … [Read more...] about William Austin, Hearing-Aid Promoter Extraordinaire