It bears repeating: What improves access for a group with a specific disability invariably also helps the greater population.
Toward that goal, Auracast is making inroads in public spaces, for all of us, using Bluetooth technology and is currently being tested in a pilot program at busy Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
Mitchell Batavia PT, Ph.D., is an associate professor of physical therapy at New York University and has a hearing loss. In addition to cartoons and flash fiction, he has published healthcare textbooks with Elsevier and Butterworth-Heinemann.
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In addition to conducting research, I realized that prevention is just as important, or even more important than treatment. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is becoming increasingly prevalent among Gen Z—my peers—due to increased access to personal listening devices and loud entertainment events.