Personal Stories

Let’s Take Care of Hearing Now

Teaching by example, a former Marine who served in Iraq helps his fellow veterans take of their health to avoid regrets later.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

My Hope Is to Turn Pain Into Progress

Most of my life I had no ear problems. I never thought about the noise I was exposed to, certainly never in terms of the grave hazard and enormous threat that I now know it to be.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Poem: The Bewitched Ear

When she first came out I didn’t think / she was in my head. / The florescent in the laundry room needs fixing.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Staying in Tune: Music and Memories

Music can help to create rich and complex musical memories that are stored in multiple areas of the brain, which helps them become reinforced.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

High-Energy Les Paul Took to the Road to Perform 

Les Paul was born on June 9, 1915, and each June we celebrate this legendary artist who did so much to change the face of music, and to express our gratitude to the Les Paul Foundation for their support of the Emerging Research Grants program.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

The Ups and Downs of Being Hard of Hearing

If I may speak for all of us with a hearing condition, I ask our family, friends, and folks we interact with on an everyday basis to please be patient.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

A Pioneer in Hearing Conservation

As the first audiology officer in the U.S. Navy in 1979, Herman Kidder, Ph.D., helped establish the Navy’s Hearing Conservation Program.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Hope for Moms When Your Child Is Diagnosed with Hearing Loss

I’m now passionate about helping other moms live their own story of hope and healing amidst hearing loss in their children. I understand how overwhelming it feels for a mom to receive that first diagnosis that your child has hearing loss.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Adventures and Revelations From Getting Hearing Aids

Contemporary hearing aids are virtually invisible, and since everyone has things sticking in and around their ears these days, it’s a non-event.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Apple Hearing Study Update

The latest update shared the perhaps not unsurprising statistic that an estimated one in three adult Americans are exposed to excessive noise levels, above an annual average of 70 dBA.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE