Author: DCOPITHORNE
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California Dreaming About Hearing-Hair Replacement
Let’s talk hair-replacement therapy. No, I’m not talking about premature baldness, Rogaine or Hair Club for Men. I’m talking about the 15,000 hair-like cells we have in each cochlea at birth that are responsible for translating sound waves from the ear drum into electrical signals the brain can decode as speech, music, a baby crying…
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If A-Rod Can Carry A Purse, I Can Too!
A couple of months ago, I finally got tired the trade-off between stuffing every spare pocket with all my hearing gear (and eventually having to wear a sport coat and overcoat with yet more pockets, even in warm weather) vs. packing it all in my business briefcase that is too big to carry with me…
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Did Someone Say Those Noises In My Head Are Real? Or Am I Hearing Things Again?
A few weeks ago I posted an item about the noises I constantly hear in my head. These aren’t the usual hissing or ringing noises commonly associated with tinnitus. I’m talking about distinct sounds such as dump trucks and payloaders working at a hallucinatory construction site outside my window, a chain saw whining in the…
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Okay, It's Time To Get A Portable Bed-Shaker. Any Recommendations?
I guess it’s time to break down my resistance to the portable vibrating bed shakers that I know are out there.
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Hearing Aids And Cellphones: One Step Forward, Half A Step Back
Making a cellphone easy to use with a hearing aid is devilishly hard. Both devices are packed with so many chips and other digital electronics that electromagnetic interference causing feedback, static and distortion is bound to occur in one or both devices.
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Excuse Me, I Have To Fall Down Now
As a sufferer of Meniere’s Disease, I have started reading with ghoulish fascination every issue of On the Level, the quarterly newsletter of the Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA).
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Carbon Monoxide Speeds Up Hearing Loss
I knew carbon monoxide was bad for your health and in large quantities can kill you. But I never knew it was bad for your hearing too.
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Bluetooth Bandwagon Builds Momentum, But Where Are The HOH Products?
Every week it seems we hear of another new product for hard-of-hearing (HOH) consumers utilizing the Bluetooth wireless communications standard. My only comment on all these efforts is, “Sounds great, guys, but when will we actually see (and hear) the products?”
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MedBio Announces Real-Time Voice Recognition
The MedBio “Speak ‘n Read” system integrates speech recognition into a Sony hand-held computer that records the speaker’s voice and immediately displays captions on both the computer screen and a small projector on a pair of eyeglass frames.
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More Boomers Than We Knew Have Hearing Loss
Bad news for boomers, good news for hearing aid manufacturers: A survey by The Ear Foundation finds that more American baby boomers than previously thought are losing their hearing, with nearly half the total of those aged 50 to 59 reporting some degree of hearing loss.