Don’t miss out! Captioned performance of Deepak Chopra is showing on Monday, February 24th! New Jersey has several theaters that provide open captioning of their productions. New to the scene is the Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC) in Englewood. They...
What Is A Cochlear Implant?
A cochlear implant is a device that is surgically placed in the cochlea (inner ear) to restore the function that is affected in the presence of a hearing loss. During the surgery, a thin wire is inserted into the cochlea...
Success with Hearing Aids Is Not Only About the Hearing Aid
A couple weeks ago I attended the stereotypically loud wedding reception of a cousin and, while I found myself struggling to carry on a conversation amid all the noise, my aunt, who was wearing hearing aids that I had fit...
10 Celebrities With Hearing Loss
What You and Rob Lowe Might Have in Common Hearing loss affects everyone — even the rich and famous. The hearing loss issues of these celebrities shine a light on the different ways you can lose your hearing and how...
Recovering from Sudden Hearing Loss
Definitions of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) vary widely, depending on severity, time course, audiometric criteria, and frequency spectrum of the loss. A commonly used criterion to qualify for this diagnosis is a sensorineural hearing loss of greater than 30...