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Celebrating My One-Year Anniversary with a Cochlear Implant
I’m Still Hear: My Cochlear Implant Journey, Part 3 By Ruth Bernstein My life changed a lot after I became bionic. Before my CI, my...
Nov 17, 20204 min read
Connecting and coping in the age of coronavirus
By Ruth Bernstein, Consumer Advocate Originally published in the March-April, 2020 issue of News & Views, the bimonthly publication of...
Apr 23, 20203 min read
Ruth Bernstein among HLAA honorees at 2019 Convention
HLAA recognizes communication access advocates Ruth Bernstein (l), Katherine Bouton (r) Hearing access advocate and HLAA-NYC Board...
Jul 1, 20194 min read
Embrace the Adventure of Better Hearing!
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein Although you might be reluctant to give hearing aids a try, you may want to reconsider your decision....
May 2, 20193 min read
The squeaky wheel gets greased
Sound Advice by Ruth Bernstein On Sunday, June 17, 2018, I attended Lincoln Square Synagogue’s (LSS) 54th Annual Dinner. For the very...
Jun 26, 20183 min read
Hearing accessible summer activities in the Big Apple
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein In what’s become a tradition, I’m delighted to share the hearing accessible activities I’m most looking...
Jun 18, 20183 min read
Speak up, please!
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein Recently, I attended a New York Philharmonic Town Hall with real-time captioning (i.e., Communication...
Mar 27, 20183 min read
Broadway captioning and other gifts to cherish in 2018
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein (with CHC’s Terrence Williams) Ruth Bernstein, Consumer Advocate There is nothing I like better than...
Jan 16, 20183 min read
My hearing accessibility needs as a voter and museumgoer
Sound Advice by Advocate Ruth D. Bernstein Ruth Bernstein, Consumer Advocate One of the challenges of having a hearing loss is you can’t...
Nov 1, 20164 min read
Travel Tips for People with Hearing Loss
Sound Advice by Advocate Ruth D. Bernstein This is a much-requested travel tips blog post from the Sound Advice series by Ruth Bernstein,...
Aug 24, 20163 min read
Hearing technology reshapes what it means to have a hearing loss
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein Ruth Bernstein, Consumer Advocate When I started wearing analog hearing aids in 1969, there was very...
Jul 19, 20165 min read
RapidSOS: 911 emergency resource for people with hearing loss
RapidSOS and the Center for Hearing and Communication collaborate to provide mobile safety and security 240 million [1] 9-1-1 calls are...
Jul 7, 20163 min read
Everybody is Somebody
Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein Ruth Bernstein, Consumer Advocate Although the time for making New Year’s resolutions has come and...
Feb 16, 20163 min read
Hearing aid discount is benefit of HLAA and CHC partnership
Hearing aid discount of 5% for HLAA members Beginning March 1, 2016, CHC will provide these special benefits to HLAA members: A hearing...
Feb 12, 20162 min read
Ruth Bernstein receives CHC’s Ruth R. Green Advocacy Award
Ruth R. Green (l) and Ruth D. Bernstein (r) The Ruth R. Green Advocacy Award was presented December 2, 2014 at the 104th Annual Meeting...
Dec 16, 20142 min read
Walk among 1,000s on Team CHC at the Walk4Hearing! Plus, an after-event
On Sunday September 30, 2012 at Riverside Park in Manhattan, thousands of people will walk together in support of people with hearing...
Sep 22, 20121 min read
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