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Dec 15, 2023
5 min

Holiday Gifts for People with Hearing Loss

Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein My fellow hearing access advocates Carolyn Stern and Arlene Romoff present excellent articles about...

Dec 11, 2023
4 min

Holiday Communication Tips for Individuals with Hearing Loss

Holiday tips to improve communication for people with hearing loss taking part in family gatherings

Nov 16, 2020
6 min

Making Virtual Gatherings Hearing-Friendly This Holiday Season

Tips for Better Hearing and Communication with Hearing Loss By Carolyn Stern, Asst. Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives For a...

Oct 2, 2020
5 min

Guide for optimizing healthcare visits with hearing loss

By Nancy J. Rennert, MD and Carolyn Stern, MBA Life this past year has certainly been different – and healthcare is different, too. With...

Sep 17, 2020
3 min

Hearing well in health care visits is a new challenge

Carolyn Stern, Asst. Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives By Carolyn Stern, MBA Assistant Director of Outreach and Strategic...

Nov 7, 2019
5 min

Feast honoree, Google, puts empathy at forefront of accessible and inclusive design

Google shares views on accessibility in Q&A All of us at the Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC) were thrilled to host our...

May 2, 2019
3 min

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....

Aug 3, 2018
2 min

Tips for dining out when you have a hearing loss

Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein I hope you find these tips for dining out when you have a hearing loss as helpful as I find them....

Aug 3, 2018
2 min

Hearing technology for coping in noisy restaurants

Ellen Lafargue, AuD, CCC-A Please understand that technology can help but not solve every problem that arises in restaurants. When you’re...

Jun 26, 2018
3 min

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...

Mar 27, 2018
3 min

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...

Aug 28, 2017
3 min

Literacy Learning Needs of Children with Hearing Loss

The ABC’s of Literacy By Dana Selznick, Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Parent-to-child reading – and later child-to-parent and...

May 5, 2017
3 min

Hearing Access Advocate Shares Lessons Learned

Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein I have a history as an advocate for people with hearing loss which goes back many years. In the process...

Feb 9, 2017
3 min

For people with hearing loss a smartphone is love

Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein Happy Valentine's Day! Although this article is about my love affair with an iPhone, the information is...

Aug 30, 2016
3 min

Audiology Tips for Parents of Children with Hearing Loss in School

Maximize your Child’s Access to Sound in the Classroom Updated September 7, 2023 With the back-to-school season underway, here are CHC’s...

Aug 24, 2016
3 min

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,...

Jul 7, 2016
3 min

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...

Feb 9, 2015
3 min

Hearing loss advocacy makes for a wonderful trip to Israel

Sound Advice by Ruth D. Bernstein I went to visit my friend Cynthia in Israel a few weeks ago. Cynthia and I met in 1982, when I was...

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