From hearinglikeme.com—The concept of listening fatigue has been around for quite some time; but could it be even more prevalent in a world of face masks? The short answer is—absolutely—for both those with hearing loss and those without.
For more information on hearing and masks, visit the Hearing Loss Association of America resources page.
Watch our webinar, Face Masks and Hearing Loss: Practical Tips and Strategies, here.
From Healthy Hearing Report—To keep your brain sharp, it’s important to wear hearing aids through your waking hours—even when you’re at home for days during a pandemic. Here’s why.
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) National Office has ongoing information and updates to help those dealing with hearing loss to successfully navigate the trying times we are under with COVID-19. Please follow this link to the HLAA site as a starting point to help you through this.
Remember, make sure to let your family, friends, and neighbors know what help you need and make sure to ask for it. There are many online resources to also help request for help.
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) has many recordings covering a wide array of subjects on their website for your review. With the pandemic having a lasting impact on our lives, it’s more important than ever we stay connected and informed. Check out the various recordings below.
The first HLAA Spanish Webinar is available for playback along with our other recordings shown below:
HLAA Virtual Meeting
Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 1 p.m. PT
Speaker: Alison Freeman, Ph.D., California State University at Northridge (CSUN)
Join our next virtual meeting to learn some tips and strategies on how to deal with hearing loss during the holidays ahead. Speaker Alison Freeman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who works part-time at California State University at Northridge (CSUN) with both hearing and hard of hearing/deaf/Deaf students. She also has a private practice and is doing teletherapy during the pandemic. She has had a severe hearing loss since early childhood, was orally trained, and is a long-time member of HLAA (she knew Founder Rocky Stone!).
From the New York Post – A 45-year-old British man has lost his hearing in one ear after catching the coronavirus — prompting experts to warn that the deadly bug may cause permanent deafness among some patients, according to reports.
From the Pharmaceutical Journal—As well as blocking out lipreading, masks distort and muffle sound, and disguise the emotions usually visible through facial expressions. Communication is much more than just verbal, so even hearing people have felt the loss of these clues.
From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health—You may have known that the prevalence of hearing loss increases with age. But, did you know men are about twice as likely as women to have hearing loss?
From Hearing Tracker Podcast—We had the pleasure of interviewing Barbara Kelley, the executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA). Kelley discusses the challenges her organization has faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To keep members safe, HLAA converted its annual in-person convention into a virtual event which included a research symposium, and the Walk4Hearing held in 20 cities events were moved online. Throughout the pandemic, HLAA has continued to serve as a critical support hub for people with hearing loss.
