Welcome to the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Resources and Information page, where you can find earlier posts, links, websites, and information about various topics such as hearing aids, communication, audiologists, education, and language.
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about hearing aids.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Terms
D/HH, DHH: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
IEP: Individualized Education Plan, a legal document for students with special needs
FM system: Assistive listening device worn by the speaker to amplify his or her voice for the listener who uses a device that receives the amplified speaker's voice
BTE: Behind-the-ear hearing aid (the one that is shaped like a shrimp)
ASL: American Sign Language
CC: Closed-Captioned
ASL: American Sign Language
CC: Closed-Captioned
Hearing Aids
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about hearing aids.
- Using a New Bluetooth Device With My Hearing Aid
- Hearing Aid Tube Changes Shouldn't Require Several Expensive Visits to The Audiologist
- My New Blue and White Ear Mold
- Why I Like My BTE Hearing Aid
- How Hearing Aids Are Made
- Hearing Loop Installed in Subways
- What to Do With Your Hearing Aids
- How I Replace an Old Hearing Aid Tube
- Hearing Aid Tube Moisture, How to Avoid it or Get Rid of it
- Hearing Aids Should Be Covered by Insurance
- How to Get Insurance Companies to Cover Hearing Aids
- Sleeping With Your Hearing Aids
- Recycle Your Hearing Aid and CI Batteries
- Personal Hearing Aid Cleaning Kits
- Hearing Aid Museum
- Hearing Aids Creatively Concealed in the 20th Century
- Consumer Reports: Hearing Aid Guide
- NY Times- Buying a Hearing Aid? You've Got A Lot to Learn
- HearingAidKnow
- NY Times- A Hearing Aid That Cuts Out All the Clatter
- Hearing Loss Association of America - Introduction to Hearing Aids
Communication
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about communication.
- He Needs an Interpreter? But, He Speaks Really Well!
- Being Tired and Stressed Makes it More Difficult to Hear
- Conversational Delay
- It is Clarity, Not Volume, that Matters
- Don't Look at the Interpreter, Look at Me
- You Never Listen
- Oh, You Have a Hearing Loss? OK, WELL, AS I WAS SAYING. .
- Communicating in a Foreign Country
- People With Typical Hearing Can Learn a Thing or Two From People With Deafness
- Beat Them to the Punch
- I Am Not Ignoring You!
Speech
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about speech.
- Working On Your Child's Speech
- How Rude!
- Do You Hear How She Sounds Monotone?
- Having Imperfect Speech, Not the End of the World
- Working On Improving Your Speech
- My Speech Therapist Was a Jerk
- OK, Let's Work On Your R's!
Language
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about language development and use:- Good Websites and Apps for Learning and Practicing ASL
- Why Language is Vital
- Is ASL the 3rd or 4th Most Used Language in USA?
- Most Likely a Language Issue Not Cognitive
- Fluent Language Important When Teaching the Little Ones
Education
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about education:- Apps for Deaf/HH Educators
- Personal Stories Most Memorable in Education
- What I Realized From the Very First Time I Taught in a Classroom
IEP & Special Education Laws
Links to helpful and interesting online information about IEPs and Special Education laws:
Self Advocacy
Collection of Eh? What? Huh? blog posts about self advocacy:
Self Advocacy for Shy Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Ten Reasons Why Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Should Advocate For Themselves Advocating for Myself With a Bang!
Links to helpful and interesting online information about self advocacy:
Funny Stuff
- Widex's 24K Diamond Encrusted Hearing Aid
- Amusing 'Super Hearing' Hearing Aid Commercial
- Hearing Aid Shaped Tan Mark!
- Funny Widex Commercial
- Hilarious Hearing Aid Commercial
- Poor Cousin Peg
- Temporary Monkey Hearing Aid Box
- Can Hearing Aids Electrocute You?
- What Not to Do With Your Hearing Aids
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