Hearing Loss Magazine is published bimonthly and is delivered
as part of membership in Hearing Loss Association of America.
Readers look to Hearing
Loss Magazine to provide them with the latest information on products,
services, research, and technology in the hearing health
care field. They also look for personal stories of hard
of hearing people to find encouragement, and give them
the feeling that they're not alone in living with a hearing
loss. They look for practical and useful information. Hearing
Loss readers view the magazine as a "lifeline" to
help them help themselves and live well with hearing loss.
In addition, professional members of the hearing health
care community are another valuable sector of our readership,
and do not hesitate to comment on, add their expertise to,
and use Hearing Loss Magazine as a valuable resource for
information and patient referral.
Coming in the May/June 2008 Issue of Hearing Loss Magazine
Chronicles of a Bionic Woman By Abbie Cranmer
HLAA member and hearing aid wearer talks about losing the rest of her hearing
during a routine surgery. Then, she opts for a cochlear implant.
Big Changes are Coming to Broadcast Television By Catherine Seidel
Big changes are coming to broadcast television. On February 17, 2009, all full-power
broadcast television stations are required to stop broadcasting in analog and
continue broadcasting in digital only. The FCC talks about what this means
to people who depend on captioning.
Listening to Music Through a Cochlear Implant: Part I By Mark Ross
Our popular author devises his personal training program for listening to music
with his new cochlear implant.
The “Grey Cat” Pads Softly: Hearing
Loss and Denial
By Theresa Cochran
Progressive hearing loss sneaks up so subtly that one
may not even realize the low-level depression, or can admit to it.
The Princess By Shanna Bartlett Groves
Pretending she could hear wasn’t much
fun for this author.
