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Spring 2007 Issue
Breakthrough Entrepreneur
Robert “Bob” Harris, Ph.D., has leaped over every hurdle to become a founder of a successful business, Harris Communications, now in its 25th year. Harris, 60, has called upon his abilities in ... Read More »
FYI
Shorter Cochlear Implant for Low-Frequency Loss
The January 2007 Hearing Review reported that 20 sites in the United States and Europe are collaborating to perform 100 surgeries in a new ... Read More »
Deaf People + World War II
Dedicated to Holocaust and World War II survivors who have shared what they witnessed and endured, especially the people who are Deaf or hard of hearing whose stories have long been negated or ... Read More »
Deaf Kid in the Family
Imagine growing up in a typical household with a big family of brothers and sisters. Nothing unusual about that, right? Now imagine never being able to speak to your older brother on the telephone ... Read More »
Spotlight on the Board: Ms. Elizabeth Thorp
Elizabeth Thorp is the great-granddaughter of an opera singer and was raised in a family committed to arts and music. Her parents, Margaret and Jerrold Eberhardt, are longtime patrons of the arts and ... Read More »
Rethinking Hearing Aids: Six Obsolete Objections
Not long ago, my middle son, Sam, visited his orthodontist as part of an ongoing monitoring of his dental alignment. The orthodontist had always assured us that Sam did not need braces. Yet, at our ... Read More »
Sounds from the Bionic Ear
There’s lots of excitement about digital hearing aids, cochlear implants and other amazing advances in technology that are bringing great benefits to people who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). ... Read More »
Adult Stem Cell Therary for Hearing Loss, An Alternative Approach
Hearing loss affects about 10 percent of people in the United States and some 278 million people worldwide have moderate to profound hearing loss in both ears. In most cases, the cause is due to loss ... Read More »
Assistive Device Loan-Out Programs
In 1982, Demonstration Center of Assistive Devices for Persons with Hearing Impairment was established at The Hearing Rehabilitation Center at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. The Center was created ... Read More »
Tinnitus: The New “Old WAR Wound”
Many returning veterans from the war in Iraq are bringing home an invisible and at present invincible enemy – tinnitus. Iraq vets join veterans from many wars in battling the often debilitating effects ... Read More »
A Fair Trade for Freedom
My name is Patrick R. Hunter and I have tinnitus in both ears. I served in the United States Army Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, stationed in Fort Drum, N.Y., in 1986. I was a team leader, radio ... Read More »
Techno Savvy Communication Options
Twenty years ago, virtually all telephone service was provided over copper wire, commonly known as the “landline.” In contrast, today there are more than 219 million wireless subscribers. Wireless ... Read More »
