Dr. Chasin’s Checklist for Optimizing Your Hearing Aids for Music
For musicians with hearing loss, we offer this expert-verified checklist to take to your audiologist to create a better music program on your hearing aids. »
Wearing hearing aids
Do I Hear a Rhapsody? Yes, with Help
A music lover with hearing loss describes her experiences, both good and bad, with using assistive listening devices at the theater, and calls for theater managers to focus on quality. »
I Reveal My Hearing Loss…at a Piano Recital
When an amateur pianist with a hearing loss forgets to turn on the music setting on her hearing aids during a recital, she has to stop the performance. »
Top 5 Tips for Wearing Hearing Aids and Making Music
Get the top 5 tips for playing a musical instrument while wearing hearing aids, in this exclusive interview with an amateur pianist who has a hearing loss. »
How to Find the Right Audiologist: Service, Service, Service
A musician with hearing loss offers tips on how to find the right audiologist for your needs—such as custom hearing aid settings for playing and performing. »
A Pianist Experienced with Hearing Loss
Tips for customizing the music setting of your hearing aids and breaking in new hearing aids, in this this video interview featuring Beethoven interludes. »
Hearing Loops for Musical Performances
For people with hearing loss, a musical performance can be transformative if the theater has a hearing loop. It's not always easy, explains Lorraine Gailey. »
Biking Uphill in Third Gear
After putting off making an appointment with her hearing doctor, Nancy M. Williams reflects on her progressive hearing loss, procrastination and commitment. »
My Secret to Finding a Good Hearing Doctor
The best way to find a good hearing doctor is by word of mouth, but the first step is deciding to be open about hearing loss in the face of social stigma. »
You Don’t Look Like You Have a Hearing Loss
Janice Schacter Lintz, who has been on a mission to install hearing loops in public places for people living with hearing loss, explains how it all works. »
High-Frequency Hearing Loss Bugaboo
An amateur pianist living with high-frequency hearing loss, Nancy M. Williams offers practical, everyday tips for taking care of and wearing hearing aids. »
How My Hearing Aids Helped Me Rediscover Eyes
After being fitted for new hearing aids, Nancy M. Williams stops relying on lipreading and discovers the emotional resonance of looking into people's eyes. »
How My New Hearing Aids Affected My Adult Piano Lessons
Upgrading to new hearing aids with a special music setting affected this amateur pianist's piano technique and playing in more ways than she was expecting. »
Hearing Aids at My Piano Recital
Nancy M. Williams' hearing aids become public knowledge after she forgets to turn them to the music setting before a performance, and decides to start over. »
