A new communication card will help deaf and hard-of-hearing Ohioans communicate with law enforcement
Governor Mike DeWine announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Traffic Safety Office (OTSO), Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), and statewide law enforcement partners have developed a new communication card to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing exchange information with law enforcement. The new communication card can help individuals who are…
Universal live captioning coming from Apple
TechCrunch is reporting about new accessibility features coming from Apple later this year. Live captioning is among the most widely applicable new feature. With it, captions of spoken content from videos, podcasts, FaceTime, and other calls will appear in a speaker-specific scrolling transcript above the video windows. See the TechCrunch story here for more details….
3 studies link hearing loss with less physical activity among older adults
The information below can be found on the NIH website here. Do your parents have a baseline hearing test? Multiple studies link hearing loss to less physical activity in older adults. A baseline hearing test can be vital to seniors long-term health. Check out this report from the National Institute of Health. Older adults with…
What to know before you give AirPods as holiday gifts
This story appears on The Sun.com here. OWNERS of in-ear headphones like Apple AirPods have been warned using them could cause serious health issues like vertigo and even hearing loss. Repeated and long-lasting use of the gadgets could lead to warning signs that are often overlooked as leading indicators of health hazards to come, it’s…
Survey: Improving the health care system
Background Information: This survey is a part of a research study at the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, IRB00269690, with Principal Investigator Dr. Nicholas Reed. We will be asking about your experiences receiving healthcare and interacting with providers and staff as an adult with age-related hearing loss. We will not collect any identifiable information…
White House executive order targets cell phone repairs, hearing aids, internet access and more
President Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order on Friday, July 9, aimed at promoting competition across wide swaths of American business see NPR’s report here and Fox News’ report here. The order includes 72 initiatives at more than a dozen federal agencies to promptly tackle some of the most pressing competition problems across the US…
COVID-19, hearing, and balance
A UK research study published in March 2021 link here found lingering hearing and balance issues among COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalized, even after completing their hospital stay. The UK research adds to the scientific evidence that there is an association between COVID-19 and hearing problems, but the evidence isn’t conclusive. Research data underlying…