Hear This! Blog

One Giant Leap for Workplace Accessibility Denna Lambert, Victoria Garcia and K. Renee Horton, Ph.D., float during the AstroAccess parabolic space flight on Dec. 15, 2022. ©Zero-G photographer Tasha Dixon Just in time for National Disability [...]

September 19, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Lessons from Barbie All the hype surrounding the new Barbie movie, which grossed $155 million in its opening weekend, has me flashing back to simpler days. Afternoons spent holed up with my besties [...]

August 3, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Flying with Hearing Loss Can Be Challenging

A recent news story about a senior woman’s air travel nightmare highlights problems many of us with hearing loss may experience when we fly.

May 25, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Music Performance with a Cochlear Implant A professional musician in New York City for two decades, Jonathon Taylor retired early due to progressive hearing loss that could not be helped with hearing aids. After receiving a [...]

May 17, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Better Hearing in the Workplace

Despite ADA protections, people with disabilities in general—and hearing loss specifically—remain at a disadvantage in the labor force.

May 10, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Walk4Hearing Brings Life-Changing Discovery to Alabama Man

For Mark Robinson of Birmingham, Alabama, a mobile screening at the 2019 Walk4Hearing in Washington, DC, brought a significant revelation—he was losing his hearing.

March 22, 2023 by HLAA Communications

All the World’s a Stage HLAA is a member of the World Hearing Forum of the WHO. We like to think we’re part of the collective players on the world’s stage who make an impact. [...]

February 27, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Cochlear Implants Changing Lives

Two long-time HLAA members and cochlear implant (CI) users, Lisa Yuan and Malik B. El-Amin, shared their stories with us in honor of International Cochlear Implant Day.

February 22, 2023 by HLAA Communications

Google Maps Now Includes Hearing Loops Having hearing loss requires us to think about how we will hear everywhere we go. This can be particularly challenging in public settings like places of worship, a meeting room, [...]

December 14, 2022 by HLAA Communications

WEBINAR—The Information We Carry: Genetics and Hearing Loss