Yishane Lee

1 week ago | hearinghealthfoundation.org | Yishane Lee

By Sylvie BordzukIn January 2014, while driving to work and listening to my favorite radio station, the music suddenly sounded off-key. I changed the station, but that didn’t help the distortion. When I got to the office, I picked up the phone, put it to my left ear as usual, and was utterly mystified as to why the person at the other end sounded so strange. I switched to my right ear, and the distortion disappeared. That was the beginning of my journey.

1 week ago | hearinghealthfoundation.org | Yishane Lee

By Stephen O. FrazierThe word “hearables” has entered the hearing care lexicon, particularly for people with hearing loss, denoting a new category of intelligent, multifunctional devices worn in the ears, according to Blake Cadwell of Soundly.com. This term appears to encompass the vast array of new products leveraging Bluetooth Auracast audio broadcast technology to transmit and receive sound to our ears.

1 week ago | hearinghealthfoundation.org | Yishane Lee

I’ve approached hearing loss with humor over the years and I try to normalize hearing aids in my professional life. They're nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, they’re essential tools that keep us engaged with the world.

1 week ago | hearinghealthfoundation.org | Yishane Lee

By Jamey AebersoldI’m a jazz educator who is 85 years old and I’ve been publishing books, CDs, and other resources for more than half a century. I play saxophone, bass, banjo, and piano. In my world, hearing is everything. It’s crucial not just for me but also for the many people I connect with at my lectures, workshops, and gigs. I’ve approached hearing loss with humor over the years and I try to normalize hearing aids in my professional life. They're nothing to be embarrassed about.

2 weeks ago | hearinghealthfoundation.org | Yishane Lee

More of us than ever take a flight in our lifetimes, with nearly 90 percent of Americans having been on a plane. But being on a plane isn’t necessarily an easy experience, especially if you are hard of hearing. To start with, airports are noisy places, and that’s before you’ve boarded and had to deal with spoken safety alerts and the air pressure impact of soaring into the sky.