The experience on that first day with enhanced hearing--when you spend it at Costco | The Old Guy "Costco was the perfect place to take my hearing aids for their first run. It is positively alive with sounds of all kinds." ... 04/27/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
New AirPods Point to a Hearing Aid Mode, Even More Health Tracking I take a look at all the rumors about the upcoming AirPods, including a potential hearing aid mode that may launch with iOS 18. In the future, maybe AirPods could integrate even more sensors such as ... 04/27/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Understanding Age-Related Hearing Loss as Clarity, Not Volume, Is Key Says U of Minnesota Expert Professor Matthew Winn of the University of Minnesota explains how age-related hearing loss blurs sounds, affecting clarity and sound separation. 04/26/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
‘Riverside Rocks’ to support children with hearing disabilities If you didn’t know that Riverside Rocks, you’re about to. This Saturday afternoon, over the span of several hours, 18 bands will play at a variety of places — From garages and porches and more — ... 04/26/2024 - 12:11 pm | View Link
How much do hearing aids cost? When it comes to hearing aid prices, there are two groups to consider: prescription hearing aids and over-the-counter hearing aids (OTC). less than $1,000 and ... 04/26/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
President Biden talked about the lows and highs of his life in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions. Via the NYTimes:
In a surprise interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that lasted for more than an hour, Mr. Stern, a skilled interviewer versed in the art of oversharing, repeatedly asked Mr.
Trump lickspittle Sen. Lindsey Graham blew off any concerns that The National Enquirer's David Pecker paid for catch-and-kill stories in order to help Trump's presidential campaign. I still want to know what Trump has got on Graham since he did his 180 back when Trump was running the first time.
Here's Graham's lame response when CNN's Dana Bash asked him about Pecker's testimony this week:
GRAHAM: Apparently, a lot of people do this, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to pull over for speeding and went home and called the police chief to quash the incident instead. That's a no-no.
Unfortunately for her (or fortunately for the rule of law), the entire incident was recorded on the officer's bodycam and now DA Doorley has to explain why she has such reckless disregard for the law, police officers, and common sense.
And although a Republican now (of course), Doorley has been a Democrat in the past.
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U. S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.
He is also pushing back against the fact that, through administrative actions and executive orders, Biden has made himself one of the most powerful presidents ever.