Ever since I moved to the retirement community where I have lived since 2013 I’ve been struggling with the bad acoustics of our meeting hall. There is so much reverberaton that the sound from our PA system gets muffled and is prone to annoying feedback. We are seniors, many with hearing loss. The staff does…
Hearing aids are a business and a technology product. But the sale of hearing aids has been cloaked in an aura of mystery and pseudo-medical veneer. Although audiology is a profession, and practitioners are licensed and awarded the title of “Doctor”, if there is something wrong with your ears, you see a physician, not an…
The relentless march of new technology make digital devices obsolete in five years or less. Manufacturers have no incentive to make software and hardware “imporvements” compatible with legacy products. Consequently all of us have old laptops, old phones, and old tablets that won’t accept the latest software upgrades. Our legacy devices still can do what…
A friend asked me where I get the news. Mostly I read. I subscribe to several newspapers: NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times. I also get The Economist, The Atlantic, and the New Yorker — all as digital online editions. But there are many free sources of news and analysis. Here’s what…
