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Tinnitus and hearing loss: What’s the connection? Up to 15 percent of adults experience tinnitus, which causes ringing in the ears. The sound may seem to come from inside your head, or from a distance, in one ear or both. It may be steady or pulsating, but only you can hear it. Some people canContinue reading

The Idea Place – Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:05 PM Be My AI in the Clouds Be My AI in the Clouds Although it has been close to 40 years now, there was a time when I had enough vision to see the sky and the color and shape of clouds. I’ve been intrigued byContinue reading

The Hearing Review – Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 4:51 PM HeardThat Launches Professional Program for Audiologists Singular Hearing, a subsidiary of Singular Software and creator of HeardThat, unveiled the launch of its HeardThat Professional Program for the audiologist community. Stemming from conversations with hearing health professionals for additional technology alternatives, this program enables audiologists toContinue reading

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/09/four-disabled-journalists-on-how-news-outlets-can-support-staffers-and-audience-members-with-disabilities/ Four disabled journalists on how news outlets can support staffers and audience members with disabilities “The tools that journalists are given [should be] accessible — and designed with people like me in an advisory role.” Hanaa’ TameezAthens — Despite the fact that an estimated 1.3 billion people around the world experience some form ofContinue reading

iOS 17: How to Delete iMessage Apps – MacRumors

In iOS 17, Apple not only added several new Messages features, but it also tweaked the design of the Messages app to give it a cleaner look. Now,… — Read on http://www.macrumors.com/how-to/delete-imessage-apps-ios/

Wellness Wednesday: The Importance of Staying Calm and Being Grounded When Experiencing Being Lost, Physically Lost Wellness Wednesday: The Importance of Staying Calm and Being Grounded When Experiencing Being Lost, Physically Lost. media https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/WellnessWednesdaySept2.mp3?dest-id=254899 In this 20th episode of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin, LPC and Robin Ennis, LCSW, CPC, navigate the anxiety and panic that oneContinue reading

Apple Watch Series 9’s ‘Double-tap’ takes a popular accessibility feature to the next level June Wan/ZDNET Apple’s fall event kicked off earlier this week, and there are plenty of new products and features to break down. As part of the new Apple Watch Series 9 announcement, Apple introduced a new fun-filled yet practical feature: Double-tap.Continue reading

Web Accessibility for People with Hearing Disabilities Website accessibility ensures everyone—including people with disabilities—can read, understand, navigate, and interact with a website. You may be familiar with how accessible websites accommodate people with visual impairments by allowing them to easily use a screen reader to read the web page’s content aloud to them. People withContinue reading

What Is Alt Text and How to Write It

Alt text is a website feature that goes by many names: alt attributes, alt descriptions, alternate text. Whatever the name, this important accessibility feature may be overlooked by web design and development teams or considered an afterthought, given less effort than content featured on screen. In other cases, the alt text may be well-written, butContinue reading “What Is Alt Text and How to Write It”