What are your favorite apps for hearing loss or tools you use?

Also as far as hearing goes the First pocket talker goes up to the number five unfortunately its really not strong enough for me so I upgraded to pt 2 because it goes higher

Go to the HLAA National Website - I am one of the featured seamstresses that make them...my contact information is there.

@nurseheadakes Great that you are doing that and that you have a grant! It seems that we with hearing loss will benefit from them when we can hand them to the many with no hearing loss.

My Proposal indeed included just that thought. I received TWO grants that covered my Clear Windowed Masks here in South Hillsborough County in FL. The way I wrote it was that the masks were for the people who were hard of hearing/deaf AND their caregivers, whom ever they were. They were the first group of people who received the clear masks and they continue to ask for them on an ongoing basis. The Caregiver group is a loosely defined group of people. I have been giving out masks to many different groups of people including: our Poll Workers, our Hospice group, the Assistive living facility, our post office workers, our snowbirds across the country, our Chamber of Commerce/Ambassador group (of which I am a member), our House of Worships, dental clinics, optical clinics, Audiologist clinics, and there are still more to go. As I move up the ladder of need, our Hospital and Veteran Groups will be receiving a large chunk of masks so in time they all will have an opportunity to smile and read lips as well as not loose their hearing devices.
Lots of education is going on with this campaign including understanding who HLAA is, what is included in the Hospital Kit and even how to take care of their masks. Many of my peers in the community also have/use my masks so they can communicate with people who are hard of hearing. The word is out there.

Erika..... I considered couples therapy last year when I could still hear from a few feet away and before the masking requirement. Now it is impossible for me to hear anyone unless they are a few inches from me and without a mask. So therapy, as much as I believe it would help, is not possible. But thank you for your thoughtful response. Judy

Judy
Why is therapy not possible? I have significant hearing loss but not totally profound hearing loss. I have hearing aides which help a lot. I also have low vision due to glaucoma and have lost central vision in left eye. For both these reasons, I think about what I will do if either of these inconvenient limitations lead to total deafness or total blindness. I think there are lots of options for both problems, and we all should try to take advantage of them. For example, I have spent time with Pinellas Lighthouse for the Blind and have gotten a lot of help with low vision and preparing for possible event of total blindness. For hearing I know there is American Sign Language and lots of useful tools to help overcome total hearing loss. When I think about what the worst possible outcoe is, then asking for a little help does not seem so bad, and there are a lot of very helpful people willing to lend a hand.

Judyca7: Consider trying one of the less complicated assisted listening devices; the Pocket Talker. I don't recall from the beginning of this conversation if you use hearing aids. If you do, and if they have activated telecoils, that Pocket Talker could be very helpful to you. If no hearing aids with telecoils, it can be used with ear buds. Many of the troubles couples have when one of them has hearing loss, is a lack of understanding of what one can do to help oneself, and what one can do to help the other person. We do not have 'selective hearing'. Sometimes it appears that way. We don't respond because we are doing something else, or we aren't spontaneous in responding. It's extremely important to get a hard of hearing person's attention before speaking...kind of awkward to the person who wants their attention, but it becomes a way of life. In other words, get my attention before you start talking to me. AND, please mute the TV if it's on! Sadly, HLAA chapters are not meeting currently, but when they are, they provide an excellent opportunity for couples to come together and talk about all these things. Meanwhile, check out the national HLAA website. You may find some interesting info there, including several podcasts, some recorded Zoom meetings and more. They are all captioned.

I'm finally getting my hearing aids today!! I have severe tinnitus and mild-to-moderate hearing loss. I can't wait to see how much they're going to help me with either or both issues. I'll post an update on my progress. I just wanted to share my news.

Is there any app that translates text or voice to ASL?

@pedronpaiva I did a Google search and found this. I have not tried it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.handtalk&hl=en_US&gl=US
Tony in Michigan