Category: Cochlear Implants


The Hearing Aid Tax Credit being proposed……Stinks

Filed under: Accommodations for Deaf, ADA, Aging and hearing loss, Assistive Listening Devices, audiogram, Audiologists, Cochlear Implants, Deaf Culture, Deafness, Disability Rights, Hard of hearing culture, Hearing aids, Hearing Loss, late deafened, Miscellaneous Ramblings, Politics, Purchasing hearing aids, Tinnitus by SaytheWord — 8 Comments
May 6, 2011

Senators Olympia Snowe and Tom Harkins have introduced S.905.   This piece of legislation provides a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid, every 5 years. There are 6 other Senators who are the original co-sponsors of this piece of legislation.

Personally, I find it insulting. A tax credit of $500? When was the last time any of these Senators purchased a hearing aid? Do they have any idea of the cost? Shame on the  U.S. Senators for not bringing forth a better piece of legislation that affects 36 million Americans.

If you believe that we should get a better piece of legislation than  S. 905, than write your State Senators NOW.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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Better Late Than Never…..Big win on captioned theatres

Filed under: Accommodations for Deaf, ADA, Aging and hearing loss, Assistive Listening Devices, captions, Closed Captioning, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Disability Rights, Hard of hearing culture, Hearing aids, Hearing Loss, internet videos, late deafened, Life, Purchasing hearing aids, Tinnitus by SaytheWord — 2 Comments
April 30, 2011

ALDA vs. Cinemark theatres lawsuit was a big victory this past week.  Cinemark theatres have agreed to provide closed captioning options at first run movies.  This is truly a big victory for all of us.  Regal theatres have also promised to provide captioning at their theatres nationwide.

What this means for people like you and me is that we no longer have to miss a movie and wait for it to be released on DVD.  It also means, the movie will be available to us at any of its showings, not just the matinee at 1:00 p.m on a Wednesday afternoon.

To those of us who are hearing impaired and late deafened, ALDA has been here for us. Even though they are an all volunteer organization, they hope to one day be a major organization with a  national office representing all of us. All I can say is that ALDA has made our dream come true and taken up the battles to fight that we could not have proceeded ahead without them. And who knows, maybe, just maybe, this is the organization that will help win the battle of the unaffordable hearing aid.

Join me in congratulating ALDA and all the people who helped make theatre captioning a reality.

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