AVA-Subtitles to Real-Life Conversations
The House Institute Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) patient Roselle Dyan Rico has bilateral hearing loss. But this does not stop the 26-year-old UC Riverside Biology student from participating in conversations. She uses the app AVA to increase the efficiency of her day-to-day communications. What is AVA? Roselle Dyan Rico: It is an accessibility app for…
Providing Care in a Global Pandemic
By Kevin Peng, MD and Jennifer Derebery, MD The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it numerous changes. As hearing health professionals who work in close proximity to our patients, we immediately began wearing face masks not just to protect ourselves, but our patients as well. With most of our clientele being deaf or hard of…
Hearing Impairment & Social Distancing
It was mid-March. We were nearing spring break, March Madness, festival season, and Easter, when suddenly, the world went quiet. Streets, highways, public transportation, and airports all emptied as millions of people followed safer-at-home orders from their governors. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted life in the United States in a way many thought impossible. A country…
