Environments|audio and visual

Event

M-Enabling Summit

The M-Enabling Summit 2025 is set for October 6–8 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Now in its 13th year, the event brings together leaders from tech, government, nonprofits, and advocacy groups to focus on digital accessibility and inclusion. This year’s theme, “Digital Accessibility Innovation — A Deep Dive into Next-Generation User Experiences,” speaks to new approaches to…

Discussion

Group Conversations: Who is speaking?

Conversations in group settings can be a challenge for individuals with hearing loss. Someone starts talking about a subject and at some point another person may ask a question or add information about that topic. Another person may ask a different question or introduce an entirely different topic. The discussions can change from topic to topic and back again. Oftentimes, people with hearing loss…

Articles/Blog posts

Why restaurants are so loud, and what science says we can do about it

What do an acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer discuss at dinner? Noise, of course. This Washington Post article discusses "restaurant hearing loss," how noise affects the ears and brain, and what can help.