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Assistech.com now in French!

We hired an international translation firm to translate a portion of our website to French. This means French speakers all over the world will be able to access our website in their native language. The French translation project is under way and several web pages are already available en français!

Bulletin board reinstated

We are pleased to announce that a newly designed Discussion Board is now available for those with disabilities and special needs. The idea is to promote a discussion on various disability-related issues. Visit our Bulletin Board.

Assistech.com rated 'very good' to 'excellent' by most

A poll conducted on our website for the last 9 months revealed that 74% of the voters rated our website between "very good" and "excellent". Out of 400 votes cast, only 18% rated it "average" while 9% had no opinion. Poll results

• We currently provide Customer Service in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

• Visitors to our website can now do searches in their specific language.

• We currently accept payment by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, personal checks and money orders.

• You can recommend us to your friends and family. Simply follow the "Send this Page to a Friend" link on any page of our website.

Ototoxic Drugs and Hearing Loss - By Neil Bauman (PhD)

In the course of talking with and helping multiplied hundreds of people with hearing losses, I am appalled at the enormous number of people who have lost much (or all) of their hearing from taking drugs prescribed by their doctors. Many of these unfortunate people were never told that taking such drugs could (and would) damage their ears.

There is abysmal ignorance on the part of both health care professionals and the general population concerning the many prescription drugs that can indeed damage our ears. One lady told me that when challenged, her doctor couldn't name even one such drug! In fact, ototoxic drugs are so far removed from the stream of human consciousness that the word is not even listed in most dictionaries!

We call drugs that damage our ears ototoxic (OH-toe-TOKS-ick although some people pronounce it AWE-toe-TOKS-ick) drugs. Ototoxic just means ear (oto) poisoning (toxic). These drugs typically either damage the hair cells in the cochlea, the hair cells in the balance (vestibular) system of our inner ears or our auditory nerves. Read more...

Customize your Pocketalker by choosing from different types of earpieces. Whether you're eating dinner at the restaurant or sitting home watching TV, the Pocketalker will help you hear better.

Congratulations Alice-Ann Hyman from Carthage, North Carolina, for being the lucky winner of our last prize drawing. The prize was an SBP100 Alarm Clock