“A hearing aid by any other name—assistive device, audio enhancer, personal sound amplification product—is still a hearing aid, and still, in my opinion, not cool. But what IS cool is that I can hear what people in my book club are saying about our monthly selection and I don’t have to say ‘WHAT’ every few seconds in a FaceTime conversation with my soft-spoken son. Besides, so many of my peers are now sporting them.” - Deborah K. Shepherd takes The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.