I thought it would be fun to take one psychology course at Harvard College. So, I took an introductory course in Psychology during the spring semester of 1984, my sophomore year. Instead, I nearly failed that course. The reason I almost flunked the course is that I received a failing grade on my psychology midterm. ….
Before COVID, there had been quite a bit of frustration on my part whenever I’d go shopping or go out for a meal. I’d often pick up some goods, and I’d come to a cashier to pay for these goods. Whenever I’d communicate with the cashier, I’d speak with my own voice. As one would….
Eavesdropping was (and still is) nearly impossible with my daughters Rachel and Hannah. They would speak to each other in front of their deaf parents (that’s me and my wife Denise), and they knew (and still know) we couldn’t catch what they spoke about. On the opposite end, we parents would sign to each other,….
More than 30 years ago, I was in my twenties. I had been going to the Hamptons every summer. Sometimes in the evening, I’d go to a dance/bar place such as JAG in East Hampton and Danceteria in Bridgehampton (both of which were closed under suspicious circumstances). Most of the time, I was usually alone,….
You know there is an annual National Spelling Bee where every contestant listens to a spoken word and then after getting clues (such as hearing the word in a spoken sentence), he or she gets to spell that word. If the contestant spells it correctly, he or she stays. If not, he or she is….
It has been more than one month since I posted my last blog. Well, I’ve got some stories to tell you about my deafness. Yeah, I did write a few college papers about my experiences going to a school for the deaf and then mainstreaming into the New York City Public School System, which was….
This is one of my favorite postcards. You see a chicken jumping in the air, and it says “Ich bin ein Adler!” three times. That sentence is translated to “I am an eagle!” The chicken is an important animal model for inner ear repair (including hair cell regeneration) and subsequent hearing recovery in the acoustically….
I had just graduated from Harvard College, and didn’t know what I’d like to do in the future. I had a B.A. in Biology, and I kept “hearing” I’d have a hell of a hard time getting into medical school. My grades weren’t so great, and I knew I had trouble keeping up with my….
My last name is Adler, which means eagle in German. I included ‘ear’ for two reasons – I’m deaf, and I have been involved in the field of Hearing Research for 30 years.
I’d like to introduce myself as Henry J. Adler. I have been profoundly deaf since birth, and I am fluent in both spoken English (including lipreading) and American Sign Language (ASL). I’ve attended Ivy League institutions (I received my Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in late 1993), and have worked as a….