Sound Advice About Age–Related Hearing Loss
Topics covered:
* From Sound Waves to Brain Waves
* Causes and Symptoms
* Treatment
* Types of Hearing Devices
* Some Won’t Hear Of It
* How to Lessen the Severity of Age-Related Hearing Loss
* Hearing Health Care Professionals At a Glance
* Buyer Beware
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In both cases, the people received a phone call from an operator relaying a message for a person claiming to be hard of hearing. The person said he or she would be sending an “overdraft” money order to pay for the item, which means he or she would be overpaying.
This scam, known as “advanced fee fraud,” is common on Internet auction sites like eBay, officials say. Often, the sellers are contacted by people claiming to be shopping for overseas customers. The buyer sends the seller a phony cashier’s check for too much money and then asks the seller to wire the difference to a foreign address or independent shipping company.
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‘Deaf’ Phone Calls Bilk Businesses Out Of Money
In Maryland, IP Relay is supposed to work like this: the deaf customer types a message to the relay operator. The operator calls the business and reads the message. The business responds. The relay operator then types a response back to the deaf customer. But by law, the operators aren’t allowed to reveal information that would disconnect the sale — even if they feel there’s a scam going on.
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