Expert. Advocate. Consultant.
Hearing Access & Innovations Founder and CEO Janice S. Lintz’s insights on the issues facing people who are deaf or hard of hearing have been published in a broad array of significant print and online media outlets. Her straightforward approach is thought-provoking, informative, practical, and solution-oriented.

2021
Rethinking Cities for People with Hearing Loss
Published by Harvard Ash Center, August 17, 2021
2020
Published by Thrive Global, October 28, 2020
Why are Are People with Disabilities Still Fighting for Equal Access?
Published by Thrive Global, August 21, 2020
Published by the American Alliance of Museums, 2020
2016
It’s Time to Include Disabilities in Diversity
Published by The Huffington Post/What’s Working, December 15, 2016
Published by the Daily News/Opinion, December 15, 2016
Shame on the Smithsonian Institution
Published by The Huffington Post/Entertainment, October 5, 2016
10 Misconceptions Teachers Should Know About Children Who Are Hard Of Hearing
Published by The Huffington Post, August 9, 2016
New York City Hears People With Hearing Loss
Published by Forbes/Lifestyle, August 8, 2016
It Is Time To Stop Shaming People With Hearing Loss
Published by Huff Post Entertainment, July 8, 2016
11 Questions People Who Are Hard Of Hearing Should Ask Prior To Staying In A Hospital
Published by Huff Post Wellness, June 28, 2016
11 Questions People Who Are Hard Of Hearing Should Ask Prior To Staying In A Hospital
Published by The Huffington Post June 28, 2016
Published by Huff Post Wellness, May 7, 2016
Consulting People with Disabilities
Published by LinkedIn, May 4, 2016
7 Misconceptions About People With Hearing Loss
Published by Huff Post Wellness, March 22, 2016
It Is Time To Eliminate Offensive Terms about People With Disabilities
Published by Huff Post Wellness, February 4, 2016
7 Misconceptions about People with Hearing Loss
Published by The Physicians Blog, January 5, 2016
2015
Who Are The Role Models Since Helen Keller?
Published by The Hearing Loss Californian, September 30, 2015
Published by Hearing Health Foundation, August 18, 2015
Hearing Loss, The Forgotten Disability
Published by Huff Post, July 30, 2015
How an Ordinary Person Can Change the World, Well at Least Start the Process…
Published by Huff Post Impact, July 13, 2015
Thank You, Donald Trump From People Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing!
Published by Huff Post Politics, July 6, 2015
Who Are the Role Models Since Helen Keller?
Published by Huff Post Pioneer and Impact, June 23, 2015
Who Are The Role Models Since Helen Keller?
Published by Forbes Woman Africa, June/July 2015
Inclusion without frontiers: Efficient Access for Persons With Hearing Impairments (English Version)
Inclusión sin Fronteras: Acceso Efectivo Para Personas Con Deficiencias Auditivas (Spanish Version)
Published by VICEPRESIDENCIA REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR, June 5, 2015
12 tips for traveling with a hearing loss
Published by Johnny Jet, February 13, 2015
What is a T-Coil & How Do You Use it?
Published by Seattle HLAA, September 12, 2014
Not on the list – Letters to the Editor
Published by NY Daily News, July 7, 2014
2013
How can Hotels and Resorts Provide Effective Access for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Published by the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH), December 2013
Hearing for all – Letters to the Editor
Published by The Courier-Journal.com, July 20, 2013
Help Needed on Closed Captioning
Published by Multichannel News, June 29, 2013,
What is a T-Coil and How to Use It?
Published by the State of New Jersey’s Department of Human Services Monthly Communicator, April 2013
2012
Eleven Misconceptions Teachers Should Know about Children with Hearing Loss
Published by Hearing Health & Technology Matters!, August 15, 2012:
The Unbearable Noise of the City – Letters to the Editor
The New York Times, July 28, 2012
2011
How to use an Assistive Listening System at the Theater if you are Hard of Hearing
Published in New Jersey’s Department of Human Services Monthly Communicator, May 2011
Hear here, Mike – Letters to the Editor
Published by The New York Post, October 23, 2011
2010
The Benefits of Closed Captioned Commercials
Written with and published by the Association of National Advertisers, December 2010
Written with and published by the Hearing Health Foundation, January 2010
17 Misconceptions about People with Hearing Loss
Published in Deafness Research Foundation’s Hearing Health, Winter 2010 page 40-42
2009
The Unbearable Noise of the City – Letters to the Editor
Published by The New York Times, October 25, 2009
How to Manage Communication with a Hearing Loss During Your Hospital Stay
Published in New Jersey’s Department of Human Services Monthly Communicator, March 2009
How to Buy A Cell Phone When You Have a Hearing Loss
Republished in Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s Volta Voices, January/February 2009 and reprinted on betterhearing.org.
2008
Gross Offense on Disability – Letters to the Editor
Published by The New York Times, December 17, 2008
Published by Time Out New York, November 13-19, 2008
Published by Time Out New York, August 14-20, 2008 Not available online.
How To Buy A Cell Phone When You Have A Hearing Loss
Published in New Jersey’s Department of Human Services Monthly Communicator, September 2008
2007
Museums: Appropriate Access for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Published by Ohio Museums Association. Not available online.
Disabled and Hungry – Letters to the Editor
Published by The New York Times, September 19, 2007
Published by New York Magazine, March 25, 2007, Not available online.
Published in TDI’s Blue Book, 2007
Reprinted in New Jersey’s Department of Human Services Monthly Communicator, March 2008
2006
Phones and Hearing Aids – Letters to the Editor
Published by The New York Times, October 23, 2006
2002
Parents magazine: DISNEY FUN THE FAIR WAY
In your article “Doing Disney Your Way” (June-July 2001)