I write about hearing for Hearing Health Magazine, Hearing Loss Magazine, and am branching out to some publications with a more-general audience. Topics include aoustics, auditory processing (and brain overload), media ecology, and humorous mishearings (like national pelvic radio) and why they happen. https://twitter.com/KathiMestayer

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The NYTimes’ Ethicist: Health and Ethics: Crossing the Line

In a recent column in the New York Times, The Ethicist (Kwame Anthony Appiah) trips over his carefully-worded disclaimer and ventures into the realm of psychiatric diagnosis. Then, he fails to advise the writer to intervene to prevent their relative from committing suicide.