October 31, 2017
hearing aids on Halloween

3 ways to sport your hearing aids on Halloween

Make your hearing aids an essential part of your Halloween costume or fall outfit. Happy Halloween! Our Instagram community is celebrating Halloween by sporting their Phonak hearing aids with their […]
October 30, 2017
preschooler with hearing loss

Tips for teaching a preschooler with hearing loss

  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela Teachers are amazing. Their ability to juggle multiple levels and abilities of students […]
October 26, 2017

How we started a Deaf rugby team in South Africa

Rugby has always been a passion of mine. A passion that I never let my hearing loss stand in the way of. I grew up watching my heroes – the […]
October 26, 2017

How to feel more confident with your hearing loss

5 ways to feel more confident with hearing loss
October 25, 2017
what is a Roger Pen

What is a Roger Pen and is it worth it?

Being aware of the technology and resources available for someone with hearing loss is one of the biggest barriers in accessibility. Rebekah F. Cunningham,  a  Pediatric Business Development Manager at Phonak […]
October 24, 2017
hard of hearing children self-advocacy

How I teach self-advocacy to my hard of hearing children

When you think of your child, what do you dream for them in the future? A strong, independent, successful adult is most likely embedded into what you want for your child […]
October 23, 2017
Deaf hip hop artist

Deaf hip hop artist Signkid releases new EP

Deaf hip-hop artist, Signkid, recently released his new and first EP ‘Music is the Message.’ For a while, Signkid has made his own music and created videos with British Sign […]
October 21, 2017

New movie ‘Wonderstruck’ shines spotlight on deaf culture

What is it like to have a father who doesn’t know how to empathize or sympathize with a child’s deafness? That’s the base of a new movie called Wonderstruck, which […]
October 20, 2017

Solutions for single-sided hearing loss

What do you do when you have hearing loss in one ear and good hearing in the other? Do you use a combination of positioning strategies and lipreading or, do […]
October 20, 2017
embrace your hearing aids

What is single-sided hearing?

When you enter the world of hearing loss, it feel as though you are expected to learn a new language. There is so much jargon to get used to: ‘unilateral’, […]
October 19, 2017
Luke Christian

Meet Luke Christian, deaf lifestyle blogger in the UK

Once stuck in a rut, deaf blogger Luke Christian took on his friend’s advice to become a blogger to ‘pass the time’ and now, two years later he is taking […]
October 18, 2017

D.J. Demers: “I never wanted to be the hearing aid guy”

The sound of the metal aerosol container resonates across the parking lot as D.J. Demers shakes the black spray paint vigorously.  Standing outside the RV that has become his second […]
October 17, 2017
accessibility in the theatre

Is this the future of accessibility in the theatre for deaf people?

Theatre trips can be difficult with a hearing loss, but will these revolutionary caption glasses technology be the start of an on-demand accessible experience for deaf people? As I was […]
October 16, 2017

10-year-old girl starts YouTube channel about her hearing loss

Hard of hearing 10-year-old Skye started her own YouTube channel about her life with hearing aids. Her first video is about how to put in hearing aids and what she […]
October 13, 2017
children's hearing aids

“What’s in your ears?”: How we answer questions about our children’s hearing aids

Growing up wearing hearing aids, my children heard the question, “What is in your ears?” more times than we can count. The question typically comes from a curious child or […]
October 12, 2017

Ellen interviews 10-year-old boy raising money for hearing aids to give to others

Hard-of-hearing, 10-year-old Braden Baker, fell off his chair when he found out he was going to be on Ellen to be interviewed about why he is raising money to help […]
October 11, 2017
water resistant hearing aids

You’ll never believe what happened when this man lost his hearing aids in the ocean

Ken Ashton lost his Audéo V hearing aids in the water while kayaking. He thought that was the end of it, but they were found washed up on the shore… […]
October 10, 2017
How to decorate hearing aids

How to decorate hearing aids like Jessica Flores

It’s 9:13 in the morning, and comedian D.J. Demers is live-streaming with Facebook fans on Day 8 of the Here To Hear Tour, as he sits in the hotel courtyard […]
October 9, 2017
recycle hearing aids

How to recycle your hearing aids in the UK and USA

Do you have old hearing aids stuck in a drawer that you keep just because you’re at a loss of what to do with them?  My son Harry wore hearing […]
October 6, 2017
deaf model in Starbucks commercial

Deaf model from Starbucks’ commercial: ‘Life waits for no one’

Alma, deaf model, moved to Los Angeles with only $1,000. From right then she began to pursue her dream of being a fashion model. She works as a full-time hostess […]