Now that I am in my 20’s I look back at my teen years and wish I could tell myself a few life lessons to remember. Especially when my hearing loss brought me challenges I had to overcome. Here are […]
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Being alone in the wilderness can be especially scary for someone with a hearing loss. People with acute hearing rely tremendously on sounds for safety reasons. Branches snapping, footsteps nearby, plants moving from something running through them, wildlife calls from […]
Living deaf in a hearing world means that we might miss a hearing person talking to us from a distance or not understand what someone is saying. Hearing friends might try to step in to let others know that I […]
What a time to be hard of hearing. I often contemplate the fact that I was born at the right time to have a hearing loss. If I was alive 100 years ago, or even just born 30 years earlier […]
A lot of things are more difficult without the sense hearing, but darkness might be our biggest weakness. People with hearing loss often make up for the lack of sound it with visuals. Whether it’s reading lips, body language, sign […]
A few summers ago, I had one of my worst nightmares come true. My hearing aids got wet. When it happened, it was like super slow motion, as gravity pulled me into the pool. I tried to find some way […]
My dog ate my hearing aids. Commonly it’s an excuse used by school-aged kids who forgot to do their homework, but for me, was a nightmare that I actually did not think existed or would happen. When something happens to our […]
When I meet a new person, they often have lots of questions about my hearing loss. Did you go to a deaf school? Wow, you speak so well for someone who cannot hear, why? Do you know sign language? How did […]
I am happiest outside of my comfort zone and in new environments. Even with bi-lateral, severe-to-profound hearing loss, I’m following my passions to travel and do extreme sports. The challenges that consistently arise from having a hearing loss has made […]
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