I needed support from Alcoholics Anonymous back in 2010. When I went to meetings, I could not hear well. I did not have hearing aids nor did I know sign […]
Hearing loss was something we never really talked about in my family, other than mentioning that I should wear my hearing aids. My father put on his hearing aids like […]
When I realized I learned poor communication habits caused by my hearing loss, I made an effort to break these habits and learn new and improved habits.
As someone with mild-moderate hearing loss, I never quite understood impacts of my hearing loss. Now I realize it has a larger impact then you might think.
Living with hearing loss or deafness can be a journey. The path to understanding how someone identifies in the Deaf world is determined by the environment they were raised, the […]
It can be a process to learn how to advocate for yourself with hearing loss. It’s ironic, but one thing that has really helped me is my work with disability […]
If you had put hearing loss and pride into the same sentence five years ago, I would have thought it was a joke. I’ve always viewed my hearing loss as […]
The more and varied challenges a person experiences in life, the harder it can be to feel understood. This is the case for so many deaf and hard of hearing […]
People with mild to moderate hearing loss often get overlooked and tend to not have intervention services. This can significantly impact classroom performance. Karen Putz once said, “A little hearing […]