Google recently announced that with the design help from Phonak hEARo Jessica Flores, they were able to create American Sign Language (ASL) stickers! Nowadays emojis and gifs, serve as text enhancements and are a large part of online communication. The […]
I was inspired by my audiologist and my family to go to school for audiology. In fact, it felt natural for me to become a hard of hearing audiologist to work with and help others living with hearing loss. I […]
The founder of Toy Like Me, Rebecca Atkinson, was watching her children play with toys one day and realized that none of the toys were representing real people with disabilities. Noticing there was a lack of positive representation of disabilities, […]
Since becoming a hearing aid wearer and learning that I am at least partially deaf, I have begun to understand my friends reactions to hearing loss, both before my diagnosis and after. There is a level of acceptance shown by […]
Since becoming a hearing aid wearer and learning that I am at least partially deaf, I have begun to understand my friends reactions to hearing loss, both before my diagnosis and after. There is a level of acceptance shown by […]
I recently had an opportunity to attend the World Cup and as a deafie I am happy to report that FIFA and Russia did an incredible job to make sure the event was inclusive and accessible to all. Beyond that, […]
Walk down any busy street and you will see a plethora of people engaged in their technology. Specifically, their mobile phones. It’s sometimes surprising when we notice a number of these people plugged into cyberspace fall into the 70-80 age […]
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 […]
Yes, at times it can be hard to live confidently with hearing loss. However, there are ways to make it easier to do so! Confidence isn’t something that just spontaneously appears. It’s an attribute that has to be built up […]
