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 […]
The worse my hearing loss has become, the more I have lost my confidence when it comes to traveling alone to an unfamiliar place. Here are a few strategies I’ve […]
Last August, I found myself in the hectic final weeks before launching the biggest dream of my life – selling everything to travel the world for five years. It was […]
Hi. I’m Steff. I’m a world traveler, writer and hearing aid wearer. But that’s just the beginning. My first go-round with adventure came by way of life’s adversities. If you’d […]
As you’ll have seen from my profile/Gravatar I’m a travel writer (as well as being a deafened entrepreneur). Recently, I was in Florence, Italy and not having the best time […]
Since losing all my hearing in my left ear suddenly in 2011, I’ve suffered with bouts of sensitivity to sound. Ordinarily, I manage this by retreating to a quiet room […]
An ambulance siren wails — and then another — it’s a piercing, high-pitched howl which cuts into my consciousness like a knife stabbing into my head. Slowly, the sound recedes […]
“Excuse me for asking… I know you said you had hearing loss but does your partner have hearing loss too because he seems to be really struggling to follow the […]
There’s a brilliant book called ‘The Tent, the Bucket and Me’ by Emma Kennedy, which tells of her childhood camping experiences. Now, I don’t profess to have any of her […]