Dorthe Sørensen has been affected by hearing loss for the majority of her life. “I have something called moderate hearing loss, which for me, means that I hear less on my left ear than I do on my right”, she […]
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Recently I made a decision to perform again. This may seem deceptively simple, yet it’s a challenge. For 25 years I was an entertainer. I began as a lead guitarist in a band back in the 80s. We played professionally for […]
Eighteen years ago, the week of September 26 was Deaf Awareness Week. Coincidentally, I was also born during this week. During this week and in the months leading up to this week my parents had been educated by news media about […]
With December drawing to a close, most of us find ourselves looking back over the year. We will look back at the good times and bad, the highs and lows, the losses, and of course, the victories. For those of […]
I’ve spent my whole life living with single-sided deafness. It’s a frustrating part of ‘being me’ that I learned to live with. one day, not so long ago, a colleague asked me whether I’d heard of Phonak Cros B-R and proceeded […]
With technology exploding at a rapid pace, it’s taken a while for accessibility to catch up. The last several months, however, have seen positive changes in the right direction. Presentation apps Companies like Apple and Facebook have some kind of […]
The thought of traveling with hearing loss can be more than a little daunting. The thing about traveling is that it involves so many things which in essence are out of our hands. It is in a sense surrendering and […]
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Huawei’s StorySign app making reading more accessible to deaf children
The technology giant, Huawei, went above and beyond to make children’s reading times more accessible through their new StorySign app! For young deaf children, access to language is one of the biggest challenges they face due to not being fully […]
I was born deaf in my right ear. This was picked up at some point in my early years, but regardless nothing was done about my hearing loss. One of the particularly irksome things about living with single-sided deafness; if the […]
