November 2, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at November 2, 2015

The Perils of Hearing Less in the Classroom

In another lifetime I was a middle-school teacher. It only lasted for two years, but at that time I thought it might be my career. I didn’t wear hearing aids […]
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August 25, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at August 25, 2015

The Friends Who Listen For Me

While I was writing “Never Mind, It’s Not Important“, I realised I have certain friends who do way more than just avoid brushing me off with a “never mind” when […]
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August 14, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at August 14, 2015

Never Mind, It’s Not Important

You’ve read articles about this, right? How we the hearing less don’t appreciate being told “never mind” or “it’s not important” when we’re asking for something we didn’t understand to be […]
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July 29, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at July 29, 2015

What Is Waiting For Us Around The Corner

A few days ago I stumbled upon a Forbes article about 4 game-changing technologies for the deaf and hard of hearing. I read it with interest, as I keep rubbing […]
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July 10, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at July 10, 2015

The Hearing Loss Spectrum, Between the Hearing World and Deaf Culture

Since becoming the editor of this blog, one thing I’ve struggled with is the diversity of “hearing loss” experiences we would like to reflect. This is parallel with all the […]
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June 26, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 26, 2015

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week

Tomorrow marks the 135th anniversary of Helen Keller‘s birth. I remember being fascinated by Helen’s story as a young child, full of wonder at how she managed to learn to […]
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June 19, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 19, 2015

What Are These Hearing Loops?

A couple of weeks ago, Angie wrote a post chronicling her repeated failure to find functional loops so she could try out her newly-activated telecoil. I was curious, as I’ve never […]
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June 11, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 11, 2015

Participate in a Co-Creation Workshop to Design Future Hearing Aids

Have you ever wondered how hearing aids were designed? One step in the process is getting designers and hearing aid users together in a co-creation workshop. You can be a part of […]
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April 14, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at April 14, 2015

Programmes: Want Them But Never Use Them

When I got my first pair of hearing aids, I was hesitating between a smaller and slightly cheaper model, and a somewhat larger and more expensive one. I honestly wasn’t […]
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March 28, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at March 28, 2015

Hearing Loss in Percentages and Decibels

For years, I’ve been mystified when hearing people refer to their hearing loss in percentages. “I have lost 37% hearing in my left ear.” Since I was thirteen and had my […]
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February 24, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at February 24, 2015

When Do You Wear or Remove Your Hearing Aids?

As somebody with mild/medium hearing loss, I guess wearing hearing aids are more of a choice than a necessity for me. I mean, I functioned without them for nearly 40 […]
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January 29, 2015
Published by Stephanie Booth at January 29, 2015

D. J. Demers AKA The Hearing Aid Guy

As I was on my way out after my most recent day at the Phonak office in Stäfa, Vincent quickly showed me the beginning of D. J.’s YouTube video. It […]
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December 16, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at December 16, 2014

About Being Confused

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying out a variety of hearing aids as part of my newly-found “guinea pig” position at Phonak. As a geek, I love […]
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October 23, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at October 23, 2014

Tired of Batteries Falling Out of Your Hearing Aids?

Maybe it’s because I’m a newbie (less than three years) hearing aid wearer with mild-to-medium hearing loss, but this has been a subject of continued annoyance for me. Of course, […]
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October 16, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at October 16, 2014

Trying Venture: It’s Smooth

A surprise was waiting for me on my last trip to Phonak headquarters in Stäfa, 10 days ago: Venture. I had an appointment to try some Audéo hearing aids and […]
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September 2, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at September 2, 2014

Forgetting

In the same day, I both forgot that I was wearing my hearing aids before jumping under the shower, and that I should maybe carry spare batteries before going to […]
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July 23, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at July 23, 2014

Trying Something Different

It’s no secret that I’m not a Phonak customer, despite being the editor-in-chief of this blog. It could be argued that this is a good or a bad thing, but […]
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June 28, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 28, 2014

Katherine’s Hearing Story

The beginning of my work as editor for this blog also included a crash course in familiarising myself with the “hearing-impaired” community. As a reasonably recent hearing aid user with […]
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June 10, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 10, 2014

Tell Them, I Say

The other day I was chatting with my podologist (who is also a friend) and the topic of hearing aids and hearing loss came up. She was surprised to learn i […]
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June 8, 2014
Published by Stephanie Booth at June 8, 2014

How I “Get” People to Talk to me so I Can Understand Them

A complaint I’ve heard a few times lately in the hearing loss support groups I hang out in is that “full-hearing” people resist making the effort to talk to us in […]
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