October 1, 2021
sensory loss and depression

Sensory loss and depression: Looking beyond the headlines

News articles ran with a dramatic headline: "Women with sensory loss twice as likely to suffer depression." A closer look determines this to be a stretch.
May 21, 2021
mental health and hearing loss

Managing hearing loss and mental health

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To bring awareness to this issue, we’re addressing the research behind hearing loss and mental health. As someone with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, depression, […]
May 8, 2020
impact of hearing loss on mental health

Study: The impact of hearing loss on mental health

Addressing hearing problems always leads to a happier and healthier life, according to a study that evaluates the impact of hearing loss on mental health.
April 7, 2017

World Health Day: 3 tips to deal with hearing loss and depression

More than 11 percent of those with hearing loss also suffered from depression. Here are helpful tips for coping.
September 19, 2016
How to be happy after losing your hearing

Finding happiness after hearing loss

Have you found joy and happiness elusive after your hearing loss? Can you be happy after losing your hearing? Will hearing aids help?
June 29, 2016
questions about hearing loss

Your first hearing aid: Common questions about hearing loss and what I’ve learned

I’ve found that hearing loss is a good conversation starter, especially among a large group of 67 year old men and women. Such was the case recently when I attended […]
June 16, 2014

What Can Hearing Impaired People Do to End Stigmas Against Mental Illness?

Have you strained so hard to hear that you collapse from fatigue, too exhausted move anything except your eyelids? Has conversation swirled into a vortex, put you in its eye […]
May 29, 2014

Mental Health and Hearing Loss

How does the stigma of mental illness affect hearing impaired people? Mental health problems, as well as being their own illness, can be a symptom of physical ailments. According to […]