January 17, 2018
Can hearing loss make you less empathic?

Can hearing loss make you less empathic?

When we think of using our hearing aids, we tend to think of clarity, loudness and sensitivity. We home in on hearing the words spoken to us clearly, so that […]
November 6, 2015

19 Percent

19.1 percent. That’s the number of people with disabilities working in the US, compared to 68.2 percent without disabilities, according to United States Department of Labor’s September 2015 Disability Employment […]
September 29, 2015

When “Never Mind” Goes Both Ways

Stephanie Booth and I share a pet peeve: being told “Never mind, it’s not that important” after an individual repeats themselves a few times. Most people give up on trying to […]
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 […]