stigma Archives | Hearing Like Me

May 17, 2019

Published by PR Hilton at May 17, 2019

What I wish I knew about hearing loss

Becoming hard of hearing was a complete surprise for me when it happened. It wasn’t a thing I had expected or even thought about. No one warned me about hearing […]

August 30, 2017

Phonak Naida V powerful, sleek and small hearing aids

Published by Angela Pelosi at August 30, 2017

Nothing to see here: Why the end of hearing aid stigma is in sight

It takes on average ten years for someone with hearing loss to seek help. Sigmas still surround hearing aids, but those ideas are changing.

February 22, 2016

Published by Stu Nunnery at February 22, 2016

After hearing loss, Katherine Bouton finds new purpose in life

Stu Nunnery talks to Katherine Bouton, best selling Hearing Loss author, former editor at the New York Times and member of the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America.

April 30, 2015

Published by Jill von Büren at April 30, 2015

“Right Hear, Right Now”: Hearing Loss Awareness as Works of Art

The statistics are well-known. More than 1.1 billion people around the world are affected by hearing loss, but only one in five people who would benefit from a hearing aid […]

November 24, 2014

Published by Stephane Deschamps at November 24, 2014

But Your Hearing is Perfect

We’ve all talked on this blog about how different the perception is between viewing aids (better known as glasses) and hearing aids (better known as “my ears” by people wearing […]

June 16, 2014

Published by Christina Lisk at 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 23, 2014

Published by Brooke Golden at May 23, 2014

The Highly Reluctant Consumer And The Invisible Hearing Aid

I marvel at the changes seen in the cosmetic design of hearing aids in the last twenty years. Hearing aids are now “cooler” in design, with fancy Bluetooth and wireless […]

April 24, 2014

Published by Stephanie Booth at April 24, 2014

Eyes And Ears: So Different?

Since I started spending so much time thinking about hearing loss and hearing technology, one of the things I’ve obviously been thinking about it social stigma related to hearing loss. […]

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