Living with hearing loss is exhausting. So are Zoom calls. It turns out, the two are related. In my recent article for Hearing Tracker I discuss the findings of a new study on Zoom fatigue. The reasons that make conversing over Zoom so tiring are similar to what makes everyday conversation hard work for people Continue reading
Coping Strategies for Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss and the Plight of Poor Television Captions
“The television captions are ahead again” I told my family one evening as we were watching the PBS documentary Frontier House. Since it aired originally in 2002, I had expected the production value to be high, but in several of the episodes, the closed captions ran 30-60 seconds ahead, making them unusable. After a few Continue reading
How Will a Post-Pandemic World Look to People With Hearing Loss?
The pandemic has been filled with tragedy and loneliness, especially for people with hearing loss, but it has also inspired grit and resilience. Like many others, I have been forced to take stock, learning important things about myself and my priorities. My recent post for HHTM discusses the ways we can take this knowledge into Continue reading
Take Care of Your Lips! They Help Me Hear
I am always staring at people’s lips. Because that’s where I get much of the speechreading information I use to help me hear. Big lips, small lips, red lips, blue lips — it is all the same to me. I just want clear access. No covering your mouth with your hand, no facial hair (well, Continue reading
Breaking Out of Our Hearing Loss Bad Habits
Do you ever feel like you get stuck in a destructive pattern with your hearing loss? It is easy to do. Maybe you worry you won’t be able to hear your friend over the loud background noise of the coffee shop so you make up an excuse and stay home. And then it is easier Continue reading
