The start of the year is a good time to take stock and set goals for the next 12 months. This can apply to any aspect of your life—and of course to your hearing loss. It’s time to set your hearing loss goals for the year. Maybe you have been ignoring your hearing loss, preferring Continue reading
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2022: Living With Hearing Loss Year in Review
And it’s a wrap on another year for Living With Hearing Loss. Thank you to all my readers for sharing your thoughts and questions and helping me build a welcoming and enriching community for all of us. It has a been a busy year of writing, speaking, “We Hear You” screenings, and of course the Continue reading
Give the Gift of Skillful Living with Hearing Loss
Are you searching for the perfect gift for the person in your life with hearing loss? Or maybe the perfect gift for yourself (self-care is always fun!). Consider the gift of skillful living with hearing loss. Hearing loss does not come with an operating manual so that is why fellow-advocate Gael Hannan and I wrote Continue reading
Audiologists Can Inspire Self-Advocacy in Hearing Loss Patients
Hearing loss can be hard to accept at first, especially when it involves alerting others to your condition and advocating for your communication needs. You may not even know what assistance to request at first. Audiologists are critical partners in helping people with hearing loss develop the self-advocacy skills they need to make communication easier. Continue reading
How to Make Your Holiday Dinner Hearing Loss Friendly
The holidays are a time to join with family and friends to express gratitude for the many joys in our lives. For people with hearing loss, it can also often be fraught with anxiety. Will we be able to follow the dinner conversation and partake in the merriment? How exhausted will we be from all Continue reading
