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Masks Are the Latest Obstacle for People With Hearing Loss

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Shari Eberts Advocacy, Coping Strategies for Hearing Loss, Deafness, Disability, Hearing Loss, Lipreading, Technology Disability, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Hacks, Lipreading, Living With Hearing Loss

I thought I had figured out how to live with hearing loss. I wear my hearing devices regularly and employ a handful of assistive listening devices as needed in various situations. I advocate for myself with friends, family and strangers, teaching them to use communication best practices. I utilize lipreading cues and am not shy to try to change the environment to meet my hearing needs whenever possible. I am confident and competent. But then came COVID-19, and a new hurdle entered the field — masks — the latest in a long line of obstacles for people with hearing loss.

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How To Improve Your Lipreading Skills Online

December 3, 2019November 25, 2019 Shari Eberts Break the Stigma, Coping Strategies for Hearing Loss, Disability, Hearing Loss, Lipreading, Technology Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Hacks, Lipreading, Technology

Living with hearing loss, I have always wanted to take a lipreading course, but was never able to find one in New York City that worked with my schedule. So when I learned about a new online tutorial created by the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association – Newfoundland and Labrador (CHHA-NL), I was excited to give it a go. Read My Lips is a self-paced online course that uses videos, exercises, and quizzes to demonstrate and teach basic lipreading skills.

I consider myself a good lipreader, but most of my knowledge has come intuitively, driven by necessity. Taking the Read My Lips classes helped me gain a firmer understanding of the basic lip, tongue and jaw movements involved in many letter sounds. Knowing the mechanics of how the sounds are made can only improve my skills. I am glad I took the course.