Gael Hannan

Gael Hannan is an author, speaker and advocate on hearing loss issues. In addition to her weekly blog at the Better Hearing Consumer, which has a passionate international following, Gael has written two acclaimed books, “The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss”and “Hear & Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss”, written with Shari Eberts. She is regularly invited to present her uniquely humorous and insightful work to appreciative audiences around the world. Gael has received many awards for her work that advocates for individuals to become more knowledgeable and successful at dealing with their hearing loss and a more inclusive society for them to live in.

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On your list of favorite people, your audiologist probably won’t make the Top 10. But he or she should be #11 or something close to it. buy cellcept online cellcept no prescription But maybe we should be talking about a different list – perhaps the Top 10 People Who Help Make My Life Better. Studies show that around

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How to Talk with a Person Who Has Hearing Loss

Is there a person with hearing loss in your family? If so, then you know all about what to do —and what not to do— for effective communication, right? Are you a person with hearing loss in a family where everyone else is hearing? If so, you know how difficult it is for your family members to remember and

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Saying Goodnight to Your Hearing Loss

Almost anyone who has hearing loss would like to say goodbye to it. Some people, however, are so comfortable with their hearing loss that they would refuse a cure if it were offered. (So they say.) The rest of us, however, would gladly say good riddance and enjoy becoming a hearing person again, or for the first time. Unfortunately, for

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How Good Are Your Hearing Loss Routines & Habits?

If you have hearing loss, you probably already know that there are a lot of habits and routines involved in the hearing loss life. And, if you’re honest, you’ll also admit that while many of these are good things to do, some habits are not, and some routines could use improvement. But first, what’s the difference between a habit and

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When Hearing Aids Aren’t Enough

Do you remember when you got your first hearing aid or set of hearing aids? (This could have been just last month, or it might be a few years ago.) Whenever it was, things were probably LOUD for the first while. You would have heard sounds that you’d rather not hear, like body noises, jets flying overhead, a bird that

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What Drives Your Success with Hearing Loss?

At the recent conference of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) in Montreal, I was one of several people asked to give a sort of TED Talk, which we creatively called CHHA Talks. As I sat down to prepare my speech, the session description made me almost spew my coffee over my laptop. “Professional speakers devoted to spreading revolutionary

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You’re My Audiologist. I’m Your – What?

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What “Hearing People” Can Do (That We Can’t)

Isn’t it amazing what people who don’t have hearing loss can do? My friend Myrtle says that hearing people always do what they do best – they hear. They can understand the words in songs with so much background instrumentals that we, people with hearing loss, can’t even tell that someone is singing. When a bird calls out from

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Are You Too Tired to Hear Well?

Boy, am I tired. In fact, I’m tired-er than tired. I just returned from a fabulous three-week trip to New Zealand with the Hearing Husband. The only downside was the trip home which involved three flights over 24 hours. And that kind of time and energy commitment is guaranteed to not only drain you of physical energy, but of the

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How to Talk with a Person Who Has Hearing Loss

Is there a person with hearing loss in your family? If so, then you know all about what to do —and what not to do— for effective communication, right? Are you a person with hearing loss in a family where everyone else is hearing? If so, you know how difficult it is for your family members to remember and carry