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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Mar. 10, 2015

A HoH’s Credo

Gael Hannan
When I was young and went to church more regularly than I do now, I thought the Credo was a nice poem that we recited to express what we were supposed to believe as Canadian Presbyterians.  This Credo was especially helpful, because if you weren’t sure of what you believed, or forgot a detail, you could look it up at
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Mar. 02, 2015

Hearing Loss – A Load of Laughs

Gael Hannan
Hearing loss isn’t funny.  Not to the person who has it, anyway. Some hearing loss moments can spark a smile or a giggle or even a laugh–although most of us will laugh later—like two months or so.  That’s when you’ll tell the story of being in a group conversation and someone says “I just hate bugs” and you put down
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Feb. 23, 2015

A Story of Hearing Loss

Gael Hannan
My name is Shari Eberts and I have a hearing loss. This is a simple statement, but one that is 20 years in the making. It has taken me some time to accept my hearing loss, and to stop hiding it. I have now come full circle and consider myself a hearing health advocate! I even write a blog to
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Feb. 16, 2015

An Idiot’s Guide to the Pinna (Outer Ear)

Gael Hannan
Have you ever stared at something so familiar—a sight you’ve seen a thousand times a day, every day of your life—for so long and so hard that all of a sudden it looks different? It’s as if you’re seeing it for the first time, and it looks bizarre! This is the pinna, the flap on the side of the head that comes in pairs,
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Feb. 09, 2015

Having a Bad Hearing Day?

Gael Hannan
Ever had one of those days?   A day that is pocked, from sunrise to moonrise, with hearing faux pas and embarrassing moments?  A day when, no matter what the situation or conversation, communication brings more pain than pleasure?  A day that tempts you to hide from all human interaction—forever?  You know you’re having a bad hearing day when: You’re missing
Feb. 02, 2015

Upholding the Family (Hearing Aid) Tradition

Gael Hannan
My guest writer this week is David Drake, the founder and headmaster of the White Oak School in Westfield, Massachusetts, a school serving bright students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities. He lives with his family in Northampton. Pharmacie-Marseille.com by David Drake   I’m pretty sure I come from a line of serial hearing-aid abusers.   My grandfather’s hearing aids were
Jan. 26, 2015

What a HoH Needs to Know (to Explain Hearing Loss)

Gael Hannan
Note:  Person with hearing loss = hard of hearing person = HoH   She did it again—she started talking to me from another room.  His baseball cap shades his eyes, and I always have to ask him to take it off.   People with hearing loss complain that other people don’t accommodate us, or make an effort to meet our
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Jan. 19, 2015

Getting Caught with Naked Ears

Gael Hannan
Sometimes when people want to communicate with us, we may not be fully functioning, hearing-wise. In the shower, for example, or when we are abruptly awakened from sleep. Or when going down for breakfast at a weekend house party, and realizing you’ve put on all your clothes and all your makeup, but have forgotten the minor detail of your hearing
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Jan. 13, 2015

Breaking My Own Communication Rules

Gael Hannan
Last week, I flew from San Jose, California, to Ottawa, Ontario, a three-flight trip that was scheduled to take 10 hours.  But because of one delayed departure, the journey ultimately included the three flights, an unexpected hotel layover, lost luggage, a few tears and a total of 28 hours.  And if that’s not bad enough, I broke a lot of
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Jan. 05, 2015

How to Make Hearing Aid Popsicles

Gael Hannan
I have a question for those of you who wear things in your ears.  And I don’t mean on your ears like earrings and hats and such, I’m talking in online pharmacy cozaar for sale with best prices today in the USA your ears—hearing aids, specifically. Have you ever put them in when they were cold?  Really, really cold? If