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Jun. 13, 2017

Are You Stressed About Tinni-Cusis?

Gael Hannan
I have a confession to make. After a lifetime of hearing loss and two years of head noise I still get stressed about it. To be honest, it’s mostly about the tinnitus and hyperacusis.  I look back to the days before head noise, when I was “just” severely hard of hearing and think, “Wow, life was great back then”. I
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Jun. 06, 2017

Hearing-Accessible Political Events: Bring It On!

Gael Hannan
Hearing loss advocate and loop installation expert, Reverend Mary Dyer, puts up the passionate cry for political meetings that are accessible to those with communication and hearing issues.   By Mary Dyer    It was with mixed feelings that I recently read about a political picnic where a number of the gubernatorial candidates were to meet with constituents to share
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May. 30, 2017

The Best Place to Meet HoHs (People with Hearing Loss)

Gael Hannan
I’m hungover. And not from wine – although I did have a glass or two – but from a fabulous overload of people and information.  Several days of chat, discussion and discoveries about my hearing loss issues have left my tired but content. It’s the best hangover I’ve ever had. The 35th conference of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
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May. 23, 2017

A Baby’s Cry – Test My Hearing!

Gael Hannan
I’m a baby who has just been born. That was some tough passage, but hey, I’m here and breathing.  Well, I’m pretty sure I’m breathing, because I’ve been poked, handled and stared at closely. That Apgar thing about my vitals: appearance, do I have a pulse, do I grimace, am I moving and finally, am I breathing.  Yay, I got
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May. 15, 2017

Is Hearing Loss Your Loyal Companion?

Gael Hannan
One of the good things you can say about hearing loss is its loyalty – it just never leaves you. It sticks by your side, your insides, no matter how much you beg it to give you some “alone time”. It’s hard to get that kind of loyalty these days but, honestly? I could do without the devotion of chronic
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May. 01, 2017

At My Service!

Gael Hannan
Editor’s Note:  If this blog seems familiar, thank you – it means you’re reading weekly!  This post ran last week – but it was incomplete due to technical problems on my part.  I hope you will read it again, or for the first time.   Service, as defined by online dictionaries, with my additions in italics: A valuable action, deed,
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Apr. 25, 2017

The Space Between Hearing and Loss

Gael Hannan
There’s a space between a hearing person and me. buy https://www.healthyrecipeecstasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/augmentin.html online https://www.healthyrecipeecstasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/augmentin.html no prescription pharmacy An expanse that changes shape and size as it Fills with the sounds and meanings of spoken language.   To the hearing people, this space is invisible. They don’t even know it exists, As they converse easily, crisply, back-and-forth.   But the people with
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Apr. 21, 2017

10 Sound Reasons to Use a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

Gael Hannan
Listicle – my new word of the day.   List + article = listicle.  You’re reading one right now – a hearing loss listicle (go ahead, say that tongue-twister out loud) – about  the little sounds we can hear thanks to amplification. Sometimes a simple sound can make me pause, grateful and surprised, “I wouldn’t be able to hear THAT without hearing aids.”  In
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Apr. 18, 2017

The Best Hearing Advice I’ve Ever Received

Gael Hannan
When hearing problems start, so does the advice. The first suggestion is usually, “You should get your hearing checked.” But to be honest, when loved ones first start lobbing that advice, most people don’t immediately jump in the car and drive madly to the hearing clinic. And they probably won’t mention a possible hearing problem to their family doctor, either—who should
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Apr. 11, 2017

The Sniff (And Other Curses of Better Hearing)

Gael Hannan
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