Better Hearing Consumer

Recently several articles on what NOT to say to deaf people have been floating on Facebook. I understand the writers’ exasperation, having been on the receiving end of many of the comments. Although I’m no longer insulted by most of them, once in a while I have to grab my chin to keep my jaw from dropping to the floor.

This has been quite a summer – lots of sun and Pity Party-ing with the three-headed monster of tinnitus, hyperacusis and breaking in new hearing aids. But to add some perspective – it could always be worse. And it helps to remember that, whatever our issues, we’re always in the company of millions of people living and dealing with similar challenges.

While I’m on vacation, I thought you might enjoy this favorite post from 2015.     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

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It’s that time of life again.  I’m breaking in new hearing aids before the old ones break down.  Although I may be the first one to break down, and I know my family is on edge.  If you use hearing aids or cochlear implants, you know what I’m going through. I’ve lost count of how many sets I’ve had since my first beige behind-the-ear

Have you ever been drunk?  Done an Extreme Gorge at the buffet table?  Had a joking comment turn into a screaming fight? Any other activity that started out as pleasurable but then went out of control? How did you feel the next morning, or the next few days?  Nauseous, exhausted, drained, aching, sad, unsettled, nervous, angry or confused that you

Hearing care professionals believe they know what people need in order to hear better.  After all, they’ve gone to school to learn this. People with hearing loss (PWHL) know they want to hear better, but believe they don’t always get what they need from the professionals.  And after all, they’re the ones struggling to hear. Is the process too complicated, too

When I was a teenager and obsessed with makeup, I worried that mascara would be blacklisted by the FDA or Health Canada and no longer be available.  A more important worry, as I became dependent on hearing assistive technology, was that a world shortage of zinc would force battery makers to shut down. I am a battery-operated person; this would

I come awake but I keep my eyes closed as I wait and listen.  For a few moments, there is nothingness—and then it starts. First a hum, low at first but becoming higher in pitch as a deep rumble starts, giving me two sounds that don’t even have the courtesy to harmonize. Then, with a slight shift of my head—or

Some of my personal favorite, sure-fire ways to spark irritation in other people:   Choose not to wear your hearing aids or cochlear implant and then struggle to communicate with someone. I’m giving my ears a break and I want to save money on batteries. But c’mon, talk to me, I can read your lips. (Like this ever works.)   Bluff.