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…
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Visiting The Family (with Hearing Loss)
By Kathi Mestayer Visits with my family are always a challenge, to varying degrees. All of the adults who share DNA are hard-of-hearing. Dad, who is 93 now, has a cochlear implant in one ear and the other ear is deaf. His wife, Mary, has hyperacusis, or extreme sound-sensitivity, so conversation can get tricky. …
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