On Waking Up Deaf
When I first met other people with hearing loss, I was fascinated by their stories, often inspiring but also heartrending. Other people had great difficulty in expressing their emotions, and I realized I could help do it for them, by creating a dramatic, spoken-word depiction of life with hearing loss. I turned to my friend Dalene Flannigan,…
Read MoreI Want My Music Back
As a hearing aid user, I want to enjoy music the way other people do – clearly and on demand. Whom should I ask about this – my audiologist, a hearing aid manufacturer, or the government who helps me pay for hearing aids? All three, maybe? As my hearing loss progressed through the years, so…
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