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  New Year resolutions are never really meant to last the whole year, let alone the rest of our life, are they?  OK, maybe they are, but every year don’t we make the same list of “I am determined to do this” things – eat less, drink less, spend less, smile more, and just be an overall better person? People

For this final post of 2017, I’m reprinting the most-read article I’ve ever posted to the Better Hearing Consumer. Since its original posting in May of 2012, I’ve added cochlear implant batteries to my arsenal of hearing things.  I hope that you’re all having a peaceful and happy holiday season.  Best wishes, Gael Hannan   What I Didn’t Know About Hearing

In this final month of the year, we at Hearing Health Matters are posting what we consider to be our best and/or most popular articles of this and other years. I hope you’ll enjoy reading (or re-reading) this article of stupid hearing loss questions to ask yourself – you won’t believe your answers!     On social media, it’s sometimes tough

As we close off the year, the Better Hearing Consumer and other Hearing Health Matters editors are posting our favorite and most popular posts. The following article is from November 2013, and remains one of the most personal pieces I’ve written. I hope you enjoy it.   If I Were a Hearing Person   When trying to remember a time

It’s not like my feet were pretty to begin with. It didn’t help when I dropped a heavy flooring sample – the thin edge – on my left foot. The toe next to the big one is now the biggest one. We’ve all stubbed or bruised or broken a toe at some point. And if you’re one of the lucky

Ian Kinross is a Toronto-based communicator who has worked in the health and financial sectors. On his blog, kinrosscordless, he writes about community gardening and bike repair and, now, Ménière’s Disease, a condition that puts the inner ear through repeated wash cycles, triggering vertigo and progressive hearing distortion and loss. I asked Ian to write his story for HHTM’s Better

I know that Santa’s main focus is stuff for children, and not expensive toys for adults, life-changing events, medical breakthroughs, or governmental policy changes. But a person can dream, right?  This year’s letter to Santa Claus (or St. Nick or any of the many other names the dear fellow goes by) is also for his partner, Mrs. Claus. I don’t

I love reading the stories of people who have changed their stories. People who face adversity – health challenges, economic restrictions, social prejudices. Or who are simply bored or dissatisfied with their life direction and want to change their stars. Last week, I profiled Francisca Morneault Rouleau, a woman with hearing loss who become an audiologist. This week, Matthew Wren of

Francisca Morneault Rouleau is an audiologist and clinic owner in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. She was recently honoured by the local business development organization, CBDC Madawaska, as Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. On their application for the award, candidates are asked to name any role models or inspiration for their work, and I was equally honoured to hear that Francisca

What goes through your mind when you notice that shiny arc of silver behind the ear of someone you don’t know? If you’re a hearing person, you might think, “OK, that person is hard of hearing” and that’s the end of it. Especially if you’re standing behind him or her in the grocery checkout, or you’re both pushing shopping carts