There’s a right to hear or not to hear, but none to deny another’s right to hear
Editors Note: This post was originally posted February 2012. By David H. Kirkwood Two recent posts at Hearing Views addressed basic rights related to hearing health care: the right to have access to hearing care technology and services and the right not to use that access. “AN ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFIT” The February 8 Hearing…
Read More
“How come you don’t look like you can’t hear?”
By Arielle Schacter “Wait a minute…lemme get this straight—you have a hearing loss,” a middle-aged woman demanded of me last week, “How come you don’t look like you do?” Startled, I was immediately taken aback. How could I possibly answer this question? After all, what does a person who is deaf or hard of…
Read More