speechreading

From Reading Faces to Publishing Research

I spent the first 20 years of my life attempting to hide my congenital hearing loss. Like most kids, I just wanted to fit in and be like everyone else, so my younger self could have never predicted that I would have ended up focusing on disability and hearing health within my career.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

How Billy the Marlin Went to Bat for Inclusion

Billy the Marlin certainly did his part practicing social distancing during the 2020 MLB season. Not only did the Marlins’ popular, long-beaked mascot stay clear of those around him during games, he also helped raise awareness for the hearing impaired.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

A Love for Hearing, A Love For Life

If there was ever a time to live with hearing loss, it's now. Technology has improved exponentially in recent years, and the internet has allowed people with hearing loss to participate in communities and real-time conversations in a way that used to be almost impossible.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Old Normal

If there was ever a time to live with hearing loss, it's now. Technology has improved exponentially in recent years, and the internet has allowed people with hearing loss to participate in communities and real-time conversations in a way that used to be almost impossible.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Managing Hearing Loss in the Time of COVID-19

Frequent, proper handwashing, hand sanitizer use, and not touching your face were the early health and safety directives as the COVID-19 pandemic spread from country to country and then state to state. In the past few weeks, social distancing and face masks became the next tools in helping to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Both are particular challenges for those with and without hearing challenges.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

How to Communicate Better, and More Compassionately, With People With Hearing Loss

A trio of experts with both professional and personal connections to hearing loss share advice for better communication. Here they tell us what individuals with hearing loss say works and why these tips are effective.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE