hearing loss

Access Isn’t One Size Fits All

Even within the d/Deaf and hard of hearing umbrella, our access needs and identities vary widely. That in-between space can feel like nowhere—not “hearing enough” for the hearing world, not “Deaf enough” for Deaf spaces.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Hearing Loss From Diabetes: The ‘Silent’ Side Effect

Because the very small blood vessels in the inner ear can be narrowed by the presence of an increase in blood glucose, the function of the inner ear hair cells can be affected. The first symptom might be tinnitus or an inability to hear words clearly.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Breaking Barriers and Creating a More Inclusive World

Living without the sense of hearing may bring barriers, but it does not mean living without independence or success. Our role, as people with typical hearing, is to listen, support, and work to improve the systems that are built around us.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Neuroscientist A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D., Has Died

At the time of his death, Hudspeth was pursuing new approaches to restoring hearing through hair cell regeneration, and his lab had recently published work demonstrating the first method for keeping a mammalian cochlea alive outside of the body—an innovation that will provide future researchers with an unprecedented means for studying the cochlea’s live biomechanics.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

What My Deaf Ear Heard on CI Activation Day

While the cochlear implant was mapped to set sound frequencies, I heard a soft, staticky noise. I later learned I was hearing a rain downpour and thunder coming from outside the clinic.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

On Losing a Sense

For someone with a hidden disability, being held to standards of behavior that you cannot meet simply because someone cannot see your disability is a constant challenge. 

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Why Men Don’t Listen in the Same Way as Women

A recent study has confirmed what we always knew: Men don’t listen in the same way women do—but not for the reasons many of us think.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

The Waiting Room

It’s ironic and puzzling that when going to hearing clinics, patients who need help with their hearing have to somehow hear and respond to staff.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

Why Do People With the Same Hearing Hear So Differently in Noise?

Two people have the same audiogram results but one can follow conversations at a loud party, while the other feels completely lost and overwhelmed. We set out to examine why.

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE

I Gave Away My Guitars

I had been a crewman on a destroyer and as I recall was never offered hearing protection during live firing. Naval guns are big and loud! After Covid I noticed difficulty understanding my patients, even with prescription hearing aids. 

Print Friendly and PDF

BLOG ARCHIVE