hearing loss

How a Personal Need Turned Into Helping Others

I made one hat to solve problems, never imagining how many other adults and children would relate. It’s an honor to be able to give something back to the cochlear implant community that understands this journey so well.

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Combining Auditory and Visual Information for Better Speech Understanding

These findings suggest that the ability to integrate what is seen with what is heard becomes increasingly important with age, especially for cochlear implant users. 

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My Aha Moment 

Then it clicked: No one cared if I wore hearing aids back then, and no one cares now. 

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Representation Matters: Why I Write for the Next Generation

As the first known Black author to publish a 10-book children’s series centered on deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled heroes, I’ve created what I once longed for: stories where children see themselves as powerful.

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What TikTok Gets Wrong About Tinnitus

Social platforms have become spaces to compare symptoms, crowdsource explanations, and seek community. For tinnitus, that openness has helped many people feel less alone. Unfortunately, it has also created space for confusion, misinformation, and discouraging myths that can delay effective care.

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9 Everyday Activities That Can Harm Our Hearing

Often these surprising sources of loud sounds come about from a misguided belief that loud means fun—the louder it is, the more festive. The good news? Because the decibel scale is logarithmic, turning it down even a little can help save our hearing a lot.

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Life Is a Learning Situation

I know the only way I could hear it is if we all stopped playing and moved up to the net every time someone has something to say.

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Don’t Forget Your Ears This Year

Despite decades of research showing the profound impact of hearing health on overall quality of life, most people won't consider their auditory system until problems become undeniable.

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Listening for a Lifetime

A practical reference, not a lecture, from a music industry professional on how to protect our first instrument: our hearing.

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Safe Sound Science 

A quiet activist is using videos to promote science fact over noise fiction.

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