I write this to help people I encounter—whether family, friends, or passing acquaintances—to better understand my daily challenges with hearing loss and hearing loss in general.
This World Hearing Day and Every Day, Love Your Ears
Watching ‘Star Wars’ With Common Sense
To determine a noise rating, we could analyze the frequency of explosions—say, how many blasts per minute, on average—and the overall sound level of a film.
Every Day I Advocate
Hearing loss is an invisible disability and people with typical hearing don’t always understand. There are those with some type of hearing loss who just “deal with it” or prefer to keep it a secret. Connecting with individuals who also have hearing loss helps me manage daily life.
What Social Media Can Teach Audiologists
Once people know I’m an audiologist, friends, family, and strangers come out of the woodwork with ear questions.
Science Is Just the Start
I focused on learning the facts about noise and then bringing those facts to the attention of those able to change public policy.
My Misophonia Story
It’s been almost 10 years since I was diagnosed, and although the emotions my triggers bring are still the same, I can try to control them because I’ve accepted that this is something that is a part of me.
Nurturing Self-Advocacy by Learning How to Speak Up
As self-advocates, we will speak up for ourselves and our peers, learn who supports us, where and how to access information, know our rights and responsibilities, make our own choices, and advocate for our group’s rights.
Cut Dementia Risk by Testing for and Then Treating Hearing Loss
The use of hearing aids or cochlear implants was “associated with a 19 percent decrease in hazards of long-term cognitive decline such as incident dementia over a duration ranging from 2 to 25 years,” JAMA Neurology says.
Amplifying the Message of Hearing Health
In collaboration with HHF and our #KeepListening prevention campaign, Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg’s public service announcement reached a combined audience of over 200K across Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.