Personal Stories

Who Hears the Hoot?

One dear friend and Native Elder was very hard of hearing. When I visited him we would be yelling at each other and having a good laugh.

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Monster Rats and More

I’ve been collecting these anecdotes that I hope help those of us living with hearing loss to remember that laughter can be the best medicine

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All in Stride

My hearing loss was defined as “moderately severe, sloping upward to mild”—which basically means I don’t hear at all at the exact frequencies of my husband’s voice.

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Facing the Music

How I came to understand that having a hearing loss made me a super reader of nonverbal cues.

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Meeting Patients Inspires Approach to Treating Ménière’s Disease

I currently work with a mouse model with hearing fluctuation and have a clinical protocol that is performing deep phenotyping of patients with hearing instability, including patients with Ménière’s disease.

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More Like a Boost

Let’s push back against the idea of a “loss” or “impairment” when it comes to hearing.

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Lucky to Be Different

Our son with a hearing loss opened up our family’s world and made us all stronger.

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Hearing With Humor

Sometimes, communication snafus can be comedy gold.

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To Me, I Am the Lucky One

I knew how uncomfortable deafness could make people. What I hadn’t expected were some of the reactions my hearing aids got. To me, the hearing aids were life-changing. To me, I was the lucky one.

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Are There Benefits to Hearing Loss?

Once I realized that hearing loss isn’t anything to be ashamed of, little by little, I started to speak up for myself. The more I did, the more confident I felt. This confidence has reached all areas of my life.

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