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.
Only Connect
Growing up with a parent with hearing loss, I understood the challenges that can result from communication gaps. I also saw firsthand how many people with hearing loss don’t seek medical help because of the cost or not being aware of services.
OTC Hearing Aids—Will People Buy Them?
The report showed 84 percent of the survey’s 1,037 participants expressed discomfort with the idea of shopping for direct-to-consumer (over-the-counter) hearing aids and a preference to pursue their acquisition through a hearing healthcare professional.
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.
A Unique, Fast Synapse in the Inner Ear Keeps Us From Falling
The sensory organs that allow us to walk, dance, and turn our heads without dizziness or loss of balance contain specialized synapses that process signals faster than any other in the human body.
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.
An Explanation for Divergent Test Results in Ménière’s Disease
We also found that the size of the semicircular canal in some Ménière's disease ears was smaller than the control ears. This suggests that the relative size of the inner ear structures may play a role in the development of the condition
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.
Hearing Involves Highly Distorted Processing of Sound by Sensory Hair Cells
Studying the distortions generated within the inner ear tells us how these signals may influence our perception of sound and also provides insight into the processes that are involved in basic sensory hair cell function.
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.