Hearing Loss and Cancer
I had no idea chemotherapy drugs can cause hearing loss until my audiologist contacted me with information that I might qualify for Cochlear Implants. That was January 2015, and I told her I had just started chemotherapy for breast cancer with no knowledge of hearing...Customer Service Calls and Hearing Loss
Customer service calls and hearing loss are often challenging. This customer service call incident I experienced is the reason why I avoid phone calls and relish those chat features! The problem I tried to access my Kaiser account to refill a...Pictures help us Hear
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially for those of us who are hard-of-hearing A 90-minute keynote I didn’t want to be rude, but a relatively well-known person was delivering a 90-minute keynote with no visuals other than himself. I left after 45...
Hearing Loss and Humor
Humor is based on the element of SURPRISE. For that reason, it provides one of the biggest opportunities for awkward moments. Surprise means an unexpected word or phrase. Unexpected words and phrases take the time for the brain to “hear” and to comprehend...
Watching the Wizard of Oz with Closed-Captioning
I think all of us discover something new when we watch our favorite classics over and over again. I found many surprising things while watching The Wizard of Oz for the first time with closed-captioning. With a recent streaming release of The Wizard of Oz in high...7 Tips from Hearing Loss CPR – Keep the Connection Alive
This is a short book with seven chapters copied from the large edition. This smaller book focuses primarily on communicating with or as a person who is hard of hearing.
T-shirts for the Hard of Hearing
Get happy
Thirty Tips to Get Out of the Pits – Linnaea’s book on overcoming adversity.
Pit to Peach Journal
