Giving Thanks for My Hearing Loss?
Thanksgiving, the season of gratitude and thanks, is upon us. Can we give thanks for a hearing loss? I can! Many with “less than perfect” physical capabilities dwell on the disadvantages – those with hearing loss are no different – yet there are often hidden...How Voice and Tonality can help the Hard of Hearing
UCLA Researcher Dr. Albert Mehrabian reports that our voice relays 38% of a message. This is good news when communicating with a person with a hearing loss. Talking to Animals When I was younger, and I had dogs. I always got a big kick out of saying awful...8 Tips to Survive Dining in Loud Restaurants
Dining in loud restaurants can damage hearing. If hard of hearing, loud restaurants pose a real challenge. The American Tinnitus Association suggests that if you cannot understand what someone is saying 3 feet away from you, the noise level could be harming your...
Sounds I do not hear without hearing devices.
Here is a partial list of sounds I do not hear without hearing devices. Chances are the person you know with a hearing loss cannot hear these either. Birds – the everyday birds that grace our trees. If you put on a recording of a bird aviary, it is a recording of...
Hearing Aids and Water Don’t Mix
In the beginning, it may not seem possible, but there will come a day when your hearing aids will feel comfortable. So comfortable, in fact, you may forget to take them off when you hop in the shower, bath, pool or hot tub. It has happened to me. More than once. ...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
