2020 has been a year. Let’s make these holidays extra special by finding that perfect gift. Whether you have hearing loss yourself, or if you’re looking for a gift for a loved one who is deaf or hard of hearing, we’ve selected some of our favorite hearing-themed gifts for 2020. This is the HearingLikeMe.com Holiday […]
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When I was growing up with a hearing loss, as well as during my job as a lifeguard working with children, I always noticed that children would stare at my hearing aids or my swimming molds. They were often in shock or became intrigued of these funny objects in my ears. They would ask me what they
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Since losing all my hearing in my left ear suddenly in 2011, I’ve suffered with bouts of sensitivity to sound. Ordinarily, I manage this by retreating to a quiet room or going to sit in the garden (if the weather’s decent). I read a book, write something, or distract myself with social media – or
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One of the things that we tend to do in our quest to make sense of the world around us is to try and categorize everything in the world around us, and one another! Tropes, archetypes, stereotypes. The general classification of people by their appearance, nationality, geographic location, ethnicity, gender, behavior, hobbies, interests, religion; the
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Having a smartphone has always been a bit ironic for those of us with hearing loss. We tend to use it for everything except making actual phone calls. But now there are phone captioning apps that allow us to make and receive phone calls. Phone captioning apps for people with hearing loss Olelo The newest
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I’ll never forget the nonchalant sound of the doctor’s voice who entered into the cold room no parent wants to be invited in, to tell us that our son had severe to profound hearing loss. Receiving this information was not something we expected or could’ve been prepared to hear. Our loved ones didn’t know how
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This month we’re celebrating Deaf Awareness Month, an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), which corresponds with International Week of the Deaf People 2021. Today, Sept. 25, the theme is “Deaf Culture and Arts.” “Deaf people regularly come together to share their language and culture,” according to the WFD. “Deaf culture involves the behaviors,
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With bestsellers deaf poetry collections like Deaf Republic selling thousands of copies and scooping awards, deaf poetry has never been more popular. If you throw in American Sign Language and performance poetry, deaf poetry is becoming mainstream entertainment. As a community, deaf and hard of hearing people have a rich cultural outlook on life. The
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Millicent Simmonds, the 18-year-old American actress and deaf activist, will play Helen Keller in a new feature film, Helen & Teacher. Rachel Brosnahan, who played “Midge” Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, will play her teacher Annie Sullivan. Helen & Teacher Helen & Teacher is based on an
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