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Does your Dad struggle to hear the television or hear the doorbell when it rings? Is he avoiding answering the phone or making calls? It is possible that he may be experiencing hearing loss. Hearing loss can be a sensitive subject and the person with the hearing loss may not yet recognize or acknowledge that […]

  Are you new to having hearing loss, or know someone who was recently diagnosed with hearing loss? Some people are born deaf and hard-of-hearing, while others lose their hearing over time. When a person loses their hearing later on in life, communication with family and other hearing people can get challenging. To help communication

My daughter, Lucy, got hearing aids when she was three. The road from her failed newborn hearing screening to the day she was fit with her hearing aids was a long and confusing one. It includes misdiagnoses and ambiguous test results. Our support network was with us at every step, even if they didn’t originally

As an adult newly diagnosed with hearing loss, I knew I would be able to count on the full and complete support of my family. What I didn’t anticipate was the way the news about my hearing loss, and subsequent reality, would affect my children. When I was first diagnosed with hearing loss, my family’s

Taking a relative with you to an audiology appointment may result in unexpected benefits to you, your family, and even to your audiologist. Our hearing loss impacts on our whole family and yet, many of us go to our audiology appointments alone. However, some hearing care professionals are now encouraging family members to come along

When I was growing up hard of hearing, I dreaded group conversations. I could handle things pretty well in elementary school, but when it came to middle school and high school, communicating in group situations became a nightmare.  It’s like being at a ping pong tournament.  Person number one says something.  Person number two responds. 

Living deaf in a hearing world means that we might miss a hearing person talking to us from a distance or not understand what someone is saying. Hearing friends might try to step in to let others know that I am deaf. When does it cross the line? I recently moved to a new town

Valentine’s Day is here and there is a lot to prepare for! Shop shelves have been filled with lurid pink and red stuffed toys, chocolates and candies since the Christmas stock was taken down in the 48 hours after staff returned to work after Boxing Day, and the pressure is now on to do something

Having hearing loss doesn’t ever have to be a curse on your social life. The important thing is to make certain that you are well informed and as prepared as possible before going out on social outings. Having hearing loss doesn’t have to change the person you are. Using a little extra thought can change

  Since becoming a hearing aid wearer and learning that I am at least partially deaf, I have begun to understand my friends reactions to hearing loss, both before my diagnosis and after. There is a level of acceptance shown by those we know, which goes beyond our shortcomings; this forms a large part of