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Christmas is the perfect time to indulge loved ones and show them how much you care. Wouldn’t it be nice to give an extra thoughtful present to a friend or relative with hearing loss this Christmas? We thought we’d take a look at some gift ideas for people with hearing loss. Some people with hearing […]

The first child in the state of Illinois – and one of the first in the USA – to be implanted with an Advanced Bionics body worn speech processor was recently crowned Miss Amazing California. I first met Megan Swanson, a now 27-year-old with a profound, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, when she was two. Her

Hearing aids aren’t something to hide. With the sleek designs and fun colors of today’s hearing aids, users are able to show off their personality through their hearing aids. Decorated hearing aids and accessories are all the rage, but the hottest new trend: custom hearing aid ear molds.  Mike Sonnenberg, a 27-year-old hearing care professional

  Life as a Deafie can seem like a series of awkward interactions and annoying explanations. Sometimes, you just feel like wearing a sign that says, “I’m deaf!” So, that’s exactly what Nancy, the founder of Louder Jewelry, decided to do. I was casually browsing my Instagram when I first discovered Louder Jewelry’s account – or rather her

  Decorating hearing aids is a great way to show off individual style and increase confidence. Phonak hEARo Jessica Flores walks us through one way to decorate hearing aids. “It’s totally up to you if you want to decorate them,” she says. “If you don’t want to decorate them, that’s fine. But while we have

Have you ever wanted to visually express your hearing loss? I’m proudly living with hearing loss, and know that I’m able to achieve anything even with my deafness. I’ve seen more and more products allowing deaf people to show the world that being deaf is cool, including  Louder Jewlery. Recently I came across these T-shirts

Spa experiences are designed with relaxation in mind, but for those who have hearing loss, there may be some barriers to relaxation. How do you avoid confusion, feeling on edge, and not getting the treatment you were expecting? How do you ensure your hearing aids can handle the spa’s often warm, moist environments?  5 tips

Not only do deaf twins Hermon and Heroda always look stylish and confident, but they also stand as examples of embracing their hearing loss and living out their dreams through their lifestyle blog ‘Being Her’. Born and raised in Eritrea, Africa, the Hermon and Heroda became deaf at age seven due to unknown causes. Although

It’s 9:13 in the morning, and comedian D.J. Demers is live-streaming with Facebook fans on Day 8 of the Here To Hear Tour, as he sits in the hotel courtyard in San Francisco, California. D.J. a comedian who has been wearing hearing aids since age four, has his beige Phonak Naida hearing aids propped behind

Once stuck in a rut, deaf blogger Luke Christian took on his friend’s advice to become a blogger to ‘pass the time’ and now, two years later he is taking the blogging world by storm. 24-year-old Luke from Yorkshire, England, blogs about lifestyle topics and male grooming and through his personal blog. Luke was born