“Can you really work as a hearing care professional with your bad hearing?”
This is the question that some friends of mine have asked me when we were talking about my job. De facto, this is not a completely fallacious train of thought. There was a time in the past when I was...
View ArticleEloise Garland “takes over” Phonak’s Instagram
At Phonak, we are committed to fighting the stigma attached to hearing loss, to tearing down barriers for the hearing-impaired and to finding new and innovative ways to help everyone reconnect to the...
View ArticleHear Haiti: Haiti, the Unbelievable
Open Ears is following a group of Sonova team members as they head to Haiti with the Hear The World Foundation. Jenn Brinn is a digital marketer who works at Sonova e-Hearing Care in Nashville,...
View ArticleHow I Made My Dog Afraid of Thunderstorms
For the first 12 years of my life, I slept peacefully through the majority of thunderstorms. If I ever awoke, it was during a strike so violent everybody in the house was awake, and huddled in my...
View ArticleCool Halloween Hearing Aids Prove that Technology Isn’t Scary
Hearing aids can be scary to someone who doesn’t know how they work. So with Halloween just around the corner, we think it’s the perfect opportunity to show kids and their friends that hearing aids are...
View ArticleHear Armenia: Ensuring little ears can hear
Open Ears is following a group of Sonova team members as they head to Armenia with the Hear The World Foundation. Elena Torresani leads the department of the Hear the World Foundation. She is...
View Article19 Percent
19.1 percent. That’s the number of people with disabilities working in the US, compared to 68.2 percent without disabilities, according to United States Department of Labor’s September 2015 Disability...
View ArticleFinding out our baby was Deaf
We were still getting used to the fact we had a mini human who was awake most of the night when we found out that Harry was deaf. He was just 7 weeks old when he failed the Newborn Hearing Screening....
View ArticleConfessions of a teenage deaf lifeguard
Lifeguarding requires patience, attentiveness, responsibility and (most importantly) the ability to jump into the water at any given moment. That’s why for me, as a hearing aid wearer and person with...
View ArticleThe Minefield of Hearing-Related Terminology
“Deaf,” “deaf,” “hard of hearing,” “hearing impaired”… There are many words that describe someone with hearing loss. Some of them are used to describe how much you can hear, others elicit positive...
View ArticleShowing off my new hearing aids
I had my annual checkup the other day at the hospital, and I was somewhat adamant I wanted to keep my hearing aids even if there was a newer version available. However, that changed completely once I...
View ArticleSwitching on my Phonak CROS
Have you seen those YouTube videos of people having their cochlear implants switched on for the first time? Well, that’s just what is was like for me getting my CROS system ‘switched on’. My...
View ArticleLearning Sign Language with a Baby or Toddler
We started learning sign language as soon as we found out about Harry’s hearing loss. Even though Harry has a cochlear implant and can hear our voices, we wanted him to know the basics of sign language...
View ArticleWhy you should bring family or a friend to your audiology appointment
Last summer, an older relative of mine agreed to get her hearing checked. She was accompanied by her sister, and after the appointment, I asked how it went. I was expecting to hear all about her...
View ArticleDating with hearing loss: Date spots, cuddling and lip reading in the dark
I got inspiration for this blog post from Rikki Poynter’s video, ‘Dating While Deaf.’ For those who don’t know who Rikki is, she’s a deaf YouTuber, a massive Pikachu fan, an advocate for closed...
View ArticleSupport for parents of deaf children
Although we personally don’t refer to deafness as a disability it can be seen as one and does come with its own challenges. Being a parent of a deaf child requires a little more time, patience and...
View ArticleMy favorite YouTubers (who caption!)
Captioning on YouTube has been a hot topic in the deaf/Hard of Hearing world lately, especially among teenagers. YouTuber Rikki Poynter – Pikachu lover and advocate for closed captioning, who’s also...
View ArticleCommunity Spotlight: Gabby’s first hearing aids
We love it when people share their hearing loss stories with us on social media. Our community often provides comfort, encouragement, inspiration and support for others in similar situations. Recently...
View ArticleHear Haiti: The Future of Haiti
Open Ears is following a group of Sonova team members as they head to Haiti with the Hear The World Foundation. Michael Lumunsad is a Strategic Marketer at Advanced Bionics LLC. He enjoys talking about...
View ArticleHear Haiti: It Takes A Team
Open Ears is following a group of Sonova team members as they head to Haiti with the Hear The World Foundation. Michael Lumunsad is a Strategic Marketer at Advanced Bionics LLC. Day 4 “I hope this van...
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