By Chelle of SayWhatClub Blog / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger I love the idea of coming out with our hearing aids and not being ashamed of them. There are too many cool hearing aids out there now to hide them. A few years ago, I attended a graduation party. I was in the kitchen with several … Continue reading
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Are Your Eyes Your Ears?
Ash Arp shared her SHOW ME YOUR EARS story with Lipreading Mom through photos and a poem… My ears. My ears are my CI and my HA, My ears are my eyes I look so I can listen, I look so I know the words, I lip read, I sign, I listen… My ears may … Continue reading
Why Deaf Girl Amy Is on a Mission to Help the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
In conjunction with International Deaf Awareness Week, I asked the very busy Deaf Girl Amy to write a guest blog post for me. I am impressed with this fellow writer’s story. Why? Because, like me, Deaf Girl Amy has adult-onset haering loss—and she is inspired to help others in the same situation. After a few … Continue reading
Why Do People Who Need Hearing Aids Not Wear Them?
By Indi / Lipreading Mom Guest Blogger Did you know that over half of the people who need hearing aids don’t wear them? There are several factors that contribute to that – the expense, having hearing aids that aren’t adjusted correctly, uncomfortable ear molds issues, denial about hearing loss, etc. But one of the common … Continue reading
How Did a Mouse Get Trapped in My Ears?
By Stephanie Karfelt/LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Mouse Trap (AKA Eustachian Tube Dysfunction) It feels like a mouse crawled into my ear. It didn’t die though, because sometimes I can hear it swallow. Wonder what type of doctor specializes in that? Refusing to allow a stray rodent to keep me from my novel any longer, I got … Continue reading
Do Your Ears Ring? Causes and Coping Strategies with Tinnitus
By Melanie Lewis, RHAD, MSHAA / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Tinnitus, often described as ‘ringing in the ears,’ is the perception of a sound which has no tangible, external source. According to the ATA (American Tinnitus Association), 50 million Americans experience tinnitus. Data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) suggests that of … Continue reading
Why Going Deaf Was a Blessing for Me
By Karen Putz / Lipreading Mom Guest Blogger I was born with hearing in the so-called “normal” range. I started losing my hearing in elementary school and received my first hearing aid when I was nine. I hated the thing. No one ever saw it, because I kept it hidden under my long hair, or stuffed … Continue reading
Could You Repeat That? An Intimate Look at Auditory Dyslexia
By Debra L. Butterfield / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Marezie dotesan dozey dotesan liddle lamzie divy. When you first learn a new language it looks and sounds like the above gobbledygook. But stop and imagine for a moment that you aren’t learning a new language. That what your friend is saying to you she is saying … Continue reading
Do You Hear What I Read? A Look at Captioning from the Typist’s Chair
By Debra L. Butterfield / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Poor woman, I thought as I entered the conference auditorium that evening. Up there for all to watch as she performs her job. My thoughts weren’t for the speaker, but for the woman providing live captioning for the attendees with hearing loss. As part of the conference … Continue reading
Usher’s Syndrome, Hearing/Vision Loss, and Humor
By Amy Bovaird / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger “I have Usher’s Syndrome?” There! I finally knew what I was up against. I’d suspected hearing loss for awhile now but wasn’t in the United States long enough to follow it up. I was too busy having adventures as a globetrotting English teacher. Or should I say “globe-tripping” … Continue reading
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