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
What Is Smart911? How Can It Help the Deaf and Hard of Hearing?
Lipreading Mom confesses: I would rather have my teeth pulled than attempt to phone a 9-1-1 operator. With my progressive hearing loss, it’s difficult to understand every word spoken to me by phone even with an amplified telephone service or with some type of captioning in place. Imagine struggling on the phone in a crisis … 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
Girl Born Without Ears Shows Her ‘Ears’
Young Ellie wanted to show us her ears. Because she was born without any ears, she calls her hearing aids her ears. How inspiring is that! You don’t have to be Deaf or have hearing loss to SHOW ME YOUR EARS. Check out all the folks (and animals) who have shared their ears, and consider … Continue reading
Check Out This Pretty Girl’s (and Her Bear Friend’s) Ears
By now, you should know about the Show Me Your Ears Campaign to Promote Deaf and Hearing Loss Awareness. If not, I encourage you to check out the official page, then keep reading on… Young Kiersta was 16 months old when she received a cochlear implant called the Med EL Opus 2. Currently, Kiersta is … 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
Show Me Your Ears! – Lipreading Mom’s New Campaign
How many of you wear hearing aids or cochlear implants? Do you like the way they look—do you show them off with gusto? Join me in my new awareness campaign Show Me Your Ears: To Promote Deaf and Hearing Loss Community Awareness. The idea is simple: 1) Take a picture of your ears, hearing aids, … Continue reading
America: Land of the Free and a Lipreading Mom
The lady ahead of me in the grocery store checkout line seemed puzzled. She pointed at something in front of us, then asked me a question. Her thick Spanish accent made the question difficult for my crazy ears to distinguish. “Es su hoho?” I thought she said. It’s only been 20 years since I took high school … Continue reading
What I Learned from a (Deaf) Baseball Player
A couple of weeks ago, I watched the excellent documentary ‘I See the Crowd Roar.’ It is about one of the greatest American baseball players in history—William Hoy. He was also one of the first players who was deaf. Hoy went by the nickname ‘Dummy.’ I shudder when I write that name because in 2012 it … Continue reading
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