Hearing loss awareness

Hearing loss is hard to understand if you haven't experienced it. Part is obvious — we don't hear things well — but other parts are not.

Hi, I'm Michelle! I'm a hard of hearing mama and a pediatric audiologist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve grown and transformed my listening of the words “disability” and “hearing loss” over the years. Anyone will tell you that while I do not often choose to let it define me - I also will not deny the invisible weight on my shoulders. Here are just a few of the unseen extras that go with living a life with as strong individual with hearing loss. From the exhaustion that comes from constant vigilance…

"I needed to come out of my hearing loss closet. So I did."

What do you have to lose | A display of the effects on daily living resulting from mild, moderate, and severe hearing loss.

When living with hearing loss one faces many situations the general population might not consider. Introductions are one that can require special sharing.

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How not to act & what not to say to those with a hearing-loss.. . Listen, life is hard enough for each of us, hearing-loss or not. The thing about a hearing-loss/deaf, it’s not a visual disability, which can make it a bit difficult for those with a hearing-loss/or deaf and for everyone we come in contact with—so lots of Grace should be given from both sides always.. . A few things not to say or do around those with a hearing-loss:. . •“You can’t do _____ because you’re hard of hearing.”…