When the Doctor Calls
Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels My heart was pounding, my stomach was churning. I was glancing at my phone
My experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it affects my life.
Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels My heart was pounding, my stomach was churning. I was glancing at my phone
Self-isolation is a concept with which I am well-acquainted. I feel isolated in my illness which cannot be seen.
In an online consensus meeting, international experts in Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) made important decisions that will shape the future of SSD research!
Unfortunately, through the two layers of face-coverings, her speech reached my ear as a series of unintelligible scrambled tones and fragments of muffled words.
She came round the corner just in time to watch me vomit on the side of the street. I think that was the moment she internalised what was happening.
Image by Jan Vašek from Pixabay A friend of mine recently told me a story about how her elderly grandmother, who is in
‘… a few months back, I decided that I was going to do whatever I wanted to do, without hesitation…What happened? I wasn’t perfect, but I was pretty damn good!’
What I have realised is that I appreciate the hearing I have left. And, I pay extra attention to my other senses, as I now rely more on these to interact with the world.
I recently came across an interesting research project, whilst browsing on Twitter. The purpose of the study was to help
I am so happy to share an updated recording of the BBC World Service Documentarywhich I was involved in earlier
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