Lockdown Reflections Part 2: Life with a Balance Disorder
Self-isolation is a concept with which I am well-acquainted. I feel isolated in my illness which cannot be seen.
My experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it affects my life.
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
Quite surprisingly, I feel that I have developed some skills that ‘hearing people’ may not be as adept at employing in communication as those without full hearing ability; skills that actually help me to comprehend a second language.
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