How to Enjoy the Festive Period with Hearing Loss
Image by vivienviv0 from Pixabay ‘First posted on Inclusive Communication Services and reposted here with permission.’ The holiday season is a time to
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My Dizzy Life: Balance Awareness Week, 2020
This week (20th-26th September 2020) is Balance Awareness Week. Charities such as The Ménière’s Society are running various events to raise awareness of
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.
Lockdown Reflections Part 1: Living with Hearing Loss
Participants with worse hearing ‘show substantial relief at not being obliged to attend challenging social gatherings’.
Anne’s Hearing Loss Story
“Tinnitus and hearing loss are a lot less cool than wearing earplugs!”
Communicating Through the Face Mask Barrier
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.
Brad’s Hearing Loss Story
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.
Anthony’s Hearing Loss Story
Since I’m blind, the sound I can’t take for granted any more, literally means the world to me. It is the key to my independence, to the travels and adventures I’m having and to the communication that keeps me connected and grounded in this world.
Airport Workers – Please Stop Shouting
Image by Jan Vašek from Pixabay A friend of mine recently told me a story about how her elderly grandmother, who is in
No End to the Record
At night-time, it loves the limelight, gobbling it up with glee. The more I focus on it, the more layers of noise I discover.
