Many in the hearing community assume that people with hearing loss will always tend to take a backseat when it comes to being in the public eye. Someone should have explained this to Karla Marie Brown, as she is a deaf performer. She models, dances and sings. She’s also deaf and proud of it. …
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Deciding to wear hearing aids can sometimes be a difficult decision. Wearing hearing aids is something 35-year-old C.M. King wishes she would have done earlier in her life, but she still is grateful for how hearing aids have changed her life today. Tinnitus at a young age “Tinnitus,” says King. “It all started …
If you watch soap operas in Australia or the UK you will no doubt be familiar with the Australian soap “Neighbours.” The show, which has been running since 1985, explores the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in Erinsborough. Recently, the day before the International Day of People with Disability — which …
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Deaf travel host Alana Nichols has done it again. Her award-winning travel show Follow Alana has delighted viewers and critics alike. Its new season was just released and looks to be every bit as entertaining. Exploring Switzerland In this new season, deaf travel host Nichols promises to show us everything in Switzerland, including a Heidi-like …
When Michelle Hu Lapid was first diagnosed with hearing loss, her mother was told she would probably not go beyond a third grade reading level. Fast forward 35 years, and Michelle has become a pediatric audiologist and chef, military wife and mother. We’ve talked to her as part of our Community Spotlight series, …
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Phonak “hEARo” Elspeth Bowes’ bilateral moderate-to-severe hearing loss wasn’t discovered until she was 12. Prior to that, she constantly missed elements of family conversations and was forever being told to turn down the TV. At age seven, she was offered grommets (tubes) in case of glue ear, which didn’t help. When she was finally taken …
