Do I have a disability? It depends on when you ask. If I am alone at home with no noise except my breathing and quiet tapping on the computer keyboard, and I’m wearing my hearing aid and cochlear implant, then No, I don’t. Or at least I don’t perceive the disability. If the phone rings … Continue reading Defining Disability
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When Seeing is Hearing
Isolation isn't conducive to writing about communication difficulties. Since communication difficulties are what this blog is about, I haven't written much in recent months. I'm getting along just fine with no one to talk to. I’m hearing well. Or at least I feel like I’m hearing well. But that’s because everything I hear – the … Continue reading When Seeing is Hearing
Katherine Bouton: Smart Hearing 