invisible disability

Defining Disability

Katherine Bouton Healthy Hearing , ,

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

An Invisible War Wound

Image Katherine Bouton Cochlear Implants, Healthy Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Health, Hearing Loss, Research on Hearing Loss, Vertigo , , , , , , , , ,

An Invisible War Wound: Out of sight, and mostly out of mind. When we think about the injuries our servicemen and -women endure, on this Veterans’ Day, we naturally focus on major life-changing injuries like Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We worry about suicide in veterans. We see veterans struggling to learn to walk again with prosthetic limbs or … Continue reading An Invisible War Wound