The Hearing Loss Journey
Fear. Disbelief. Anger. Uncertainty. Helplessness. These are all very normal reactions when facing the diagnosis of hearing loss. This is true whether you’re a recently diagnosed adult, or the parent...
View ArticleLife After Hearing Loss: How The Brain Adjusts To Sensory Impairments, No...
Around five percent of the world’s population experiences some degree of disabling hearing loss. That’s about 360 million people, or one in every 20 individuals. Based on these figures it’s likely that...
View ArticleReaching Out: How to Connect with Other Families of Children with Hearing Loss
What has been amazing about our son’s hearing loss journey is the way we have been included and accepted in a community of parents who are also striving to find out what works best for their child....
View ArticleKnow The Signs Of Hearing Loss, Act Early, Prevent Speech Delay
You will want to read the full article at Family Educational Services Foundation. If your child doesn’t show any or some of the following signs, you should definitely get your child’s hearing tested by...
View ArticleThe top spots for hearing-loss-friendly vacations
It’s rumored that Americans have fewer vacation days than most of our European colleagues, so why waste that precious PTO traveling to places that can’t accommodate your hearing loss? We’ve done some...
View ArticleConstant Conversation
Children with hearing loss benefit from constant conversation. Families can converse during dressing, eating, playing and household chores. Conversations can be short or long. Chats can be child or...
View Article10 Hearing Loss Stories that Defined 2015
Maybe more than any year before, 2015 was a breakthrough year for people with hearing loss. We saw tears of happiness in more viral “first time hearing” videos, learned more about how hearing loss...
View ArticleLearn About the Three Types of Hearing Loss
More than forty million Americans suffer from some type of hearing loss. There are many different things that can cause hearing loss, some of which can be treated with surgery or medicine. There are...
View ArticlePhonak Teams Up with Nonprofits for Hurricane Relief Efforts
“Phonak employees, along with our good friends at Songs for Sound, the Dallas Hearing Foundation, and Team Rubicon have literally been working together non-stop over the past few weeks to assist those...
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