Volume 5

Snap Out of It!

Gael Hannan encourages people with hearing loss to putting one foot in front of the other, seek out some help when needed, and embrace an occasional self-slap or even better, an I-Love-Me moment.

Miss Sherlock Figures Out the Sounds

Gael Hannan give us some insight on the bimodal life where one sound has two different profiles when delivered through different technologies.

Essential Travel Advice for Clients

For someone with hearing loss, travelling can be a real worry when it comes to forgetting an item that could be essential to communication. Relax, Gael is ready to help.

How a Broken Toe Helped My Tinnitus

Gael Hannan recently discovered the benefit of pain elsewhere in dealing with tinnitus.

Volume 4

Does Hearing Loss Embarrass Your Clients?

The always insightful Gael Hannan gives us some tips on handling communication glitches that can come with hearing loss.

OMG! I’M SWITCHING AUDIES

After a cross-country move, Gael Hannan tells us about her first meeting with a new audiologist.

A Baby’s Cry for Hearing Help!

Gael Hannan tells us why it’s time for Canada to implement a national standard of newborn hearing screening and how the high cost of not doing so is far greater.

Stupid Hearing Loss Questions to Ask Yourself. You Won’t Believe Your Answers!

Gael Hannan challenges us with some goofy hearing loss questions to take our mind off the serious stuff that’s going on out there in the world. She will give her answers to these quirky queries and we’re sure yours will be widely and wildly different.

Becoming Bimodal

Gael Hannan tries out a new label—bimodal.

Accessible-ize Me!

Gael Hannan wonders if we will actually see, in the not-so-far-off future, the introduction of an effective Canadians with Disabilities Act (CDA).