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Volume 7

Me Vs. The Mask

As we crawl our way through this global pandemic, Gael understands the need for masks. But that doesn’t mean she has to like them.

Hot Tips to Help Your Clients ‘Be Best’

Drawing on her lifetime of training as a person with hearing loss and receiving care from a lot of hearing professionals, Gael Hannan shares some helpful tips.

What a HoH Believes

Accepting the reality of hearing loss is a different process for everyone. Some adjust better than others, but we all struggle with the changed dynamics of our relationships; caught between worlds of people who can hear and the people who can’t.

Volume 5

How Do You Expect Me to Understand You If…

The always insightful Gael Hannan gives us some expert tips on what good communication looks like for people with hearing loss.

Volume 3

How Do We Explain Ourselves?

Gael Hannan explains how people with hearing loss occupy an awkward place in this world that spins on the sounds of people, nature, and machines that most other people can hear and understand.

Volume 2

What You SHOULD Say to People Who Have Hearing Loss

Advocates are often posting articles about what NOT to say to deaf people. In this instalment of “The Way I Hear It,” Gael Hannan tells us what we SHOULD say.

Disruptive Innovation

On a recent trip to Paris, Peter Stelmacovich wondered if there may be threats to audiology from new innovations.

A HoH’s Credo

Gael Hannan lays some wisdom on us with A HoH’s Credo.

What a HoH Needs to Know (Words to Explain Hearing Loss)

Gael Hannan wonders if people with hearing loss have unrealistic expectations with friends and love ones when it comes to remembering their communication challenges.