Nov 6, 2019
As a retinoblastoma cancer survivor, I’ve been blind in one eye as a child. I’ve worn hearing aids since I was three. In this episode, I talk about
- Advocating for myself
- Being left out of conversations
- Others think I am ignoring them
- I can’t hear behind me but I am a lip reader
- If you are not facing me I cannot understand you
- sometimes I am Insecure about asking others to repeat themselves especially on the phone
- Insecure about my voice which is deep due to PCOS Mentioned in Episode 2
- Speech therapy helped with
knowing when I’m speaking loud or soft
Requires patience as I only pick up on mumbles - Being talked down/like stupid like others do to elders whose hearing has declined
- Being a summer camp counselor to visually and hearing impaired students
- I can tune out negativity
- Learned not to focus on what others say
- Learned a new language - sign language
- Had sign language musical performances in high school
- Met new deaf people
- Only mastered the sign language alphabet
- Role of Amazing Audiologists
- Wearing Expensive Hearing Aids
- My hearing is reducing slowly
- I am still able to enjoy life and music concerts and choosing really good songs to listen to
- World Hearing Day is the First Week of March
- Deaf Awareness Week is the last week of September
For More Info:
Read the book by Haben Girma
Google Helen Keller
Youtube Videos by Deaf Comedians
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