The Future Is Sound

Living Skillfully

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What skills does a person need to live successfully with hearing loss?

Today's guests are Shari Eberts and Gael Hannen. Shari is the founder of Living With Hearing Loss, a hearing loss blog, and an executive producer of the award-winning documentary, We Hear You, about the hearing loss experience. Gael Hannen is a hearing health advocate, writer, and speaker/performer who lives with profound hearing. She wrote a memoir called The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss and is a regular contributor for the Hearing Health Matters blog. They join the podcast today to talk about Hear and Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss, the book they recently co-authored.

Listen to the episode to learn more about what they have to say about looking at hearing loss from a new perspective.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

  • Gael’s 2015 book
  • Looking at hearing loss from a new perspective
  • Where to practice advocating for yourself
  • The three-legged stool model
  • Vulnerability when writing a book
  • The stages of the hearing loss journey
  • What hearing care professionals can say and do to help with the journey
  • Hearing hacks from the book
  • How to promote hearing loss organizations
  • Final thoughts and where to hear more from Gael and Shari

    • Resources:

    LivingWithHearingLoss.com

    HearingHealthMatters.org

    hearandbeyond.com

     

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