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My Deafening World
Hello I’m H! A 25 year old mother, photographer, (aspiring) writer, animal activist…oh and a deaf person. I have a severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss which has been deteriorating for the past 20 years of my life. My journey to identifying as ‘deaf’ has been difficult, scary and filled with every other emotion you can…
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Recent life update
Another year on and another routine hearing test at my local audiology department. I’ve being through this many times before so I already know what to expect in advance yet I still have a nervousness hanging over me. I have known for the past few months that my hearing has deteriorated further so I’ve already…
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To hear or not to hear…
”Why don’t you just put your hearing aids in?” … This question is always followed by an eye roll on my part- mostly through annoyance. Annoyance at knowing the views surrounding hearing aids are misunderstood. It implies everything is better and ‘fixed’ when hearing aids are used which for most individuals living with a degree…
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”You don’t look deaf”
”You don’t look deaf” a phrase I have heard too many times. What does that even mean? What do people expect.. three eyes, no ears? What is ‘looking deaf’? Those four words have played on my mind for a long time and have been a big part in my fear surrounding identifying as deaf. The…
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