If you’re getting hearing aids for the first time, here’s what you can realistically expect–from a Deaf perspective. Knowing what to expect from hearing aids may seem like common sense.. until it’s you who gets them. It takes awhile get…

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Is your business Deaf-Savvy? Can Deaf people access your business or will they go to your competitor? Are you alienating 50 million potential customers?! Take the quiz and find out!

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Being Deaf at the dentist poses some unique communication challenges. Some you can prepare for, others manage to surprise me. “No one likes going to the dentist.” I rolled my eyes reading this text reply from my mom after I…

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Hubs just got his hearing aid fixed after being out of commission for a week + and is now hyper-aware of the sounds in all the land once again. Our children are playing in another room. Hubs: The kids are…

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I volunteered today for my daughter’s class Valentine’s party. Doesn’t seem like a big deal, but as a Deaf mom I admit it gives me a fair amount of anxiety. I’m “not like the other moms” and communication is always…

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My first solo venture to the movies with both kiddos to see Sing! was an adventure as everything seems to be with them.. I burned a hole in my popcorn bowl prior to leaving. I am an expert at sneaking…

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As a Deaf person who wears a hearing aid, swimming in a pool has always felt like flipping a switch to me.  Sound to silence.  Add kids and weather, antics ensue. This article shares a Deaf Perspective on what it’s…

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There’s a good chance you’ve seen this, the viral video in which a couple on a road trip record themselves using sign language to “sign-along” to the song, “You’re the One That I Want” from the movie Grease. I admit…

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I feel like I really learned something recently. I’ve had hearing “loss” all of my life. This term was always funny to me since I was born with the same hearing ability (or lack thereof) that I have now, more…

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In the fitness world, there are some things only Deaf and hard of hearing people can appreciate. Are you on the fitness wagon? DVDs in your living room, Pickleball on Sundays, Zumba at the Y, Mud Runs or maybe you’re…

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He’s flitting about like a gnat around the urgent care. Seemingly everywhere, the male nurse assisting us is apparently conversing with several others in different directions as I sit next to a particularly not-fabulous blood pressure/temperature station with my wide-eyed…

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I love music. Sometimes people are puzzled by this and want to know what I hear. As I do in non-musical situations, I hear stuff but can’t always make out speech. Which means for music, I don’t understand the words…

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Jen Leora embracing her spirit.

Jen Leora is a Deaf Mom, Wife, Writer. Paradoxically musical. Probably procrastinating right now. Read more…

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