Deaf at the Pool
By JenLeoraPosted on 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 summer, my family made a big ...
Paul & Tina Videos: What’s the Big Deal?
By JenLeoraPosted on 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 ...
Ah, Now I See: A Deaf Lesson in Hearing “Loss”
By JenLeoraPosted on 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 ...
Deaf at the Doctor
By JenLeoraPosted on 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 ...
Music: Are Deaf People Listening?
By JenLeoraPosted on 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 ...
Deaf in the Drive-Thru
By JenLeoraPosted on Drive-thrus are one of the least politically correct institutions, when you think about it. A purely sound driven procedure, the Squawk Box processional does not have a single visual cue until you reach the window to complete ...