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    Is Your Business Deaf Savvy?

    By JenLeoraPosted on January 10, 2020November 23, 20221min read
    Cropped shot of a young woman hanging up an open sign on the window of her cafe. Is your business Deaf savvy?

    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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    The Voice

    By JenLeoraPosted on October 2, 2019November 4, 20227min read

    Deaf people can get blindsided by sound. Even those of us who truly embrace (yes, even LIKE!) being deaf or hard of hearing have an experience with sound that is not only surprising but truly profound. Music…

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    Deaf at the Dentist

    By JenLeoraPosted on October 20, 2017November 26, 20226min read
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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…

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    Deaf at the Pool

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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 summer, my family made a…

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    Paul & Tina Videos: What’s the Big Deal?

    By JenLeoraPosted on September 27, 2014November 26, 20224min read

    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…

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    Ah, Now I See: A Deaf Lesson in Hearing “Loss”

    By JenLeoraPosted on September 6, 2014November 4, 20224min read

    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…

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    10 Deaf Fitness Pitfalls

    By JenLeoraPosted on August 31, 2014November 4, 20223min read

    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…

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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…

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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…

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