@babarker I agree that online communications, blogs and forums like this one offer a new opportunities for mentoring and teaching for people with hearing loss. It is my hope that members like you and other members who have gotten this group off the ground, like @tulip @dstell @genuinekim @linkeellis and others, will continue to share your experiences and mentor people who are new to the world of hearing loss.

@christinahaire, I like how you have dropped things you didn't particularly enjoy to focus on adaptive approaches (both for you and/or those around you) to continue doing the things you love. I'd also like to bring @airotto370 into this discussion. He's shared about compensating and adapting in his first post.

What's one thing that you know now that you wished you have known? Or put another way, what would you tell someone new to hearing loss?