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Educating others about hearing loss and deafness
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Mar 16, 2020 | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Hi @johnny3, unfortunately, your story is not an isolated one, but it is unjustly isolating. You might be interested in also reading these related discussions on Connect:
- Communicating effectively with the hearing world. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/communicating-the-most-effective-with-the-hearing-world/
- Sharing the burden of hearing loss https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sharing-the-burden/
- Hearing loss: How do you identify yourself to others? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-do-you-identify-yourself-to-others/
Sounds like there wasn't much opportunity to educate your neighbor in that conversation that abruptly ended. Given that you're neighbors, what one thing would you like him to know?
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I want to Thank Him. I was upset by it at the time but eventually I started to question my hearing. This led to educating myself about the process of hearing as well the anatomy of the ears. Which then lead me to an on-line community that have what I have or similar. I had no idea the scope of it. Hopefully, my next step will be to meet people in person that are going through similar situations. It's been therapeutic.