“People with hearing loss need to share ideas about communicating in this situation, and it is important for others in the community to realize what some of their friends, customers or patients are experiencing.”
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Letter: Hearing loss meetings offer more than info
“She is an excellent speaker, but also she has something to say to all which can be of immense value to us in bridging the fully hearing world with the partial- or absent-hearing one, in enabling mutual understanding. Give yourself a gift and attend our meeting on May 2 at 10:15 a.m. at CarePartners.”
Letter: May 20 hearing presentation focuses on tinnitus
“There is no cure, but [ tinnitus] is increasingly well-understood in terms of what it is and what you can do to live with it, and for the most part it can be well-managed.”
Hearing loop advocate Juliette Sterkens speaks in Brevard
“I am here because I want to change the world. You know everybody does,” announced Juliette Sterkens, national hearing loop advocate for the nonprofit Hearing Loss Association of America. Sterkens was speaking at an informational community meeting in early November at the Transylvania County Library in Brevard. The event, hosted by the Brevard and Asheville […]
Letter writer: Help available for veterans with hearing loss
“Sixty percent of returning veterans have hearing damage of some kind.”
Letter writer: Speakers offer info on hearing-loss issues
“Those who have attended our meetings (third Saturday most months — not October — at 10.30 a.m. at Seymour Auditorium, Care Partners, 68 Sweeten Creek Road) will agree that we have had some excellent presentations by noteworthy speakers.”
Letter writer: Meeting offers info on cochlear implants
“You have to get used to a new way of hearing, but when you do, the result can be life-transforming.”