What skills does a person need to live successfully with hearing loss?

Today's guests are Sheri Eberts and Gael Hannen. Sheri is the founder of Living With Hearing Loss, a hearing loss blog, and an executive producer of the award-winning documentary, We Hear You, about the hearing loss experience. Gael Hannen is a hearing health advocate, writer, and speaker/performer who lives with profound hearing. She wrote a memoir called The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss and is a regular contributor for the Hearing Health Matters blog. They join the podcast today to talk about Hear and Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss, the book they recently co-authored.

Listen to the episode to learn more about what they have to say about looking at hearing loss from a new perspective.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

• Gael’s 2015 book
• Looking at hearing loss from a new perspective
• Where to practice advocating for yourself
• The three-legged stool model
• Vulnerability when writing a book
• The stages of the hearing loss journey
• What hearing care professionals can say and do to help with the journey
• Hearing hacks from the book
• How to promote hearing loss organizations
• Final thoughts and where to hear more from Gael and Shari

Resources:

LivingWithHearingLoss.com

HearingHealthMatters.org

hearandbeyond.com