Hearing Loss And Hearing Aids - People

Margaret White is a medical correspondent based in Beverly Hills and covers medical issues. In a series of articles she will be covering problems associated with hearing loss and hearing aids. Her article is based on an interview with Warren Willard owner of Hearing ABC. You can take a Free Online Hearing Test at Hearing ABC to check your audio perceptiveness.

I'm a hard of hearing librarian attempting to find my way in the world as a late deafened adult. I became aware of my hearing loss at the age of 40. These stories describe what it's like for me to come to terms with my hearing loss and adjust to life with hearing aids. I hope you can laugh with me at some of the mistakes I've made. Perhaps you may also learn something helpful from my...

I'm Jen, mom to Lucas (b. 12-23-07), born with profound sensorineural hearing loss. He wore hearing aids for 9 months without any benefit, and received a cochlear implant in his right ear 3 days after his first birthday. He loves to hear with his new "ear"!

I am an American Mom living in Tuscany. My twelve year old son Jordan was born profoundly deaf, wore hearing aids for eight years and currently wears a cochlear implant. My blog is the story of our journey. Co-Author of RALLY CAPS www.rallycaps.net

My name is Megan. I am 23 years old and was diagnosed with a bilateral, progressive sensorineural hearing loss when I was 4. Since then I have worn hearing aids. My left ear has a severe loss and my right ear has a severe to profound loss. In my blog I write about hearing loss, and interesting news related to it.

I am a 34-year-old IT professional with severe hearing loss that has been progressive over my lifetime. I wear hearing aids, and have been learning ASL and connecting with my local Deaf community for a couple years now. One of my children also carries the same genetic syndrome as me, and has moderately severe hearing loss as well.

I am late-deafened and wear two BTE hearing aids. I live in the Seattle area.

Although my hearing loss doesn't define me, it has definitely affected me! I grew up with a bilateral hearing loss that was discovered when I was 4 years old. I wore a hearing aid and was mainstreamed in school. It's never been determined what caused my hearing loss, but I suspect it's genetic.In 1993, I lost all the remaining hearing in my right ear (for unknown reasons). I switched to...

I went suddenly deaf in 1975 at age 4 of unexplained causes. I wore a hearing aid in my one "good" ear for just over 30 years, and then within the space of about a year year I lost all my remaining hearing. In November of 2007 I implanted my right ear and in August of 2008 I implanted my left ear. My speech comprehension scores have jumped from 8% before the implant to 98% after, so I consider...

Follow my journey as I get used to wearing a cochlear implant and the sounds that I hear for the first time since being implanted in May 2009. I am profoundly deaf since birth and have worn conventional types of body worn aids up to digital hearing aids from 6mths old up to May 2009. My blog describes my experiences with the cochlear implant and how I perceive everyday sounds with the implant.