by Chelle Wyatt | Jun 26, 2026 | Books on Hearing Loss, Communication Practices, Communication with Family, deaf, Emotions, hearing loss, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Assistive Technology, Hearing Devices, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss How To, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Public Advocacy, Self Advocacy
The book, 61 Days of Hearing Loss is built around four categories for hearing loss: technology, awareness, strategies and emotions. In the last post, we shared one day of strategies and another for awareness. In this post, we’ll share a day about technology and... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Oct 23, 2025 | Communication Access, Communication Practices, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Inclusion, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Self Advocacy, Speechreading
Planning ahead for lipreading, and hearing loss, is actively managing your communication and ensuring your participation. When we plan ahead for events and social gatherings, we are less likely to be at the mercy of circumstances. You are empowering yourself with... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Sep 11, 2025 | Advocacy, Captioning, Communication Access, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Hope, Hearing Loss Inclusion, Misconceptions, Tribe, hearing loss
September is Deaf Awareness Month. Hearing loss has a spectrum from mild to profound. With a mild hearing loss, we miss a few sounds, or lack volume, or both. Being profound can mean no hearing at all, or, deaf in certain frequencies only. Capitol D denotes the Deaf... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Aug 19, 2025 | Accommodations, Cochlear Implants, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Conventions
There is one hurdle with hearing loss I can’t quite clear is listening and eating at the same time. It’s also how I recognize hearing loss in others. A couple of years ago, I attended a potluck where the average age was 70. I was hungry and wanted to eat so I moved... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Jul 10, 2025 | Advocacy, Cochlear Implants, Connections, deaf, Emotions, hearing loss, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Conventions, Misconceptions, Resources for Hearing Loss, Self Advocacy
July is National Disability Pride Month and we want people to know it is possible to have pride in hearing loss. Getting there is gritty, twisted and involves emotional episodes. It takes determination and courage to reach the pride phase. In 2008, I had a big drop... 
by | May 1, 2025 | Accommodations, ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), Captioning, Cochlear Implants, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Devices, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss
Restaurants are challenging environments for people with hearing loss. Music plays and multiple conversations try to rise above it. The harsh acoustics in restaurants are easy to clean but make a poor experience for hearing devices. Because this is a common complaint,... 