Tag: hearing aids

The World is Loud Again

October 1, 2025

It always surprises me when I can hear. Really hear. A couple of months ago, I got new hearing aids — and yes, they’re purple! 💜 But let me back up a bit. About a year ago, I lost one of my hearing aids. I searched everywhere for nearly six months. I deep-cleaned the house,…
Misunderstanding to Madly in Love

May 10, 2024

This is one of the first books that I’ve read that’s had a specific hard-of-hearing character. Not a deaf character, but specifically hard-of-hearing. “Hearing aids don’t fix ears, they only amplify sounds.” The Un-Arranged Marriage by Lauren Brown In this book, both main characters represent something – Shaina (female) represents a person with hearing loss,…
Book Review: Give Me a Sign

July 11, 2023

I love reading books with Deaf and hard-of-hearing characters. I want to read them and any that are recommended, I read. I do this because I want to see my experiences, my culture, within a book and relate to a character. If I take it book and solely review it on is it a true…
Book Review: A Song for a Whale

November 21, 2022

Somewhere, someone is singing. “I’d found him. He’d never know what he meant to me, but that was okay. I didn’t speak his language, and he didn’t need to be fixed. He was the whale who sang his own song.” I almost didn’t read this book because I’ve found a lot times, it’s hard for…

The World is Loud Again