-Ana Making it as a deaf/hard of hearing (HoH) academic can often feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Between research activities, teaching duties,...
ByThe Mind HearsNovember 19, 2020. Background? I’m deaf, as in profoundly, deeply deaf. I can’t even use hearing aids because they are worthless for me, though I...
ByAcademics' ProfilesOctober 30, 2020I had planned to write this post about listening fatigue, but as I began writing I realized that a related yet rarely discussed...
BySarah SparksAugust 26, 2020I finally realized: if I wanted to be a historian, I was going to have to do not just the work my peers...
ByPaige GlotzerJuly 14, 2020Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Field of expertise: Writing Studies Describe your hearing: I wear two behind-the-ear hearing...
ByAcademics' ProfilesJanuary 22, 2020-Ana Going on the job market was a fraught decision for me. As a postdoc considering tenure-track faculty positions, I relied on hearing...
ByAna CaicedoNovember 14, 2019When I was 19 I went for a checkup with an audiologist and found out that I was hearing only 90% of what...
ByMichelle Micarelli StruettOctober 2, 2019I wrote this post on an airplane coming back from an international conference I attended in Thailand. Because of the distance involved, participation...
ByAna CaicedoMarch 19, 2019Just like their non-Deaf colleagues, Deaf academics teach students, discuss and present their research, attend various professional meetings, and give media interviews. Communicating...
ByThe Mind HearsFebruary 22, 2019