a blog for and by deaf and hard of hearing academics a blog for and by deaf and hard of hearing academics
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New Year’s Resolution 2023: Improve accessibility of your workplace for your deaf/HoH colleagues

Chances are that someone in your department has hearing loss, whether they’ve disclosed this or not, and will benefit from your efforts to...

ByJanuary 4, 2023
deaf/HoH experiencesgrad school

And I knew the silence of the world

"I am holding on with both hands and never letting go."

ByAugust 25, 2021
Lyrics from Vomit Arsonist "no one can help you" sound with image of barbed wire in the background. "no one its a lonely journey where suffering in silence is the standard suffering alone suffering all I ever want is someone to ask if I'm ok but no one ever does
deaf/HoH experiences

The Sounds of Silence

Stephen Klusza takes us on an enchanting multimedia journey leading up to his decision to get an cochlear implant in grad school.

ByAugust 11, 2021
Smiling white man sits at a table with a model of the human ear in front of him. He wears black sweater and behind him are shuttered windows. The text on the right reads " Cochlear implants are not my thing... yet" On the left "the Eagle Ear Blog' is written below The Mind Hears logo.
deaf/HoH experiences

Cochlear implants are not my thing… yet

Now, only after I had kept (and still keep) hearing from my peers with hearing loss who now wear cochlear implants and are...

ByFebruary 17, 2021
artwork showing an ear in a background of moving, raucous colors
careersdeaf/HoH experiences

The more I missed, the more I made

My work habits are all about filling in the fear of how much I have been missing and have missed in this world.

ByOctober 18, 2018

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