Life with a Cochlear Implant by Amy Saunders
I’m Amy and I’m 24, and profoundly deaf. I never know where to begin or how to go about telling people about my deafness, but
Welcome to Living with Hearing Loss UK
A space to help raise awareness, provide a voice and share resources and knowledge to those inside and outside the hearing loss community.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unexpected and devastating effect on the deaf and hearing loss community. Face masks have made navigating the world incredible difficult as those who are deaf or have hearing loss rely on lip reading and facial expression to communicate with others.
With lockdown lifting its easy to believe this is over, but it isn’t for the hearing loss community whilst masks continue to be mandated by the government.
We all want to stay safe during Covid-19 and beyond, so let’s do that while having clarity in communication for all.
"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you wont be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about" - Haruki Murakami
Where to start...
Campaign: Clarity in communication
Find out more about Clarity in Communication and how you can get involved
Deaf awareness week 2022 with Stagetext
Living with Hearing Loss have been in recent talks with Stagetext in finding out more about how the charity started and to highlight the amazing
Deaf Awareness week 2022- with Paralympian Suzanna Hext !
Just for a moment, take a second to imagine living in a ‘world of silence’, much like if you were to have noise cancelling headphones
