Living Skillfully The Future Is Sound

What skills does a person need to live successfully with hearing loss?Today's guests are Shari Eberts and Gael Hannen. Shari is the founder of Living With Hearing Loss, a hearing loss blog, and an executive producer of the award-winning documentary, We Hear You, about the hearing loss experience. Gael Hannen is a hearing health advocate, writer, and speaker/performer who lives with profound hearing. She wrote a memoir called The Way I Hear It: A Life with Hearing Loss and is a regular contributor for the Hearing Health Matters blog. They join the podcast today to talk about Hear and Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss, the book they recently co-authored.Listen to the episode to learn more about what they have to say about looking at hearing loss from a new perspective.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Gael’s 2015 book
Looking at hearing loss from a new perspective
Where to practice advocating for yourself
The three-legged stool model
Vulnerability when writing a book
The stages of the hearing loss journey
What hearing care professionals can say and do to help with the journey
Hearing hacks from the book
How to promote hearing loss organizations
Final thoughts and where to hear more from Gael and Shari

Resources:
LivingWithHearingLoss.com
HearingHealthMatters.org
hearandbeyond.com