The book Crônicas da Surdez was launched in February 2013 and marks the debut of Brazilian deaf writer Paula Pfeifer. At a time when there was little talk about disabilities and diversity, the book Crônicas da Surdez was featured in Vogue Brasil, Vogue Portugal, Estadão, Zero Hora and countless television programs and other newspapers and magazines.
Deaf writer Paula Pfeifer is a respected activist in the movement for people with disabilities in Brazil, and a deaf person who hears with two bionic ears.
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Being in direct contact with those who have been through what you’re going through makes all the difference! Come with us to learn how to regain your quality of life and save thousands of dollars when it comes to buying a pair of hearing aids – or even to
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If you’re a parent of a child with hearing loss, we have a Telegram group with hundreds of families helping each other every day.
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Book Chronicles of Deafness
Paula Pfeifer is a deaf woman who hears – and speaks – thanks to two bionic ears. After starting to lose her hearing in childhood, the shame of her deafness prevented her from using hearing aids for many years. Not even his family knew how to deal with it. The journey of deafness was very lonely and scary, and the publication of this book celebrates her definitive coming out of the closet of deafness. “Crônicas da Surdez” (Chronicles of Deafness) brings together texts that tell his story, his experiences using hearing aids, reflections on shame, acceptance and rights, as well as some adventures in a world that still doesn’t have all the accessibility it needs.
Book New Chronicles of Deafness
After recounting her experiences with hearing aids in the book “Chronicles of Deafness”, Paula Pfeifer returns with a definitive step in her journey: the cochlear implant. Recommended in many cases of severe or profound deafness, the cochlear implant (known as a bionic ear and the only surgery in the world that recovers a human sense in an artificial way) opens up new possibilities for those who can no longer communicate well through hearing and speech. The adaptation to it is different, and the result follows the maxim “each case is different”. This is the adventure of a person who started losing her hearing as a child, experienced all degrees of hearing loss, faced shame and ableism and became the most prominent deafness activist in Brazil.
Book Out of the Deaf Closet
The World Health Organization reported in 2021 that there are 1.5 billion people in the world with some degree of hearing loss. Within this group, many carry deafness around like a secret.
After launching “Chronicles of Deafness: Hearing Aids” and “New Chronicles of Deafness: Cochlear Implant”, Paula Pfeifer is back with a new book. His third book is a precious tool for those who need help and encouragement to come out of the closet of deafness.
The challenges brought on by invisible disabilities are exhausting. Especially after the pandemic, when every mouth on the planet was covered with a mask overnight. And one of the most difficult challenges – if not the most difficult of all – is to come out of the closet of deafness. First, for yourself; then, for the rest of the world.
Maybe you’ve been hiding in the closet since you received your diagnosis, bought a pair of hearing aids or heard a capacitist comment for the first time. The door isn’t locked! The way out depends on changing your mental attitude, which only happens once you understand what is behind your feelings of fear and shame.
This book is a guide to freedom, with 20 steps for you to deconstruct your own ableism. There’s no point in trying to hide your hearing loss. Deafness is invisible. Not us!
The author of the book Chronicles of Deafness
Paula Pfeifer is a deaf writer who hears through two bionic ears. She experienced all degrees of hearing loss and was trapped in the closet of deafness for more than a decade. Today, she leads Latin America’s largest online community of hearing-impaired people who use hearing aids, is a member of the WHO World Hearing Forum, a speaker, an activist in the hearing-impaired movement, a writer and a content strategist. She is 42 years old and lives in Rio de Janeiro with her husband, an ENT doctor specialized in deafness, Dr. Luciano Moreira.
Find out more:
- Launch of the book Chronicles of Deafness in Santa Maria at The Park
- Launch of the book Chronicles of Deafness in Porto Alegre at Livraria Cultura
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There are 21,000 hearing aid and cochlear implant users with the most different types and degrees of deafness for you to talk to and ask questions about the world of hearing loss (rights, hearing aids, doctors, audiologists, implants, exams, etc).
REASONS to join the Deaf Who Hear Club:
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- Being in direct contact with those who have been through what you are going through (this makes all the difference!)
- Save thousands of dollars on your hearing aids
- Learn how to get a free hearing aid from SUS
- Don’t fall for scams (the internet is full of tinnitus scammers, fake hearing aids and health professionals who don’t specialize in hearing loss!)
- Talking to thousands of people who have deafness, otosclerosis, syndromes and use hearing aids to hear better
- Meeting hundreds of families of children with hearing loss
- Make friends, get out of isolation and regain your quality of life
- Get referrals to the best ENT doctors and speech therapists in Brazil from people you trust.
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If you are
parent of a child with hearing loss
one of the Club’s digital communities is a Telegram Group with hundreds of families helping each other every day.
Don’t make any mistakes when buying hearing aids
I’ve been through the saga of buying hearing aids several times. I was once persuaded to go into debt to buy a “discreet and invisible” hearing aid that didn’t even cover my deafness. I’ve already been scammed when I took a hearing aid for repair to the store where I bought it: the audiologist said it was no longer suitable for me without even checking it or doing a new
audiometry
. I almost fell for the vicar’s tale of spending a fortune on a “top of the range” hearing aid for profound deafness, the features of which I would never be able to take advantage of due to the severity of my deafness. I’ve already been pressured into buying a hearing aid because the “unmissable promotion” was supposed to last until the next day. I also almost made the mistake of buying a hearing aid that was almost out of stock because of a stratospheric discount.
But YOU don’t have to go through that.
I’ve created a quick online course lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes that brings together everything I’ve learned in 41 years of living with deafness 24 hours a day and that will save you a lot of money, time and energy in order to hear again. Become a student HERE.
What you need to know BEFORE buying a HEARING AID so you don’t make any mistakes
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