This is a letter to my mother about our journey through my progressive hearing loss. I started losing my hearing when I was 6. When I turned 31, I did my first cochlear implant. Less than two years later, she…
This is a letter to my mother about our journey through my progressive hearing loss. I started losing my hearing when I was 6. When I turned 31, I did my first cochlear implant. Less than two years later, she…
My name is Luciano Moreira and I’m a a brazilian ENT surgeon. As some people know, my wife Paula Pfeifer is deaf. I met her soon after she got her first cochlear implant (now she has both implants), which made…
The beginning of a new love relationship can make anyone afraid. It can happen to anybody, but when we’re talking about people with hearing loss, things are far more complicated. I remember well the times when I was single and…
If you are the mother of a deaf kid, I would love to give you some advice. I’m deaf myself. I was born hearing and I started losing my hearing capacity when I was six. Today, I’m 40 and I…
I’m a consumer of the hearing industry for decades. I’m 40. I lead the biggest online community of people with hearing loss in Latin America and I’m a member of the World Hearing Forum (WHO). I’ve experienced all degrees of…