The beginning of my work as editor for this blog also included a crash course in familiarising myself with the “hearing-impaired” community. As a reasonably recent hearing aid user with mild to moderate loss, I had pretty much dealt with my hearing all by myself until then.
I met Katherine Barnes in a Facebook support group for people suffering from tinnitus and hearing loss. She’s currently finishing her first year of business management in Georgia (USA). Here’s her story: