In 2017, I published a collection of short stories about growing up with hearing loss titled Hearing Differently: Growing Up With a Cochlear Implant. Writing that book made me realize that I wanted to have a more active voice in the deaf and hard of hearing community, and to also be a stronger advocate for raising awareness around accessibility.
This blog is a continuation of sorts to Hearing Differently. In my posts, you’ll find lived experiences of growing up and living with hearing loss, as well as my thoughts around accessibility and inclusion. If you want to learn more about me and my hearing loss diagnosis, please click here.
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Telling People About My Hearing Loss
My high school was full of kids that I grew up with in elementary school, and everyone more or less knew of each other. I never had to explain my...
Telling People About My Hearing Loss
My high school was full of kids that I grew up with in elementary school, and everyone more or less knew of each other. I never had to explain my...
How to Get Accommodations in Post-Secondary Edu...
I remember my first class at university and how excited I was. The professor walked in carrying a brown briefcase. He took out a sheaf of notes, placed it on...
How to Get Accommodations in Post-Secondary Edu...
I remember my first class at university and how excited I was. The professor walked in carrying a brown briefcase. He took out a sheaf of notes, placed it on...
Learning a Language
In my last post, Losing a Language, I talked about when I was diagnosed with hearing loss, and how my audiologist advised my parents to speak to me in only...
Learning a Language
In my last post, Losing a Language, I talked about when I was diagnosed with hearing loss, and how my audiologist advised my parents to speak to me in only...
Losing a Language
I was born in Canada to hearing parents. Arabic was my first language. When I was diagnosed with hearing loss at three years old, an audiologist advised my parents to...
Losing a Language
I was born in Canada to hearing parents. Arabic was my first language. When I was diagnosed with hearing loss at three years old, an audiologist advised my parents to...
Upgrading My Cochlear Implant
I don’t like change. Especially if it’s something that doesn’t need to be changed. A great example of this is the iPhone. Anyone that owns an iPhone knows that every...
Upgrading My Cochlear Implant
I don’t like change. Especially if it’s something that doesn’t need to be changed. A great example of this is the iPhone. Anyone that owns an iPhone knows that every...
Learning to Hear
When I got my cochlear implant at seven years old, I hated it. I did not want to hear. I was accustomed to a muffled, almost silent world. My implant...
Learning to Hear
When I got my cochlear implant at seven years old, I hated it. I did not want to hear. I was accustomed to a muffled, almost silent world. My implant...