In another installment of Hearin' Me, we had the pleasure in speaking with Amen Khan, a current student at Rutgers University. She is majoring in psychology and wants to pursue a career as either a therapist or a counselor! Amen was born with 20-40% moderate hearing loss and uses hearing aids, facial expressions, and lip reading to communicate with others. Enjoy! What was it like growing up with hearing loss? "It was formidable for my parents since both my younger brother and I were diagnosed with hearing loss and barely communicated with others. Everyone around my age communicated well and developed social skills while I preferred to stay quiet and be alone. In elementary school, we had to take a hearing test where...
It is no secret that everyone is struggling these days given the current Covid-19 pandemic. What not many people are aware of, however, is a difficulty the Deaf Community face in a public setting which just got a lot more challenging…
Communication.
Check out our FIRST segment of "Hearin' Me". We chat with Sidra Khan, who became Hard of Hearing at an early age of 3 and is now a graphic designer! We talk about challenges growing up, life during Covid-19, and adherence to her Deaf Culture!
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Yasmin Battat, an audiologist at the Oracle Hearing Center based out of Lawrenceville, New Jersey about her practice, life during Covid-19, and some new masks for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Check out of our full length video here!
With new guidelines related to face mask coverings, the deaf and hard of hearing community finds it difficult to communicate with one another. Here are a few tips to get your hands wet and start learning sign language...
