Story Category: hearing aids

“It’s not just about hearing – it’s about connecting”: an interview with Osher Günsberg

By Alex Creece Osher Günsberg is a jack of many trades – an author, a presenter, a podcaster, Board Director at SANE Australia, and the television personality whose rose mathematics inform us how many hearts will be broken each night on The Bachelor Australia and its spin-offs. Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down […]

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Deafness no Barrier to Music

Chelsea is a twenty-three-year-old musician from Newcastle, NSW, who has been deaf since early childhood. Nonetheless, Chelsea is a talented and passionate multi-instrumentalist, specialising in drums and percussion, and encourages others to use what they’ve got in order to pursue their goals.

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Stigma, hearing loss and helping the young

You would be forgiven for thinking that hearing loss is just something that effects older people, I used to think the same thing. However, in recent times, I’ve being proven wrong. Hearing loss is not an evil monster that targets only old age pensioners. It is something that can affect anyone, of any age, at any time, for any number of reasons.

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Hip Hop through deaf ears

Music was an integral part of growing up. Hip Hop quickly became the soundtrack to my life. The moment I heard it I knew it was the one. I became engrossed with the Hip-Hop culture:  DJ’ing, breakdancing, graffiti and most importantly rap music; my head was nodding long before I heard the emcee start spitting their verse. “What was that? I’ve heard this song before, my Dad used to play this jazz record, but it sounds… different.”

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The Low End Theory

I started to embrace my hearing aids and would show them to people, rather than do everything to hide them and feel ashamed. I realised it’s just like people who need to wear glasses to help them see: there’s no difference.

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