Gael Hannan
@gaelhannan.bsky.social
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Hearing loss advocate. Speaker. Author. Humorist. HearAndBeyond.com.
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Hearing Health Foundation
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"There is a growing tsunami of hearing loss, and people need real information from people with the lived experience and the tools that can help."
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Could YOU Speak Publicly About Hearing Loss? (Yes, You Could.) | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
As the microphone battery pack inched down inside my underpants, heading towards the leg opening and ultimately to the floor, I thought – Why do I keep doing this to myself?! The answer to that questi...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2025/could-you-speak-publicly-about-hearing-loss-yes-you-could/
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A moment of calm for your jangly nerves. Drink in the calm beauty of this verdant stump still claiming its spot in the Saanich fern forest.
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For Bluesky-ers with hearing loss: available wherever books are sold.
5 months ago
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Why this person with hearing loss is obsessed with her smartphone#
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The Smart Watch: A HoH's Favorite Accessory | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
My life has changed for the better since I started wearing an Apple watch. If you have hearing loss, as I do, there is no downside and a multitude of upsides to using a smart watch. It tells me the t...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2025/the-smart-watch-a-hohs-favorite-accessory/
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I used to tell myself, "I can't do this or that because of my hearing loss."
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Rethinking What I "Can't Do" with Hearing Loss | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Business meetings involve being able to follow what people are saying. I can’t do the meeting minutes. Phone calls with strangers are difficult because of unfamiliar speech patterns. Can you make this...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2025/rethinking-what-i-cant-do-with-hearing-loss/
9 months ago
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If
@jimacosta.bsky.social
moves to the graveyard shift, I guess I'll be staying up later!
9 months ago
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Manifest destiny to include taking over Canada?! At first I thought it was a blustering joke, but since he's repeating it regularly, here's the thing. We are not for sale. 🇨🇦
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Shari Eberts
9 months ago
Making One Retreat Center an Oasis of Accessibility
#HearingLoss
#HearingAccess
livingwithhearingloss.com/2025/01/21/m...
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Making One Retreat Center an Oasis of Accessibility
Imagine a wellness retreat where classes are designed for everyone, including people with hearing loss. One center aims to do just that.
https://livingwithhearingloss.com/2025/01/21/making-one-retreat-center-an-oasis-of-accessibility/
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Well, THIS made me smile. Thank you - because I won't be smiling much next week.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Seriously, Mel Gibson?
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It's the small stuff that can add up to a Bad Hearing Day. It's how we handle those moments...
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Handling Those Small Indignities of Hearing Loss | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Pardon? Sorry, one more time? I’m not catching what you’re saying, it’s so noisy in here. Are you asking me if I want a bag, have a membership card, or something else to which the answer is no? I had...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2025/handling-those-small-indignities-of-hearing-loss/
9 months ago
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Happy new year, everyone! Here's my 2024 finger-flip to negativity and division, to any pain and sorrow and grief you may have felt in these past months, and to fighting for justice in 2025.
10 months ago
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Kevin O'Leary, Canadians do NOT trust you to negotiate a deal with T to "merge the US with Canada". But feel free to move south yourself.
10 months ago
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I call this, "Christmas Through a Wineglass". Says more about the quantity of wine consumed than any artistic talent. 😂
10 months ago
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Anyone who seriously believes T's assertion that Canada should become the 51st American state, doesn't understand Canada's government -or the will of the Canadian people.
10 months ago
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Merry Holidays from Shari Eberts (
@sharieberts.bsky.social
) and me! Here's a small gift to help with great holiday communication. Click on the photo for a free downloadable pdf to hang on your tree, post on your fridge, carry in your bag or hand it out to all your 'hearing' family and friends.
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Your Holiday Communication Checklist
You are not alone this holiday season. The hearing loss community is here to support you. We hope “Hear & Beyond” is part of that for you.
https://livingwithhearingloss.com/your-holiday-communication-checklist/
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Got tinnitus? Horrible as it is, there ARE resources...so just keep going after them! My latest article.
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Tinnitus: Let's Just Keep Going | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
People who have tinnitus will try almost anything to make it go away. On tinnitus social media groups, if someone writes about a thing that reduced their head noise or even – omg, a miracle – made it ...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2024/tinnitus-lets-just-keep-going/
10 months ago
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Life with hearing loss: Husband coughs and I ask him what he said. This happens Every. Single. Day.
10 months ago
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This is our kind of backyard...actually it IS our backyard. Natural, green and misty.
#vancouverisland
10 months ago
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Gael Hannan
Jane of the North
10 months ago
Good morning! Remember, you don't have to eat one chocolate a day from the Advent calendar. You can eat them all and then get another calendar. Stick with me for more great Holiday tips! 🎄
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Does anyone else see a centurion on a horse?
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@joanieplunkett.bsky.social
hello darling! 💕
11 months ago
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Thank you to whoever made me look all angelic and pure and, like, young.
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Shari Eberts
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How I, a person with hearing loss, attempt to conquer the annual communication challenges of the season!
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It’s That Time of Year Again! | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
It’s here – the time of year that amplifies all the biggest challenges for those of us with hearing loss. Music that we love but can no longer hear or enjoy the way we used to. Lots of people gathered...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2024/its-that-time-of-year-again/
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Cats rule on Bluesky. This is Charlie - he suffered from anxiety and a bit of a weight problem. But damn, he was photogenic and I loved him so much.
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Gael Hannan
Van Badham
11 months ago
I have been suffering from depression and my extraordinary husband just sent me the attached and you should follow him, he is a remarkable man, as courageous as he is insightful, as strong as he is empathetic, and brilliant all the time:
@bendavison.bsky.social
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When you have hearing loss....
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Stick 'Em Up! My Worst Hearing Loss Nightmare | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
One of the biggest challenges of hearing loss is not understanding what’s being said – especially if it’s being said in an emergency. Like a bank robbery. Being in the bank during a robbery is my all-...
https://hearinghealthmatters.org/better-hearing-consumer/2024/stick-em-up-my-worst-hearing-loss-nightmare/
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