“In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It's harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life.” PeopleSpeakRealizingLossNormalHarderEverydayHearingAccentsEveryday LifeNormal LifeHearing Loss Author:Katie Leclerc
“In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.” PlayOrderCommunityLossRolesHearingDeafHearing Loss Author:Katie Leclerc
“I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo.” ProblemLossFourConditionsDiseaseEarsPressureHearingSymptomsFluidRetentionHearing LossVertigo Author:Katie Leclerc
“Why wait for the loss of hearing to appreciate sound? Turn off the white noise of your thoughts and start to listen.” TurnsWaitingSoundLossWhiteAppreciateHearingNoiseTurn OffWhite Noise Author:Bella Bathurst
“Money gained on Sabbath-day is a loss, I dare to say. No blessing can come with that which comes to us, on the devil's back, by our willful disobedience of God's law. The loss of health by neglect of rest, and the loss of soul by neglect of hearing the gospel, soon turn all seeming profit into real loss.” RealSoulLawTurnsLossBlessingDevilProfitDareHearingNeglectDisobedienceSeemingSabbathSabbath Day Book:The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon Source: The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon
“The loss of seriousness seems to me to be, in effect, a loss of hope. I think that the thing that made people rise to real ambition, real gravity was the sense of posterity, for example - a word that I can remember hearing quite often when I was a child and I never hear anymore. People actually wanted to make the world good for people in generations that they would never see. It makes people think in very large terms to try to liberate women, for example, or to try to eliminate slavery.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingChildrenMadeI CanRealSeemsWantedRememberTermLossGenerationsEffectsExampleAmbitionSlaveryHearingGravityPosteritySeriousness Author:Marilynne Robinson
“My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support.” FatherLossSupportCoupleHearingLoudHearing LossAmplifiers Author:Patti Smith
“The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted.” PeoplePersonsLossAssumingHearingRudeImpatientHearing LossBeing Rude Author:Marion Ross
“Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.” MotherHurtLossGriefMissingSadHearingChestsNeedlesMissing Someone Author:Veronica Roth