Deaf Awareness Week and Why I Love My Little Robot Ear
Single-sided deafness (SSD) can create significant barriers, even when it is not visible to others. In this blog, I share my experience of living with SSD and receiving a cochlear implant after eight years without hearing support on my left side. I reflect on access to treatment, why cochlear implants are not the right choice for everyone, and what my “little robot ear” has changed for me.
Deaf Awareness Week: 5 Surprising Facts About Life With Single-Sided Deafness
This week is Deaf Awareness Week!
Deaf Awareness Week is an opportunity to highlight how hearing loss affects daily life and to share ways others can offer meaningful support. Being deaf brings unique challenges—practical, emotional, and social—that not everyone will experience or fully understand.
This Deaf Awareness Week, I’m bringing attention to Single-Sided Deafness (SSD), a type of unilateral hearing loss, where a person has no or limited access to sound in one ear.