shannaMust-read NF essay by @jlkercheval on #HearingLoss, #HearingAids, & #AccessibilityAccommodations. (I didn’t realize we had this in common until now.)
These days I tell everyone “I’m hard-of-hearing” right away, but it took practice. And it does often get interpreted as exaggeration, because being HoH is invisible. When someone asks you to speak up or repeat, please interpret it as them wanting to hear you, to engage with & appropriately react to what you have to say.