Category Archives: Hearing Loss Matters
Can Disability Become Your Identity?
The Social Model of Disability invites us to think differently about disability and identity. It [...]
Jul
The hidden struggle of listening fatigue
Understanding the challenges of hearing loss Listening fatigue, or auditory fatigue, is a pervasive yet [...]
Jul
Role-players’ actions must uphold the rights, dignity & best interests of persons with disabilities
Over the past four decades, I have had the privilege of observing and participating in [...]
Jun
Road to Independence Protocol | A Collaborative Approach to Reasonable Accommodation for Persons Who Have Hearing Loss
Introduction Reasonable accommodation for persons who have hearing loss requires more than a clinical diagnosis. [...]
Jun
Disability rights are about removing barriers, not policing identities
Disability rights are about removing barriers, not policing identities! It is inaccurate to equate a [...]
Jun
My experience of how hearing loss and later total deafness affected my loved ones
It is important to know the extent to which communication processes are affected by hearing [...]
Apr
WORLD HEARING DAY 2026: NCPD CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL NEONATAL HEARING SCREENING TO GIVE EVERY SOUTH AFRICAN CHILD A FIGHTING CHANCE
“From Communities to Classrooms: Hearing Care for All Children” On World Hearing Day 2026, the [...]
Feb
Hearing Loss Live and FanieDreams form strategic relationship
Hearing Loss Live, based in Utah, USA, and FanieDreams Movement, based in Cape Town, South [...]
Feb
Convo South Africa Pauses Operations – Exposing the Cracks in South Africa’s Disability Rights Framework
Johannesburg – Convo South Africa, the Deaf-owned and Deaf-led provider of Video Relay Services (VRS), [...]
Feb
Why are people who have hearing loss excluded?
There is a mistaken train of thought that says that television news broadcasts are accessible [...]
Nov