Category: My Story
-
Back in Business, After a Long Break
I’ve been letting people know I’m re-booting my Hearing Mojo hearing-loss blog after having taken a long break from posting new entries.
-
Can "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks Explain Why I'm Hearing Better?
I just picked up Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, and it is a revelation for anyone with hearing loss and distortion of sounds that comes with it.
-
Joining The Hearing Mainstream, Or, How I Got My Mojo Back (Hearing Mojo, That Is)
It’s been a long while since I last posted. That’s because I have spent the last six months ramping my marketing and communications consulting business, Aquarius Advisers, to the next level.
-
Did Someone Say Those Noises In My Head Are Real? Or Am I Hearing Things Again?
A few weeks ago I posted an item about the noises I constantly hear in my head. These aren’t the usual hissing or ringing noises commonly associated with tinnitus. I’m talking about distinct sounds such as dump trucks and payloaders working at a hallucinatory construction site outside my window, a chain saw whining in the…
-
Okay, It's Time To Get A Portable Bed-Shaker. Any Recommendations?
I guess it’s time to break down my resistance to the portable vibrating bed shakers that I know are out there.
-
Excuse Me, I Have To Fall Down Now
As a sufferer of Meniere’s Disease, I have started reading with ghoulish fascination every issue of On the Level, the quarterly newsletter of the Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA).
-
So How Does "The World's Greatest Communicator" Communicate When He Can't Even Hear?
On paper, at least, I am one of the world’s great communicators. When I lost most of my hearing, being the world’s greatest communicator got a lot more complicated.
-
A Night at the Theater
Usually a trip to the theater is frustrating because getting any of the dialogue is such a challenge. Even the headphones available in larger theaters most often don’t do the job for me.
-
The Noises That Inhabit My Head
Sometimes I still hear the insistent screeching, like an angry flock of birds or the screaming of the wind in a hurricane. It’s one of the many strange sounds in my head that have come and gone since the day I woke up with severe hearing loss several years ago.
-
My Story: The Day the Music Died
On the day of my sudden hearing loss, I discovered that music had become completely unintelligible to me.