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ladynorbert:

autisticheatherduke:

autisticheatherduke:

Dear hearing aid providers: stop only advertising your hearing aids for old people – from a deaf 19 year old who’s used hearing aids since she was 7

Note: you don’t have to use hearing aids, or have any form of hearing loss to be able to reblog this

Deaf people using hearing aids should be as normalized as people with vision loss wearing glasses.

As much as technology goes, there are now bluetooth accessories for young people who wear hearing aids, such as handsfree for phones and TVs, and microphones used in classrooms and meetings and I’m so lucky to try these things, as recommended by my specialist – a user who almost lost hearing from a bad ear infection