Superhuman Hearing

An Interview with Tina Lannin, founder of 121 Captions. I recently interviewed Tina Lannin, founder of 121 Captions, a UK-based agency that brings speech-to-text and remote captions to deaf people across the world. Tina is not only a successful business woman but also a forensic lip reader, an important role played by expert witnesses in the justice system. I was …

Earlier this month, I was featured on a podcast called Life Athletics, hosted by my friend and fellow Bali resident Nik Wood. We talked about all kinds of topics related to my hearing loss – communication struggles, my relationship, what it was like to put in hearing aids for the first time at age 20. But most importantly, my conversation …

A couple of weeks ago I was in London telling a story about hearing loss on television. And that video is now live! Myself and other five brave people with all sorts of disabilities walked up on stage and for 10 minutes told a story on how our disability affected our relationships. All these stories had something in common: laughter …

HINT: You can do any jobs with hearing loss. The other day Srinivas—one of my readers—asked me a question: “I know you’ve talked with lot of people with hearing loss. What kind of jobs do they do? I am asking because I sometimes feel exhausted working in a company, and I thought freelancing might be a good fit for me.” …

A few weeks ago I wrote the article How To Defeat Mind-Numbing Room Echo where I explain a few tricks to control echo in a room. I suggest you read the article too. Why is this important? When you wear hearing aids, echo can be one of your worst nightmares. Hearing aids aren’t as good as the brain at isolating …

Is this scenario familiar? You’ve just met someone, and you’re eager to get to know her. She’s got a great smile, warm eyes, and her mouth is moving. But you can’t really hear what she’s saying. But she’s not asking questions, so you’re like: well, I’m gonna nod and smile and hope she won’t ask me anything… Until the worst …

Here’s a thought. Does hearing loss really hold us back from doing the things we love? Does it really prevent us from: Attending a large conference Speaking at a large conference Looking after a child Enjoying time with family Going to the theatre Maybe. Or maybe it just creates an uncomfortable feeling of unknown. Will I hear the speaker? Will …