Then you have come to the right place. Hello! My name is Amena Arshad, the founder of this website, Let’s Hear Each Other Out! You might be wondering what this website is for. What audience am I trying to reach? Are we actually hearing people out on this website? First off, all great questions. But before I answer them, I want to share a bit about myself and why this website exists. I have been living with bilateral hearing loss since the age of three. I got my first pair of

Blog #3: What I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self as a Hard-of-Hearing Student Hello again! This is the last of three articles in this series. The first article focused on raising awareness within the hard-of-hearing community by sharing resources, personal experiences, and strategies for navigating hearing loss. The second article focused more on the educational aspects of hearing loss and how educators should navigate academic spaces with students with hearing loss. If you

Hello everyone! This is the first blog I'm posting after wrapping up my "What I Wish I Knew" series. Thank you for taking the time to read these blogs. I truly enjoy sharing my experiences and insights with you all, and I hope they've been helpful. This particular article is a little more personal. I want to share some of the everyday realities of living with hearing loss that people often don't see. Just a friendly reminder: I ask for your respect and consideration as you ap

What's the difference between my eyes and ears? My whole life,I've been taught to use my eyes as ears. I didn't know it would teach me to see that in others, too. The social butterfly, floating from table to table, hands moving faster than words,smile creases growing deeper with every laugh. I watch people nod and smile, perhaps with sympathy for the way I struggle to articulate certain words, or for the momentI almost walked straight into the television while playing a virtu

Asking for Repeats and Being Asked for Repeats One of my biggest struggles growing up was asking people to repeat themselves and having people ask me to repeat myself. As someone who loved socializing, I carried guilt with every repeat, whether it came from me or from others. It always hit the hardest when I was completely immersed in a conversation. In those moments, I would forget about the permanent mark on my ears. For a little while, I felt like everyone else. Then, sudd

What I Wish I Could Tell Other Hard-of-Hearing Students, From One Hard-of-Hearing Student to Another Hello again! Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to explore this website. If you haven’t had the chance to read my first blog post, here’s the link! But without further ado, let’s get started. I am starting a “What I Wish” series on this blog because this website is meant to shed light on resources that support the hearing loss community but are often widely unknown. Ho

Then you have come to the right place. Hello! My name is Amena Arshad, the founder of this website, Let’s Hear Each Other Out! You might be wondering what the purpose of this website is. What type of audience am I trying to target? Are we actually hearing people out on this website? First off, all great questions. But before I answer these questions, I want to describe a bit about myself and why this website exists. I have been living with bilateral hearing loss since the age

Blog #2: What I Wished Teachers Knew About Us as Hard-of-Hearing Students Hello again! This is the second of three articles in this series. The first article focused on raising awareness within the hard-of-hearing community by sharing resources, personal experiences, and strategies for navigating hearing loss. If you haven't had the chance to read it yet, here's the link below! Link: As a reminder, I ask for your respect and consideration as you approach this blog. Everythi