Hearing Loss Interview

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Everyone is different; from their hair color to their DNA we are all unique. Hearing loss affects individuals differently as well. The Deaf community embraces it, but others are completely debilitated by it. The insight from these differences is valuable information to an audiologist in order to counsel more efficiently and help our patients to the best of our abilities. I decided to interview my close friend Arianna to gain better insight to her hearing loss and learn about her viewpoints about it. Through both email and facetime calls, I was able to ask Arianna questions about her hearing loss.
First, a little background on Arianna and her hearing loss. She is twenty-three years old, an Au.D. student at Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium, and a proud Penn Stater! She has an acquired hearing loss that was diagnosed when she was four and a half …show more content…
She said her hearing loss is not a disability, just a different ability. She went on to say how she doesn’t let it define her but something she owns and that her ear molds are another way she is able to express herself-currently sparkly PSU blue and white! Going off that I wanted to find out if her optimism persisted. I ask if she had the ability to change anything about herself, would it be her hearing ability? She responded back with a stern, “No!” She attributes her hearing loss with her passion to the field of Audiology. To Arianna, her hearing loss helps her relate to her patients as true empathy and the ability to give more concrete advice and counseling. I think Arianna’s outlook on her hearing loss is very inspirational. She has such a positive and bright outlook on it and that it doesn’t hinder her in anyway but instead helps her and give an advantage over other audiologists. She’s had over eighteen years to accept her hearing loss, compensate for it, and truly embrace

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