By Hart Plommer Defenses are not the kind of thing you do in your sleep. In a standard PhD defense, one presents a 20 or so minute talk on their Thesis and must be prepared to answer questions related to…
How to Handle Lip Reading Fatigue
Written by our guest contributor: Karina Cotran (pictured above) from hearingdifferently.com October is here, and usually that means the start of parties – Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas and all the birthdays in between. Parties often mean crazy loud settings, and multiple…
Ten Commandments to Follow as HOHs
Bowen recently saw this post on Facebook, and we both agreed that it was worth posting here for the PSP audience. The original source is from InMyGoodEar.com, but I’ve modified it to make it more ‘up-to-date’ with our politically correct…
The Magic School Bus
A number of you watch Netflix. (and I admit I watch way too much TV these days) A number of you might watch the show “The Magic School Bus” because each time you do, there’s some pretty neat knowledge you…
Wait, do I sound different? The ‘Deaf Accent’
For the hard of hearing kids and teenagers who communicate orally, this article might be of interest to you. Two weeks ago, I went to a retreat where I knew only a handful of people in attendance. Otherwise, everyone else…
Acoustic Wear
Many of you might remember Yat Li, who was featured in our Young Adult Spotlight back in April 2018. This is Yat’s journey and introduction to his new project: Acoustic Wear. PSP: How did you come up with the idea…
7 Habits of Highly Effective Hard of Hearing Teens
Being a kid is challenging and awesome at the same time. But, it’s even more challenging when you’re hard of hearing. Here are some habits to help make you more effective as a hard of hearing kid. 1) Strive to…
The Little Advocacy That Could
As soon as I found out the outdoor movie night is back at Canada Place I knew I wanted to go as part of my summer goal to do more outdoor activities (okay, maybe sitting on the floor for 2 and a half hour doesn’t…
Optimist Creed
Check out this inspiring video for all DHH youth!
Mental Health and Accommodations
In the last blog post, we discussed the importance of advocating for yourself. One of the steps we discussed was to “know what fits” and to experiment with different accommodations. In this blog post we will be discussing the various…
Mental Health and Self-Advocacy
As we discussed in the previous mental health blog post, mental health is something that affects those with and without hearing loss. However, the consequences and severity of the mental health issues can be more extreme in those with hearing…
Hearing Loss and Your Mental Health
What is mental health? Mental health as defined by WHO is, “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is…