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Shari Eberts

About

Shari Eberts is a passionate hearing health advocate, author, and speaker on hearing loss issues. She is the founder of LivingWithHearingLoss.com, a popular blog and online community for people with hearing loss, and an executive producer of We Hear You, an award-winning documentary about the hearing loss experience. Shari has adult-onset genetic hearing loss and shares her story to help others live more peacefully with their hearing issues. Her book Hear & Beyond: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss is the ultimate survival guide for living with hearing loss. Shari holds a BS in Psychology from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Recent Posts
Hearing Loss Is a Family Affair
When you have hearing loss, it impacts those around you, including your family. Sharing your experiences will help bring the family closer and improve communication for all.
Not Everyone with Hearing Loss Knows Sign Language

There are many ways to create good communication for people with hearing loss; but for most of us, this list does not include sign language.

There are many ways to create good communication for people with hearing loss; but for most of us, this list does not include sign language.

Dinner Chat With Hearing Loss Comes With a Side of Disaster

A Personal Perspective: Communicating with someone with hearing loss takes some work, especially in a group situation like a meal. But there are ways to make it work. 

A Personal Perspective: Communicating with someone with hearing loss takes some work, especially in a group situation like a meal. But there are ways to make it work. 

When Can Hearing Less Help You Understand More?

Personal Perspective: With hearing loss, communication can be exhausting. Could working less hard to hear sometimes help people to understand more?

Personal Perspective: With hearing loss, communication can be exhausting. Could working less hard to hear sometimes help people to understand more?

Can Hearing Loss Be Mistaken for Unfriendliness?

Personal Perspective: Does your hearing loss make you seem aloof? Being open about hearing loss can help build empathy and create stronger relationships with others.

Personal Perspective: Does your hearing loss make you seem aloof? Being open about hearing loss can help build empathy and create stronger relationships with others.

Knowing Proper Disability Language Can Help Reduce Stigma

Without proper vocabulary, people can be reticent to discuss disability for fear of offending someone. Proper language eases the conversation, making it simpler to find solutions.

Without proper vocabulary, people can be reticent to discuss disability for fear of offending someone. Proper language eases the conversation, making it simpler to find solutions.

Getting Comfortable With the Discomfort of Hearing Loss

We cannot control every listening situation but when we focus on what we can control, we can take the steps needed to create better communication.

We cannot control every listening situation but when we focus on what we can control, we can take the steps needed to create better communication.