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”You can lose your hearing frighteningly quickly or cruelly slowly.” Lord Jack Ashley of Stoke

A dispatch from The Audiologist — filed 4y ago

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss In this episode, Dr. Lorraine Gailey, tackles the importance of including communication partners in audiological care. As previous CEO for Hearing Link, a rehabilitation service for adults with severe and profound hearing loss, Dr. Gailey knows that there are not many people who really understand what a person with severe and profound hearing loss must bear....

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”You can lose your hearing frighteningly quickly or cruelly slowly.” Lord Jack Ashley of Stoke — The Hearing Wire