Deaf Awareness Week 2023: 5 Surprising Facts About Life With Single-Sided Deafness

Deaf Awareness Week 2023

This week is Deaf Awareness Week!

The theme this year is Deaf Inclusion, which highlights how hearing loss impacts daily life and how others can help support deaf people.

This Deaf Awareness Week, I’m bringing attention to Single-Sided Deafness (SSD), a type of unilateral hearing loss, where a person has no or limited access to sound in one ear.

This subject is close to my heart as I have lived with SSD since my sudden hearing loss in 2016. Here I share some of the challenges that come with SSD, ways you can help support people with SSD, and how to advocate for yourself if you have SSD.