The Silent Epidemic: Learning More about Hearing Loss (CAFE-101)

Did you know that 48 million Americans suffer from some kind of hearing loss? That is one in seven of us. That means that you or someone you know or interact with every day, has hearing loss!

In this podcast, Hearing Wellness Educator Kimberly Parker, shares important knowledge and helpful tips about what we can do about hearing loss and how to better communicate with those who have it. From using hearing aids to communicating with clarity and patience, Kimberly’s wealth of knowledge inspires and educates us. Having hearing loss as a child, and becoming deaf as an adult, Kimberly shares her story. She now facilitates free workshops, sponsored by Washington State’s Office of Hard of Hearing, through DSHS.

For more information about hearing loss, go to https://www.hearingloss.org/ To register for the free upcoming workshops in Vancouver, WA (Oct. 26) or in Bellingham, WA (Nov. 23), email diane.cinney@dshs.wa.gov To read about Kimberly’s one woman play, Lost in Sound, and her workshops, go to http://www.kimberlymparker.com/

Credits: BCB Host: Betsy Lydle Smith; Audio Editor: Robert Ross; Publisher: Robert Ross

Abby Wyatt2024-04-26T10:35:12-07:00October 14, 2019|

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.