Stories

I’ve never known silence. As far back as I can remember, I’ve never been without a background of tinnitus. But its intensity varied. I only noticed it[…]

I’ve got a mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss and all through my childhood I couldn’t deal with it. When I was in my 20s, I started[…]

Eleven years ago, I was sitting on my couch when I noticed a roaring sound in my right ear. I went to bed and when I woke[…]

I was born deaf. Auslan is my first language. I have never used speech and very rarely wear hearing aids. I don’t find them helpful. I know[…]

My name is Victoria Didenko. I am writing down some reflections, thoughts and a brief account of my tinnitus story. How to stay solid, balanced, and maintain[…]

Hi, my name is Maxine and this is my story: In 2016 I came down with a virus infection. When, after six weeks, I still felt like[…]

The first time I met Dan, we sat in a café to discuss how we could work together on a theatre show of some kind. We had[…]

My name is Sherilee. I grew up in Sydney and while I knew that I had Aboriginal relatives, I didn’t know that I was a First Nations[…]

My name is Mariella and I am a high school senior at boarding school in England. I live in New York, and when the pandemic started and[…]

It is extremely hard to raise kids when you are hard of hearing.  I was raised in a family where hearing loss was common. My grandfather was[…]

My name is Marcus and I’m a grassroots filmmaker from Sydney.  I always knew I wanted to direct a documentary, but I didn’t know what about. One[…]

I have had tinnitus for as long as I can remember. I feel quite fortunate that I haven’t had to struggle with trying to navigate a new[…]