Rock Your Retirement Show

TJ Barnes is with us today to talk about Hearing Impairment. She will give us tips from her personal experience. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/hearing-impaired-can-you-see-it Did you know that 10% of the population is hearing impaired and that 1% is deaf? I met TJ Barnes at The Hearing Experience at an event. I had to interview her because of her story.  She has been an RN for over 20 years and is the CEO of HEARCommunication. TJ understands this disability personally because she was born with a hearing loss. She's been working over 20 years with the hearing impaired as a nurse, and she also has a personal story.  She told the story of how she was run over by a skier who didn't understand that she couldn’t hear him yelling at her to get out-of-the-way. Her friend said, “He couldn't see that you can’t hear” and that’s what gave her the idea for a world-wide symbol for the hearing impaired. Hiking trails can use the symbol.  Biking trails can use the symbol. Businesses can u