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b"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\\nDid you know that 10% of the population is hearing impaired and that 1% is deaf?\\nI met TJ Barnes at The Hearing Experience at an event. I had to interview her because of her story.\\xa0 She has been an RN for over 20 years and is the CEO of HEARCommunication.\\nTJ understands this disability personally because she was born with a hearing loss.\\nShe's been working over 20 years with the hearing impaired as a nurse, and she also has a personal story.\\xa0 She told the story of how she was run over by a skier who didn't understand that she couldn\\u2019t hear him yelling at her to get out-of-the-way.\\nHer friend said, \\u201cHe couldn't see that you can\\u2019t hear\\u201d and that\\u2019s what gave her the idea for a world-wide symbol for the hearing impaired.\\nHiking trails can use the symbol.\\xa0 Biking trails can use the symbol. Businesses can use the symbol.\\xa0 Any place where people with hearing impairment might be can have a symbol.\\xa0 TJ is on a mission to get these hearing impaired symbols installed in public places because if we know that there are hearing-impaired people there, we can watch for them.\\nTJ\\u2019s interview gave us great information including “1h0 foods that you can use to help reduce hearing loss” so I created that freebie for you, and you can download it HERE.\\nShe also gave us some other great tips.\\xa0 Let the hospital know if your loved one is hearing impaired so that they can take measures to keep him or her comfortable.\\xa0 From personal experience, I can't hear my chiropractor when she puts her hands over my ears to do an adjustment so I let her know.\\nI couldn't capture all the information she gave us, because the interview was so jam-packed.\\xa0 Listen to the episode yourself for more great tips!\\nTeresa “TJ”\\xa0Barnes is a Registered Nurse / Keynote Speaker / Consultant / Trainer / HearC Products\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nContact information:\\xa0 (800) 491-9483\\xa0 info@hearcommunication.com\\xa0 www.hearcommunication.com\\nToday\\u2019s freebie can be downloaded at http://RockYourRetirement.com/hear\\nhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/rockyourretirement/Teresa_TJ_Barnes_160602_IFinalo.mp3"