Companion
The Only One: Hearing Aid
You have something in your ear and someone always asks.
You have a hearing aid. It lets you hear. That is what it is for. Everything else is you.
For the child with a hearing aid who wants a book that sees them as a whole person, not the kid with the device.
The Name It First Experience
You have a hearing aid. Some kids ask about it. Some stare. Most forget about it fast, because you are not a hearing aid. You are a person who uses one — and there is a lot more to you than that. You will write the things that make you you: the things you like, the things you are good at, the people who matter. The output is not a medical document. It is Your Hearing Aid Identity Page — everything true about you.
You can opt into 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins from your account. We recommend you do — the point is to see what changed.
Sample questions
- What do you want to document about your experience — the frustrations, the adaptations, and the things that have surprised you?
- What does wearing a hearing aid mean in your experience — what is it like to navigate a world designed for people who hear differently?
- What would you want someone navigating hearing difference for the first time to know?
- What has navigating hearing difference taught you about yourself and about the world?
Research basis
Grounded in deaf and hard-of-hearing identity research / disability identity formation (Nario-Redmond, 2019) / Erikson (1968) childhood identity development / and assistive device stigma in pediatric populations.
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Every format asks the same questions and produces the same document.
Print Paperbackpersonalize
A real book and a pen. Write in the margins. The most permanent version of you on a page.
$12.99
eBook + journal
The full guide on any screen, with a companion journal to write your answers by hand.
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Audiobook
We read every question and every scenario aloud. For the commute, the walk, the dishes.
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Hardcoverpersonalize
The keepsake edition — sewn, ribboned, made to sit on a shelf and be returned to.
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Digital Fill + membership+membership
Answer on screen. Your responses save as you go and assemble into your finished document.
$4.99
Hands-Free Interactive + membership+membership
Listen to each question and speak your answer. We capture it. You never touch a keyboard.
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Everything packages
The Paperback Everything Package
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The Hardcover Everything Package
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The Premium Hardcover Everything Package
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The Essential path takes you to your finished document by the questions that matter most. The Full-depth path walks every question, every scenario, every angle. Both produce the same signed document — one just goes deeper on the way there.
Essential path
Shorter sessions. The questions that go directly to the document.
Full depth
Every question. Every scenario, every angle.
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