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Advice for the hard of hearing during Covid-19

Posted at 4:56 PM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-14 17:56:42-05

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For the hearing impaired, living during the Covid-19 pandemic presents a unique set of challenges. Social distancing and mask wearing can make communicating effectively especially difficult. Track and field legend, Olympian, former U.S. Congressman and 2020 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Jim Ryun understands these challenges. Ryun has been hearing impaired for most of his life, having lost 50 percent of his hearing around the age of five due to a high fever, however the loss did not stop him from living an extraordinary life. Today, thanks to the Phonak Lyric, the world’s only invisible hearing aid, Ryun is able is able to confidently hear and interact in crowded noisy discussions and atmospheres.