{"id":4905,"date":"2020-04-23T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/househearing.com\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2020-04-23T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:45:40","slug":"playing-sports-with-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/househearing.com\/playing-sports-with-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Sports with Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Being a successful athlete requires you to be in tune with your senses. For those with hearing loss, all that\u2019s needed is a little extra planning to keep up with the competition. Follow the tips below to learn more about playing sports with hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the earliest deaf athletes to rise to fame was Heather Whitestone. She won the Miss America pageant in 1995 after wowing the judges with her classical ballet en pointe, even without being able to hear the music. She did this by counting the beats in her head and synchronizing her dance moves to match the pitch changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her reign, Heather launched the country\u2019s largest public awareness campaign to promote the importance of identifying hearing loss early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since Heather, there have been a number of famous deaf athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw two deaf athletes: Chris Colwill<\/a> was an American diver and Tamika Catchings was a WMBA player. The following summer Olympics was slated to have Marcus Titus, but he lost a spot on the team in the 100-meter breaststroke by .79 of a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTell Your Audiologist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n