Chronicle of a deaf audiologist

Use this communication strategy when you can’t hear

Originally Posted: August 27, 2026

The “PinPoint Formula” is a made-up name. 😂The official name for this strategy is Specific Requests for Clarification. This strategy has made a huge difference in my life. It seems to help my communication partners to feel less frustrated.

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Sandra Vandenhoff
Dr. Sandra Vandenhoff is an audiologist with hearing loss, founder of HEARa, Hearing Rehabilitation teacher, and Canadian author, who does not remember saying on her first day of wearing hearing aids: "Mom, I can hear my shoelaces!"

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