Disability isn't always what you expect
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Claims direct and concrete: part deaf since childhood, diagnosed with Meniere's disease about five years ago, tries hearing aids that fail and undergoes vestibular nerve surgery that leaves balance impaired. Uses visualization as meditation and decades of coding practice to develop coping techniques, learns mobility exercises to prevent falls, finds isolation worsens vertigo and anxiety, and reports that these specific experiments and tradeoffs produce useful perceptual insights even where medical fixes don't fully work.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:50Bens background
- 6:20Visual Communication
- 9:16Visualizations
- 10:35Perception
- 12:35Mental Health
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