Nashlea Brogan AuD

07/17/2026

Feeling incredibly grateful. ❤️

Thank you, for the cool invitation and special red package for the Advocates Summit this October at your headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria.

I’m honoured to be part of this event and look forward to connecting with fellow advocates from around the world. See you in Austria! 🇦🇹

07/13/2026

Calling all audiology friends… 💙

Some of you know parts of this story. Some of you don’t.

I was 18 when I was fitted with my first hearing aids.

At the time, I had no idea hearing loss would shape every part of my life. I certainly didn’t know it would lead me to become an audiologist.

I was incredibly fortunate to have an audiologist who changed my life. She believed in me, inspired me, and even today she’s someone I still admire immensely.

After graduating, I opened my own hearing clinic.

Twenty-three years later, I’ve had the privilege of building a large multi-provider practice, caring for thousands of people with hearing loss, and mentoring hearing professionals from assistants to hearing instrument specialists and audiologists.

All while my own hearing continued to decline until I eventually received cochlear implants.

I’ve often thought about how unusual that journey has been.

Every day I went to work caring for people with hearing loss… and then I went home living with hearing loss.

Over the years, I’ve realized I’ve been learning from both sides of the desk.

As clinicians, we’re incredibly well trained in the science.

But living with hearing technology has taught me things no textbook ever could.

It’s taught me about the questions people don’t ask.

The worries they carry home.

The things that happen a year after the fitting, not just during the fitting.

It’s taught me that recommending a telecoil or Auracast isn’t the same as understanding what happens when someone is planning a European vacation two years later and suddenly wonders, “Will this actually work where I’m going?”

Or when someone wants to start playing pickleball, book a cruise, spend the day at the beach, wear a helmet, go through airport security, or simply figure out how to live confidently wearing what is essentially a computer on their body.

Owning a clinic has taught me something else.

I’ve mentored so many talented hearing professionals over the years.

Some naturally connect with the emotional and social side of hearing loss. Others are brilliant technically but aren’t always sure how to open those conversations or connect their recommendations to a person’s everyday life.

Neither is better.

We all have different strengths.

Those two experiences—living with hearing loss and mentoring clinicians—are what led me to create this course.

It isn’t about teaching people how to fit hearing aids.

It’s about helping us bridge clinical expertise with lived experience, while giving us practical ways to connect with the emotional, social, and everyday realities our patients experience long after they leave our clinics.

Creating this course has been one of the most meaningful professional projects I’ve worked on because it brings together everything I’ve learned as a patient, an audiologist, a clinic owner, and an educator.

If it sounds like something that would benefit you or your team, I’d love to have you join me.

❤️ Heart to Ear begins September 3.

More information is here:
https://heartearbrain.com

And if you think another hearing professional would enjoy this, I’d be grateful if you shared this post.

07/04/2026

I’ve started writing on Substack , and I’d love for you to follow along.

I’ll be sharing my own reflections on living with hearing loss, along with the stories and conversations of people I’ve had the privilege of interviewing on my new podcast “The Sounds Between Us”.

My hope is that these stories help people better understand the many ways hearing loss shapes our lives.

The invitation arrived as a text message.

06/01/2026

Here is something every son and daughter should know.

Yesterday at the Alzheimer Society Walk, I spent the day talking with families who want to keep their parents independent for as long as possible.

Many were a lot like me at 50.

Working full-time.

Raising teenagers.

Balancing careers, family and responsibilities.

One of their biggest fears, and mine, is watching more and more responsibility shift onto us as our parents age.

How do I keep Mom and Dad independent?

How do I help them stay safe?

How do I help them stay in their own home and continue living the life they want?

Most people know their parents have hearing loss.

Very few realize it may be connected to memory, brain health, loneliness, falls and independence.

That is why hearing loss deserves far more attention than it gets.

Most families wait nearly 10 years before acting.

The Lancet Commission identified untreated hearing loss as the largest potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia.

Even mild hearing loss has been associated with double the risk of dementia.

Even mild hearing loss has also been associated with nearly three times the risk of falling.

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalization in older adults.

One fall can be the moment independence changes and responsibility begins shifting onto the family.

What many families don’t realize is that hearing may be one of the easiest places to start.

Treating hearing loss early is not about hearing the television better.

It is about helping Mom and Dad stay independent, stay active, stay connected and continue managing their own lives for as long as possible.

For many adult children, that means more years with Mom and Dad managing their own lives and fewer years of responsibility shifting onto them.

That is worth acting on today.

📌 Save this for the conversation your family needs to have.

♻️ Share this with someone helping their parents navigate this stage of life.

05/28/2026

Some seasons ask you to grow into something bigger.

The hardest part isn’t the leap. It’s quieting everything around you long enough to hear what you actually want.

Are you still listening to yourself? 🤍

05/27/2026

“I’m leaving them at home.”

That’s what my patient told me before her salon appointment.

Her hearing aids. Left at home. Because she didn’t know what else to do.

And I thought — nobody tells you this stuff.

Every 4 to 6 weeks I sit in that same chair — getting my roots coloured. Same stylist. Same ritual. And I wear hearing technology too.

A salon is loud. Hair dryers running. Music playing. Multiple conversations happening at once. Your stylist talking while standing behind you.

For someone with hearing loss, it can feel like navigating a foreign country without a map.

So here’s what I actually do:

✔️ I found a stylist who gets it. That’s the first step — find someone you can actually talk to.

✔️ I book quieter times when I can — fewer dryers, fewer people.

✔️ I bring my case. Not a Kleenex. A case.

✔️ I ask to stay facing the mirror so I can see her face. Mirrors are tricky though — they spin you away to work, which cuts your lip-reading. Ask to stay facing forward as much as possible.

✔️ I sit somewhere quieter when the colour is processing.

✔️ I don’t always wait until my hair is fully dry — but the hair around my ears needs to be dry enough before devices go back on.

You don’t have to leave your hearing at home.
You just need a plan.

Save this. Share it with someone who needs it. 💚

05/22/2026

I spent 30 years avoiding rides at amusement parks. 🎢

I thought my body just couldn’t handle them.

This week at Disney, I realized something I had never understood before.

Now with cochlear implants, I can hear so much more in the dark that my brain finally knows where I am in space.

For the first time in my life, I rode all the fast dark rides I normally would have avoided at Disney World without getting sick. I could hear the tracks, the screams, the laughter… all the things my brain had been missing before.

I didn’t just get sound back.

I got the rides back.

Grateful to the people and technology who made this possible 💗

05/15/2026

You are not as alone as you think. 💙

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

Hearing loss is about so much more than the TV being too loud.

It affects independence, safety, confidence, relationships, quality of life, and brain health.

When we talk about hearing through that lens, people start to take it seriously.

And it deserves that level of attention.

If you or someone you love is struggling to hear, call Us to schedule an appointment. 519-344-8887 or visit online to easily book www.bluewaterhearing.ca