Rebecca Knill

Yellow sunflowers, pink carnations, yellow daisies and orange roses.

Yellow roses amidst green foliage with a black background

Birthday flowers coming from every direction. Beauty all around. #Flowers

Golden onion rings on a white napkin next to a small cup of red ketchup on a stone ledge.

Clear plastic tube containing frozen orange substance with words "Frozen apple cider push pop!"

State Fair faves! #MNStateFair #DanielsensOnionRings #FrozenAppleCiderPushPop #AgricultureBuilding

Brown-haired woman with black framed glasses and maroon shirt stands in front of glass case of baked goods.

Minnesota State Fairgrounds building with green and blue flags flying against a deep blue sky.

Placed fourth and fifth for pull-apart yeast bread and vegetable muffins, respectively, at the MN State Fair! It was a beautiful opening day -- 2 for 2! #mnstatefair

My CI processor is a little smaller because I use the child-sized battery on my tiny ears. I get a bit less on the life before recharging but it's so very comfortable that I don't mind having to swap midday (or sometimes take it off for the day when the battery dies).

I donated my old hearing aids (so many!) but still have 20 yrs of CI proc. I liked each version for different reasons, like switching shoes. The original one was the best for phone speech comprehension until my current one with Bluetooth. I keep the waterproof one for swimming & off-ear use.

He nails it.

I've been implanted for 20 years (after having been born deaf and one ear basically dead for 30 years) and process music splendidly. You might enjoy my 2024 memoir "Radio Head Gal," which is as much about the CI process as it is social commentary on hearing loss, ableism, and DEIA. Best wishes!

#Ice #FrozenLake #ArtInWinter #IceFishing #YouCanDressForIt

White morning sun rising over a frozen lake with black ice fishing shack silhouettes. White text displays “Ice Fishing Project Lake Harriet” over white hearts.

The crowds were full yesterday for this weekend’s #IceShantyProject on #LakeHarriet, but I appreciated the other side as well, its stillness at dawn.

Four red and yellow tulips in a pot with black dirt, surrounded by green leaves. Sheer curtains hang in the background, revealing a snowy street outside. White text displays "January Tulips Part 2" with a white heart at top and bottom, a white squiggly line in between.

Coping strategies for three consecutive days of below-zero temps. #Tulips #SpringFlowers #PolarVortex

The fact that virtually all airline travel requires undamaged hearing, particularly the boarding process and safety & crew announcements, even though virtually every plane, airport and airline process has been updated or replaced since the ADA.

Two feet in tan woolly slippers with a black reindeer-face with a red nose, clad in red and black plaid fuzzy socks, followed by velour pale blue pajama legs with white and black polar bears, standing on a rug with large daisy flowers in green, black, blue, purple and pink.

I am ready for you, polar vortex! #Reindeer #PolarVortex #PlaidSocks #PolarBear #ColorfulRugs

My sense of inner peace hinges on whether I can snag a parking spot at the #YMCA.

Outdoor tree in front of two wooden benches, lit with white lights against the night sky. Snow appears on the ground.

Blurred red, green, yellow, and blue Christmas bulbs appear against a black background.

A brightly-lit selfie of a woman wearing a white turtleneck, black jacket, an olive green cap and black glasses in front of a blurred tree with blurred white lights.

A black hut strung with red, green and blue Christmas lights, forming a yellow peak at top against the night sky. A strand of Christmas lights hands overhead. Additional structures outlined on Christmas lights display in the background. There is a snow on the ground.

The luminous Christmas lights at the Minnesota Arboretum on the winter solstice, the longest night. #MNArboretum #WinterSolstice #ChristmasLights

Radio Head Gal, a darkly humorous memoir about hearing loss. Based on a talk picked by TED Editors as top 25 of 2020, the book challenges the conventional view of disability as lesser-than and champions accessibility & inclusion. Key themes: betrayal, love & death. Also cyborgs. a.co/d/833iwcF

So, having #myfirstCOVID and being fully vaxxed has an upside: Specifically, knowing that I'll be able to go to the gym every day this coming winter and not worry about getting sick. It's a fair tradeoff.

A positive COVID white plastic test kit, surrounded by red cough lozenes, a white neti pot, red sore throat spray, a green liter bottle of Canada Dry ginger ale, a green box of peppermint tea, and a green plastic container of Panera chuckle noodle soup.

Grateful for #vaccines, #feelingbetter, the power of #gingerale and a #hotbath, the #MilkCartonKids Christmas music release today and binge television opportunities. #Thanksgiving

Editor's Picks of 2020 | TED Talks As we celebrate the end of 2020 ... what captured our imaginations, reflected our emotions and sparked hope for a better tomorrow? Here's a wide-ranging list of the talks that stayed with us this year...

I'm so honored to be included in the TED Editors' Picks for favorite talks of 2020, "How technology has changed what it's like to be deaf."

www.ted.com/playlists/77...

From June 11, 2024: 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑮𝒂𝒍 is an expansion of my TED talk, 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑓. This book is for those who have, or work w/, people w/ #HearingLoss, in #disability or #DE&I, #UXDesign & #technology sectors. #RadioHeadGal

Radio Head Gal Check out this great listen on Audible.com. “I never wanted to be hearing. I said this out loud in my TED talk, and the audience went bug-eyed, struggling to process this heresy. How could anyone not ...

From October 24, 2024: Radio Head Gal is now on #AudibleApp and it's Whispersynced for Voice Enabled.

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"Radio Head Gal": What it's li - TED Radio Hour - Apple Podcasts Podcast Episode · TED Radio Hour · 07/24/2024 · Bonus · TED Radio Hour+ Only · 13m

From July 25, 2024: I'm excited to share another delightful conversation with Manoush Zomorodi, the ever-gracious host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour and the TED Radio Hour Plus podcast, about my book Radio Head Gal. Subscribers (or free trial) can tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

From June 11, 2024: Radio Head Gal:

For everyone else, it’s just a ripping good yarn, sure to spawn rollicking debate. Discuss it at book club, & fights are practically guaranteed. It’s provocative & uncomfortable & I hope it makes you think differently about disability.

From June 11, 2022: Radio Head Gal:

Kirkus Reviews calls it "a compassionate and inspirational remembrance … a unique blend of self-reflection and astute social commentary that challenges readers to reexamine the ways that they interact with the world around them.”

From June 11, 2022:
𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎! 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓! 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑮𝒂𝒍: 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉. Print copies can be ordered from any bookseller; audiobook coming in summer.
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From May 13, 2022:

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Technology & Inclusivity: How tech has changed what it means to be deaf. In this TED Talk, Rebecca Knill explains what it is like to live in a technology-advanced society with no physical barrier for deaf people.

From January 3, 2022:

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The power of a TED Talk — Diversity Dreaming A useful tool to open up a dialogue around diversity and inclusion is to use a video thought piece such as a TED talk. This provides people with information on a particular topic, an insight into the ...

From October 8, 2021:

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5 Tech-Related TED Talks You Won't Want to Miss If you're interested in the latest and greatest technologies, which TED Talks should you watch? Here are five of the best technology-related TED Talks.

From October 6, 2021:

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Great UX Design Is One That Works for Everyone - Usability Geek Earlier this year, I saw Rebecca Knill’s TED talk about how technology has changed what’s it’s like to be deaf. It was, umm, an eye-opener for me. As UX designers, we pride ourselves on empathizing with our users. But when it comes to people who have disabilities, what we actually do, is sympathize with them. People with disabilities don’t want …

From October 4, 2021:

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