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Dr. Laura Pratesi, Au.D.
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Hard of Hearing, Doctor of Audiology, Hearing Aid User 🤟🦻, Mobility Aid User, Wheelchair User 🦽
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A Haunted House…but everything is now held captive in childproof hearing aid battery packaging. (I broke my scissors on this ish!)
Lime green scissors, broken trying to cut open childproof hearing aid battery packaging
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Vaccines cause Adults.
“Vaccines cause Adults.” Cartoon image of a little girl with a stuffed bunny rabbit receiving a vaccine from a male presenting doctor in scrubs and a white coat.
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I know we’re normally “zebras”, but in this case, I may be a giraffe? 🦒🦓😂😭 #hEDS #EDS #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Hypermobile #HypermobileEDS #RareDisease
Giraffe with a bent/wonky neck. Greenery and blue sky as the background.
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Here’s some disabled representation on your screen! 🤟🦻👩🏻‍🦽

Trying to teach myself it’s okay to just *exist*. I don’t have to push myself to the brink of being rundown or burnt out. I can have goals as simple as “shaved my legs today”. It’s ok to conserve my energy for things I enjoy. 🥄🥄🥄
Dr. Laura (Au.D.) wears a gold GA Tech tshirt and tan pants. She sits in a wheelchair and signs “I love you” in ASL. She wears silver finger braces, blue framed glasses, and black facemask.
August 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I might not “look disabled”. I have hearing loss, but you can’t see it. My disabilities are dynamic - which means I have good days and bad days. I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user. So, adjust your idea of what “being disabled” looks like. Because it looks like me.
Photo of Caucasian woman with brown hair and blue eyes. She wears blue rimmed glasses. She’s sitting in a wheelchair throwing up the peace sign. She has silver retention cuffs on her ears, securing her hearing aids. She wears lime green fingerless gloves, and silver ring splints
August 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This resonated with me today. 🌻🤟🫶
She’s a Bit Much poem by Lyndsay Rush
August 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Is there a reason phlebotomists don’t believe us when we tell them we’re “a hard stick”? Is it just ego? Or something else? #ChronicIllness #DisabledLife #Bloodwork #Phlebotomy
A right forearm showing a bright purple, red, bruise along a blue vein.
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Gave 9 vials of blood for testing today. I’ll be a poor meal for a vampire for a while! #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #NEISvoid
Green gloved hands hold 9 colorful vials of blood for testing
June 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Fingersplint rings arrived today!!! #Hypermobility #FingerSplints #Jewelry
Left hand wearing decorative silver finger splint rings on middle finger, index finger and thumb Right hand wearing decorative silver finger splint rings on middle finger, and index finger
June 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Ok this Sonus sleep band thing is magical. It uses vibration and sound therapy to clear your sinuses wholistically. As someone with chronic allergy issues, this has been incredible. #Sonus #Sleep #Sinus #Allergy
A Caucasian woman with blue eyes and brown hair leans against a headboard. She wears a grey headband across her forehead. She wears a brown jumpsuit and blue framed glasses.
May 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Excited that my new wheelchair gloves arrived today! #MeningealCystAwareness #RareDisease #WheelchairLife 🦽👩🏻‍🦽‍➡️🧤🦓🦄
May 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The massive, 8.8cm meningeal cyst that caused my sudden paralysis on March 13th, 2025. Grateful for Dr. Frank Feigenbaum who removed it on March 28th, and gave me a chance at recovery. #MeningealCyst #SuddenParalysis #ChronicPain #SemiParesis #RareDisease #Disability
MRI black and white photo of an 8.8cm meningeal cyst
May 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Blood pressure too low today. No energy and feeling faint. #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #MeningealCyst #Neurosurgery
Digital blood pressure machine that reads 81/66 with a pulse of 96/min
April 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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First time walking after neurosurgery on my spine to remove the #MeningealCyst. It hurt but was necessary #MobilityAids #Walker #WheelchairUser #Disability
March 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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For any doctors out there, this is what a meningeal cyst looks like on MRI. It is NOT a Tarlov cyst, and it CAN be removed. If you don’t know something, refer to a colleague who does. Don’t just send patients home to die. #CaudaEquinaSyndrome #MeningealCyst #TarlovCyst #RareDisease
8.8cm meningeal cyst sitting on female patient S1-S4 nerves. Top view of meningeal cyst sitting on S1-S4 nerves.
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Been MIA as I went into the hospital on Thursday last week. Got diagnosed with a monster 8.8cm #TarlovCyst So…3 rare diagnoses? Just a couple more and I can defeat Thanos! #RareDisease #ChronicPain
Image of an artist rendering of a Tarlov cyst in a textbook on left. MRI image of actual cyst on sacrum on right.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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FLAA Call to Action: E-mail Your Legislators TODAY to Oppose Senate Bill 126!
Don't Delay - Last Hearing is Scheduled for Wednesday, March 12th!
#FLAA #LegislativeAlert #CallToAction #ContactYourReps #Audiology #Audiologist #FLASHA
Legislative Alert Florida Academy of Audiology
March 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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*Inclusion* is for those of us with disabilities. I’m tired of fighting to be in spaces where I should be welcomed. That doesn’t mean I’ll quit fighting for my right to be seen.
#AccommodateMe #AccommodationsMatter #DisabilityMatters #HearingLossAwareness
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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We are hiring!
Special consideration for applicants with experience in guest services, front desk, theater, healthcare, or applicants who are bilingual!
#ApplyNow #PatientCareCoordinator #GuestServices #Healthcare #DisneyCollegeProgram
Apply Now We’re Hiring Citrus Hearing Clinic. Open Position: Patient Care Coordinator. For more info, email: mike.bradley@citrushearing.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Call for Papers – Submit your Call for Papers form TODAY by clicking the link below! The deadline to submit is Friday, February 28, 2025. floridaaudiology.org/convention-i... #FLAA2025 #CallForPapers #Audiology
Call for Papers! #FLAA2025 Florida Academy of Audiology
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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If you’re a member of the Florida Academy of Audiology, check your email! #AuDPeeps #FLAA #Audiology
Legislative Alert Florida Academy of Audiology
January 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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My office is a drop off center for Marine Corp Toys for Tots. Please drop off unwrapped gifts of $10 value during our office hours, or have gifts shipped to our office location. Thank you! 🙏🤟
We are accepting donations for Toys for Toys! Location: 835 7th Street, Suite #2, Clermont FL 34711. Citrus Hearing Clinic. Call us at 352-989-5123
November 22, 2024 at 2:20 AM