Dr. Laura Pratesi, Au.D.
@drlauraisaud.bsky.social
Hard of Hearing, Doctor of Audiology, Hearing Aid User 🤟🦻, Mobility Aid User, Wheelchair User 🦽
I have so many intentions for videos (TikTok, YouTube), but get overwhelmed by the editing process sometimes. There’s just not enough hours in the day. Where can I find video editors who can put all my video clips together and make it something for me? #Help #VideoEditors #SocialMedia
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I have so many intentions for videos (TikTok, YouTube), but get overwhelmed by the editing process sometimes. There’s just not enough hours in the day. Where can I find video editors who can put all my video clips together and make it something for me? #Help #VideoEditors #SocialMedia
Readjusting to eastern time. Now I’m confused about what day/time it is…whether I’m supposed to be eating or napping…
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Readjusting to eastern time. Now I’m confused about what day/time it is…whether I’m supposed to be eating or napping…
Lessons from Europe: time is the currency of life. What are you spending your time in pursuit of?
December 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Lessons from Europe: time is the currency of life. What are you spending your time in pursuit of?
Having just gotten back from Europe, my takeaways are: we should get rid of plastic bags, styrofoam, and artificial colors and high fructose corn syrup in foods. #Europe #EuropeanVacation #Food #FoodLabeling #FreshFood
December 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Having just gotten back from Europe, my takeaways are: we should get rid of plastic bags, styrofoam, and artificial colors and high fructose corn syrup in foods. #Europe #EuropeanVacation #Food #FoodLabeling #FreshFood
I don’t want to leave Europe yet. 😭
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don’t want to leave Europe yet. 😭
Flexible pricing on groceries SHOULD NOT BE A THING. Federal gov needs to step in and stop this madness!
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Flexible pricing on groceries SHOULD NOT BE A THING. Federal gov needs to step in and stop this madness!
Learning about how to empower patients to make educated decisions about their hearing and balance healthcare! Love it! 🙌🏻🥰 #Disability #Empowerment #Healthcare #HearingLoss
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Learning about how to empower patients to make educated decisions about their hearing and balance healthcare! Love it! 🙌🏻🥰 #Disability #Empowerment #Healthcare #HearingLoss
Really honored to be chosen to have a look behind the curtain. It’s incredible all the things that have to be in place for quality control in the manufacturing process. I am so impressed that things are right as often as they are! So many things have to line up perfectly for things to work.
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Really honored to be chosen to have a look behind the curtain. It’s incredible all the things that have to be in place for quality control in the manufacturing process. I am so impressed that things are right as often as they are! So many things have to line up perfectly for things to work.
Being sleepy at a conference is not because I “partied too hard” or “didn’t go to bed”. I have a chronically ill, disabled body. “Normal” things are extreme exertion for me, and time zone differences wreck havoc on my body because of issues with meds and pain.
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Being sleepy at a conference is not because I “partied too hard” or “didn’t go to bed”. I have a chronically ill, disabled body. “Normal” things are extreme exertion for me, and time zone differences wreck havoc on my body because of issues with meds and pain.
There’s not one hearing aid company that will meet the need of 100% of patients. Patients may have difference hearing aid preferences…but they all prefer to hear their best! #HearingAids #HearingLoss #HearingAid #BestPractices
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
There’s not one hearing aid company that will meet the need of 100% of patients. Patients may have difference hearing aid preferences…but they all prefer to hear their best! #HearingAids #HearingLoss #HearingAid #BestPractices
Oh my goodness the brain fog lately is taking me OUT. Doesn’t help I’m jet lagged with a 6 hour time difference 😣😴🥴
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh my goodness the brain fog lately is taking me OUT. Doesn’t help I’m jet lagged with a 6 hour time difference 😣😴🥴
Them: “Can you go up the stairs?” Me: *wondering how many and how far* “um…” Them: “well that’s the only option, anyway.” Me: 😐 “…ok then.” #WheelchairUser #Europe #Disability #DisabledLife #SpineInjury #PartialParalysis
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Them: “Can you go up the stairs?” Me: *wondering how many and how far* “um…” Them: “well that’s the only option, anyway.” Me: 😐 “…ok then.” #WheelchairUser #Europe #Disability #DisabledLife #SpineInjury #PartialParalysis
I like venting here. I don’t have to always pretend to be inspirational like on the other apps. #InspirationPorn #Disabled #Disability #NEISvoid
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I like venting here. I don’t have to always pretend to be inspirational like on the other apps. #InspirationPorn #Disabled #Disability #NEISvoid
Them: *notices my wheelchair* “Get better!” Me: “I won’t! This is my life now.” #SpineInjury #RareDisease #MeningealCyst #TarlovCyst #Disabled #NEISvoid #WheelchairUser
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Them: *notices my wheelchair* “Get better!” Me: “I won’t! This is my life now.” #SpineInjury #RareDisease #MeningealCyst #TarlovCyst #Disabled #NEISvoid #WheelchairUser
People really think you only need a wheelchair if you’re 100% paralyzed. Partial paralysis and dynamic disability are things! 🤨🥲 #Disabled #WheelchairUser #MeningealCyst #TarlovCyst #SpineInjury #RareDisease
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
People really think you only need a wheelchair if you’re 100% paralyzed. Partial paralysis and dynamic disability are things! 🤨🥲 #Disabled #WheelchairUser #MeningealCyst #TarlovCyst #SpineInjury #RareDisease
When everyone wants to know why you’re in the wheelchair, but then they just kind of wander away once you’ve answered. 😒 I just gave you my medical history, and you’re no longer interested in talking to me?? I thought you wanted to be my friend! #CripLife #Disabled #WheelchairUser #NEISvoid
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
When everyone wants to know why you’re in the wheelchair, but then they just kind of wander away once you’ve answered. 😒 I just gave you my medical history, and you’re no longer interested in talking to me?? I thought you wanted to be my friend! #CripLife #Disabled #WheelchairUser #NEISvoid
Got diagnosed with May-Thurner Syndrome today. It’s hard to explain the mixture of vindication and grief I feel. And how I’m both looking forward to my venogram, and dreading it. This is a path to healing, but also another mountain to summit. I am overcome #RareDisease #MTS #MayThurnerSyndrome
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Got diagnosed with May-Thurner Syndrome today. It’s hard to explain the mixture of vindication and grief I feel. And how I’m both looking forward to my venogram, and dreading it. This is a path to healing, but also another mountain to summit. I am overcome #RareDisease #MTS #MayThurnerSyndrome
Sonova products take way too long to run Electroacoustic analysis. I said what I said. #Sonova #Phonak #Unitron #TestBoxMeasures
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Sonova products take way too long to run Electroacoustic analysis. I said what I said. #Sonova #Phonak #Unitron #TestBoxMeasures
Hear me out: a new Home Alone movie starring Macauley Culkin as a dad whose young son is a fan of Mark Rober’s YouTube channel. Mark Rober plays an evil version of himself, trying to break into their house to steal Christmas, and Kevin and son have to defend their home from an ex-NASA genius.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hear me out: a new Home Alone movie starring Macauley Culkin as a dad whose young son is a fan of Mark Rober’s YouTube channel. Mark Rober plays an evil version of himself, trying to break into their house to steal Christmas, and Kevin and son have to defend their home from an ex-NASA genius.
I accidentally texted my husband’s stepmom “THANKSGIVING”. Not wishing it’s happy or anything. Just stating it’s today 🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I accidentally texted my husband’s stepmom “THANKSGIVING”. Not wishing it’s happy or anything. Just stating it’s today 🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️
Compared to what custom, motorized wheelchairs cost, hearing aids are actually pretty affordable.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Compared to what custom, motorized wheelchairs cost, hearing aids are actually pretty affordable.
There’s nothing “horrifying” about hearing loss www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
I’ve tooed and froed for a couple of weeks about whether to post anything about this. There are 18 million people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus in the UK who are frequently overlooked… |...
I’ve tooed and froed for a couple of weeks about whether to post anything about this. There are 18 million people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus in the UK who are frequently overlooked an...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There’s nothing “horrifying” about hearing loss www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
Saw the news #SeaWorld is under investigation by the DOJ for trying to ban rollator walkers from their parks. Good! These are mobility aids for people disabilities. No one WANTS to need them, but sometimes I prefer my rollator to my wheelchair. Who decided to ban them??
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Saw the news #SeaWorld is under investigation by the DOJ for trying to ban rollator walkers from their parks. Good! These are mobility aids for people disabilities. No one WANTS to need them, but sometimes I prefer my rollator to my wheelchair. Who decided to ban them??
Also convinced Mother Gothel keeps accusing Rapunzel of “mumbling” because whatever youthful restorative powers the magic flower/Rapunzel’s hair has, it can’t fix those damaged inner hair cells in the cochlea. Which implies Audiologist would be a job in that universe! 🤣🦻 #Tangled #Disney #Rapunzel
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM