The Summer months have been strange, we only had a trace of rain since the Spring, now, as we wind down, toward the Fall and Autumn months – It, FINALLY started raining yesterday. I spent most of my night with my windows open, listing to the echo’s of rain pounding against the trees Read More
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Rain brings music to my ears
September 8th, 2010 by Bionic World
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Music |
Summer time and your hearing
June 12th, 2010 by Bionic World
Spring is almost over, the beginning of summer is just a tad couple of weeks away – even tho, the temp’s in some parts of the United States are showing Summer blossoms and high temp’s are already starting to swelter in some areas, especially in Arizona, where the highs were into Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Creating a support net
March 1st, 2010 by Bionic World
When it comes go having a major impact in one’s life things change so dramatically that is a good thing that each of those involved have a great support group, during one’s transition from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing world to the Hearing world. Getting support shouldn’t be has Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Mind, memories, worries and change
February 24th, 2010 by Bionic World
The art of one’s mind is the state of one’s worries. It wasn’t something simply built to complain about, it was built to store one’s memory of life and one’s memory of worries. It was built like a brick. It was built as stone, life became someone else’s plan, Read More
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Third Anniversary makes a meaning in life
February 22nd, 2010 by Bionic World
Marking an anniversary is like taking the polar plunge on NBC-TV’s, “Deal or No Deal”. In reality its just the opposite, there’s no turning around, there’s no going back to your old ways of life, but starting news one’s in the process. That’s exactly what Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Disaster prepareness video
February 18th, 2010 by Bionic World
As a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Public Safety Consultant, I found a couple of interesting videos on the Community Emergency Prepareness Information Network website or CEPIN with closed captioning on two of their videos, one is on YouTube and the other is in Vimeo, I have included the one from Vimeo Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
The art of thought
February 16th, 2010 by Bionic World
There has been a lot of thoughtful things going on since my last posting a week ago. Much of those thoughts have been surrounding the memories of my grandmother, whom passed away in December. I am somewhat forgetful, than being a sinister crazy ol’ mule for thinking that she’d be back Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Happy Anniversary!
February 8th, 2010 by Bionic World
This past weekend, I celebrated my 3rd anniversary of my CI surgery. It had only downed on my while traveling up Interstate 5 to Portland, Oregon, with a fellow ham friend on Saturday morning to the radio shop. While conversing with him, I had realized that Super Bowl Sunday was the big day Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Google & Captioning
November 19th, 2009 by Bionic World
Google the most famous internet search engine has finally come away with helping those with hearing disabilities in their quest to make the future of online videos more enjoyable to those around the world. In a published report in today New York Times Google, announced their intentions to Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Movies & CI
November 19th, 2009 by Bionic World
Lat weekend I went to the movies with my folks, my first in a LONG TIME, since I had my implant done two years ago, amazingly its almost three years coming in February! It was a complete awesome experience, being able to switch from my everyday day program to either my noise or music program, Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Nucleus 5 Cochlear Implant arrives in USA
November 4th, 2009 by Bionic World
Cochlear Corporation recently came out with a new Cochlear Implant called the Nucleus 5 this fall and was released to the Unites States market just two months ago in September. Photos and more information is available by clicking the link and visiting the Cochlear website for more information. Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Advocacy & Appointments
October 25th, 2009 by Bionic World
Life as a CI has its rewards in the hearing world, the opportunities are overwhelmingly debatable by those in the deaf and hard of hearing world. Since, my last blog post, changes in my professional life have changed gears faster, than I could count. When, I started my CI journey back in the Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Overwhelmed – thanks readers!
September 27th, 2009 by Bionic World
Howdy folk, sure has been an interesting summer this year, now that we are into the swing of fall here in Western Oregon, fire season got off to a LATE start this month with two big fire over 10K in the Cascades ranges one is 20 mile east of Oakridge, the other is about 30 miles east of Roseburg, Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Lane County CI Support Group
September 1st, 2009 by Bionic World
I have created a CI Support group for those interested in the Cochlear Implant process and more over at the Cochlear Community’s website. I am hoping that I could get enough people to join to be able offer a monthly live support group meeting in the Eugene/Springfield area. Please click on Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Oregon – Lane Co. Hearing Loss Association
September 1st, 2009 by Bionic World
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Posted in Cochlear Implant |
A lot of talk about CI
August 17th, 2009 by Bionic World
There has been a lot of talk on the Cochlear Nucleus Forum about Cochlear Implants overseas – last week there was an interesting post from a gentleman seeking out hard concrete answers in his quest to see if a cochlear implant would help restore his hearing. Living overseas in a third world Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Smoke Detectors for the hearing impaired
June 13th, 2009 by Bionic World
There has been some talk over on the Cochlear support forum mailing list about smoke detectors recently, however, it came to my thought that this first posting of the day of just on that topic – SMOKE DETECTORS. So far I have found that First Alert makes an affordable strobe light smoke Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Consumer Reports: Hearing Aid Shoppers Pay High Prices, Get Mediocre Fittings
June 2nd, 2009 by Bionic World
Consumer Reports: Hearing Aid Shoppers Pay High Prices, Get Mediocre Fittings Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Hearing Aid |
Oregon Coast Landlord wants to evict family with Service Dog!!
February 17th, 2009 by Bionic World
This sounds like a grudge between a Landlord and the federal law, but when it comes to Service Dogs, they’re protected under the federal law and the ADA. This landlord on the Oregon Coast needs a refresher course in front of a judge!! http://kezi.com/news/local/89729 Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Two years – 2nd CI Anniversary
February 8th, 2009 by Bionic World
Two years ago, its was almost a dream, two years later it became a reality. Today its just the beginning of a journey that began forty years earlier at the age of three and four. As, I share the story of life and a journey made possible by my ever lasting indecisions of life, has become a stable Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Is 2009 the year of the dragon?
January 8th, 2009 by Bionic World
I’ve been resting my feathers with the festivals beings of the early stages of 2009. Luckily, I survived the Christmas holidays once again. The past holiday season seems to have taken another toll on my agenda and plans? I’m still struggling with the daily routines of caregiving Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Merry Christmas – the day after
December 26th, 2008 by Bionic World
Well, its finally the day after Christmas, but still it’s Christmas in my book until the new year begins. It’s been a sluggish and stressfull week all leading up to the grand finale on Christmas day. Nothing has seems to change much in ways of art or bishops, but the essence of an Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
What does Obama’s win mean for us?
November 6th, 2008 by Bionic World
With the recent reactions across the country, Barack Obama sure has made a page in history of the American Presidency. What does this mean for those of us that are hearnig impaired, handicapped with some other disability? Would the sweeping changes of a Democratic Congress be able to pass Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Welcome Back!
September 28th, 2008 by Bionic World
I thought, I had seen the summer come and go in a twist of fate? Apparently, I did! Ouch…. Its been a month since my last blog post, I didn’t think it was that long, but hey – it was my fault, I ran out of jewels to write about, forgive me? My random thoughts took a vacation in Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Crickets in your ear
August 19th, 2008 by Bionic World
Each night when I close my home owners association pool, the Jimmy Crickets are out in force. But, that’s not all, CI moments are still amazingly awesome and starstruck, but each night, as I go by this one flower bed around the corner from my house – the swan song of the nighting Read More
