**Note: to fully appreciate this post, make sure you’ve read the one below it first! Today, I felt fully supported (and triumphant!) as my principal and the head of the entire deaf education department sat behind closed doors to have a little chat with my two visitors from yesterday. After Read More
Archive for the ‘ABI’ Category
My Big Girl
July 25th, 2009 by Life Doesn't Get Much Better Than This...
Eliza is growing up so fast. She is all over the place all of the time, crawling, climbing, walking along things, whatever it takes to get where she wants to go. She isn’t walking yet but I’m guessing it won’t be long. Right now she loves pushing around her hippo walker, it is Read More
Posted in ABI, ASL, Auditory/Oral, Hearing Aid |
PLEASE VOTE FOR MY PHOTO ENTRY! (NF)
April 9th, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
PLEASE VOTE FOR MY PHOTO ENTRY! DONT WORRY ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ONE, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS DOING BETTER! IT IS ALREADY RANKED NUMBER 19, AFTER 2 DAYS. WITH YOUR HELP AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS VOTING FOR MY PHOTO ENTRY, IT COULD WIN! IT IS EASY! JUST PRESS THE GREEN BUTTON! THANK YOU IN Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf, Late-Deafened |
Believe in the RUN! Please vote (green button) for my entry!
April 5th, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
BELIEVE IN THE RUN Sponsored by Visit NIKE USA It was my dad that first convinced me to go out for cross country in high school. I could not run 400 meters without stopping to gasp for air. 7 years later… over 9,000 miles, 200 races, 100 Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf, Late-Deafened |
Its like a “sweat condom” for the BTE!…
January 31st, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
…but it is a water balloon! my friend and i went to wal-mart today… (after she took pictures of the HUGE amount of snow on my car, which she found to be humerous, while watching me clean most of it off!) …and when she asked what i wanted to buy, i responded “water balloons”! …(I live Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf, Late-Deafened |
My Silenced Marathon… My Life… 2009-01-16 06:42:11
January 16th, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
Hey, other BTE-users- bloggers! Does anybody know if these (or something else??) would be recommended solution for moisture problem that i have been experiencing?! I have cochlear Freedom BTE-processor for my AB I, since Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf, Late-Deafened |
Moisture problems with “Behind-The-Ear” sound processors??
January 15th, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
I need suggestions! … I got the Freedom (by cochlear co.) BTE sound processor for my ABI, back in November, but a few times recently I have noticed the batteries seeming to die like super-duper fast! i know my ABI program probably would use more power than most CI programs but still! So, Read More
Posted in ABI |
My Sidekick 3 was stolen!
January 7th, 2009 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
My precious sidekick 3 was stolen last week! I already got a cheap replacement phone for just $20 (i’m not on contract right now, but still have service with t-mobile.), and its “okay” but just slow text messaging (15 button keypad). I am thinking about getting something else in a little Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf |
Children’s Tumor Foundation
December 9th, 2008 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
What is Neurofibromatosis? Neurofibromatosis (NF) has been classified into three distinct types: NF1, NF2 and Schwannomatosis. Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1): also known as von Recklinghausen NF or Peripheral NF. Occurring in 1:3,000 births, web characterized by multiple cafe-au-lait spots and Read More
Posted in ABI, Late-Deafened |
Hearing with my new Freedom…
December 7th, 2008 by My Silenced Marathon… My Life…
So, I’ve had my Freedom processor for about 3 weeks now and I keep being amazed. I sort of wish it could do the auto-sesituivity changing like the Sprint did, so now I always have to remember to change it. Last night I was talking with a friend and it was so noisy, and i forgot to move the Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf |
“Thank you God for my daughter hearing better…” – Dad
November 27th, 2008 by Anne
Blogging…. Numerous times, I have clearly gotten this message from my family… “hearing impairment, of any sort, is not accepted in this house.” Well, why do I feel this way? Read on…. I’m the only one in family with hearing loss. late deafened, but last year I got ABI to help with Read More
Posted in ABI, Deaf |
Old radio ad is a new experience
November 26th, 2008 by Anne
A while after lunch I drove to the park and did short run today. My batteries for new Freedom for my Auditory Brain-stem Implant ABI died while I was running. (this processor is so new that I have only changed the batteries 4 times so far and charge – time is a little different from Read More
