When I was growing up my house was relatively devoid of song. My two oldest brothers learned piano from my mother—who could, as they say about top athletes, play—and my other brother took violin lessons. But I, the baby of the family, only made music with a baseball bat in my hands. I played Read More
Archive for the ‘Hard-of-Hearing’ Category
They Said I Was High Classed
September 9th, 2010 by ALDA Reveries
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing, Late-Deafened, Music |
Selective hearing
September 8th, 2010 by Speak Up!
This afternoon Marielle and I were sitting on the front porch. (Note – actually a slab of concrete, but “porch” sounds fancier.) I could hear the wind, the low roar of traffic from the local parkway, and the two of us talking. Occasionally a car would drive by, but not too bad Read More
Posted in ASL, Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Summer is over…..
September 8th, 2010 by Loudest House on the Block
And my children are all back in school. We had a great summer- lots of soccer, some vacation, several roller coasters, and a couple of water parks. I have tons of pictures, but my computer will not let me load a chunk of them, and my “baby” broke (while on vacation), so I had to use Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
Black Sand ASL Movie
September 8th, 2010 by Speak Up Librarian
Have you seen the ASL movie Black Sand? A deaf organization in my area sponsored a showing at a church recently. I was very excited about seeing it after my previous experience watching Gerald. This time I brought along my husband (who is hearing) so I’ll share some of his perspective on Read More
Posted in ASL, Hard-of-Hearing |
CAA’s Letter + Misconstrued = Fail
September 8th, 2010 by candy
We’ve heard this saying often in the deaf blogosphere as it relates to choices and options when it comes to parents and the deciding factors for their deaf/hh babies and children: One size does not necessarily fit all. What works for one does not necessarily work for all. CAA’s Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
The wheels keep on turning
September 8th, 2010 by Speak Up!
Working on my taxes; could life get more exciting? After four hours of work I figured out that in 2009 we had over 210 medical appointments. I sat in the car for six thousand, seven hundred and eighty four miles just to go to the doctor, speech therapist, etc. 6,784 I don’t know if Read More
Posted in ASL, Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Survey
September 7th, 2010 by Sarasera
This was posted on one of the mailing lists I receive. If you are 18-65 and late deafened (hearing loss age 12 or later; or majority of loss age 12 or later) this is for you! My name is Jill Meyer and I am a doctoral student at the University of Missouri. I am currently working on my Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
September 7th, 2010 by Speak Up!
It’s the first day of school!!!! Well, one of them anyway. Marielle has the same teacher that she’s had for the past 2 years, and many of the same friends. It makes the first day back much less stressful for all of us. September 2010: My how we’ve grown! September 2009: Read More
Posted in ASL, Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Questioning DBC’s hit counter… an illusion?
September 6th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
My thoughts about my recent blog on fake award badges (of which Fookem & Bug finally removed their questionable “Top Blog” award badge) turned me to thinking about the Deaf Bilingual Coalition’s website. I couldn’t help but noticed DBC’s visitor hit counter Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
(NL-0057) CI Story – Who’s a piece of work?
September 5th, 2010 by Not Listening
I was standing in a hot-dog line in the early afternoon. Not really paying attention to too much around me. Had my CIs off (it was a noisy place and I have really wanted to have some quiet solitude these past couple of days. (I know I said I was not going to publish here anymore, but Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
Understanding your child’s hearing test
September 5th, 2010 by Speak Up!
I worship at the church of John Tracy, subscribe to their blog feed and read every word religiously. I found this link in my inbox today. This article explains all the tests and provides a list of questions parents should ask. It should be given to every parent whose child fails any Read More
Posted in ASL, Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Did Fookem & Bug get punk’d?
September 5th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Maybe “punk’d” is the wrong word but I have a few questions about the “award”badge seen on the Fookem & Bug website that they pasted on seen on the right side of their main page near the top (see screen capture of Fookem & Bug with the badge award picture). Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing |
Getting Crafty and the Unrelentant Infection
September 5th, 2010 by Say What?
I used to love scrapbooking, but then tiny fingers came along, and the scissors and other tools simply created mayhem when I tried to get anything done. This is why Nolan’s baby scrapbook goes up to the ripe old age of Four Days Old. A friend introduced me to digital scrapbooking, and I may Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
Oral Deaf Man Criticicizes Other Oral Deaf Man for Using His Voice
September 4th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
It was pretty incredible, bold, and foolish at the same time for Tim Riker (chapter president (Sacramento) of California of the Deaf) to criticize and demean a deaf man, John Fortius/Fortias, as seen in his response to my blog yesterday for using his voice in show of his support of the AB2072 Read More
Posted in ASL, Hard-of-Hearing |
Classroom Interpreter Issues
September 2nd, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
I just saw my 3rd grade student today. She has a moderate-severe hearing loss in both ears. She is language delayed in English due to coming from a Spanish speaking home, having a possible undiagnosed disorder, and getting a hearing aid and hearing services late in life. She was happy and cute Read More
Posted in ASL, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
Use of voice is way, way better than ASL!
September 2nd, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
There you go, this has taken me four years to get to this point where I can now use three different actual situations from three different people who are Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing and were either raised orally or orally-aurally (the pronunciation of words plus auditory feedback) and their Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Oral |
In Which Connor Gets A Haircut And Turns 278
September 2nd, 2010 by Connor's Song
My child doesn’t grow in years. I swear he grows in haircuts. I usually wait as long as I can possibly stand before I take Connor in for a haircut, partially because I don’t want him to develop a distaste for the barbershop, and also partially because I love those little ringlets Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
Deaf Gally Board of Trustee Used Voice at Gally Graduation Ceremony!
September 2nd, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
You remember. I’m sure you have. Or at least many of you did. It was supposedly one of the more remembered so called “scandal” at Gallaudet University in 2006. We had Dr. Brenda Brueggemann, who is deaf and was the Commencement Speaker for Gallaudet University’s Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
Kokonut Pundit – the longest continuously running deaf/hh blog around?
August 31st, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
My Kokonut Pundit blog will be approach its 7th year this October when I began blogging in 2004. With over 1,558 blog posts (not counting this one) I believe I’m am probably the most prolific deaf/hh blogger around if I may be so bold. With a few pauses here and there I maintained my Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
Deaf and blind hiker on Appalachian Trail
August 31st, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Here is something you don’t see. A deaf and blind hiker on the Appalachian Trail in his attempt to hike the full length of the trail. The 2,160-plus-mile Appalachian Trail is daunting enough for most hikers. For Roni Lepore and Roger Poulin, the trail presents extra challenges. Lepore, who Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing |
First day of school….
August 31st, 2010 by Growing Fruit
Tomorrow is our first day of school. Andrew has been dreading it for weeks and today was so upset. I gave him a new backpack…with a monkey. He said, “I wish it was Mario.” At some point today we were talking about something and he said “that is 50 of the whole.” He Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant, Education, Hard-of-Hearing |
Fungus Among Us
August 31st, 2010 by Say What?
The Rite Aid managed to find the right anti-fungal medication for Nolan’s ear. Just in case anyone else ends up in the same predicament and has the pharmacist try to hand them a certain feminine anti-yeast cream, here is a picture of what the medication should look like. This is quite a big Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing |
Thank you!
August 30th, 2010 by David's Eagle Project
The eagle project if pretty much done according to the plan David wrote up. But we will continue to write this one last update for David’s Eagle Project. David has been able to talk to people from England, Canada, Greece, USA, UK and many more. It has been an amazing journey for him and Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Northwest Deaf and HH Hikers Get Together
August 30th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
If you live in Washington or Oregon, like the outdoors and hiking then perhaps plan for this upcoming short short hike and come along with other deaf and hard of hearing hikers of the Northwest. If you’re interested in seeing my earlier hike to Gotchen Creek on Mt. Adams go here and see my Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
Incredible Hulk Character equals Oppression to Deaf?
August 30th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Now, I gotta laugh at this one. In DonG’s blog he lamented over whether Lou Ferrigno’s acting as the Incredible Hulk character who had no speaking role and did the whole “Aaarrgghh!” thing instead. And somehow that constituted as “audism” just because the actor Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
In Which Connor Has An Outing In Pictures
August 30th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today Jeremy, Connor and I decided to have an afternoon outing! Connor has gotten to the point where we’re finally ready to start taking him out and about again, what better way to reintroduce him to field trips than a visit to the playground and then some back-to-school Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
Of Dinosaur Birthday Parties and the Hunt for Lotrimin
August 29th, 2010 by Say What?
The Physician’s Assistant told me I might get some odd looks from the pharmacy, since he was ordering a liquid suspension of Lotrimin that is typically used for Athlete’s Foot for Nolan’s ear. I went to the pharmacy on Friday afternoon, and the pharmacy technician said the order Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing |
In Which We Meet With Connor’s School District, And The Cannibal Rodent Strikes Again
August 28th, 2010 by Connor's Song
We had a meeting this morning with Connor’s school district in preparation for the upcoming year, and once again I walked out of it convinced our move to Puyallup was the best decision ever. The meeting was fantastic; basically everyone there was concerned with making Connor’s Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
California Academy of Audiology responds to blog readers’ comments on AB2072 bill controversy
August 27th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
An email was sent to me today from the CAA in regards to my yesterday’s blog in the effort to answer many of the readers’ responses. They asked me to do this and so I am putting this email response in my blog. No names will be divulged here so please DO NOT ask me for them! The Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
In Which The House Is Clean But We Miss An Appointment
August 27th, 2010 by Connor's Song
Today I threw myself into housecleaning, as I’ve been neglecting it for a number of days and the previous activity I was doing to get my mind off of Connor’s medical issues– looking at children’s interior design blogs to figure out how I wanted to do Sylvie’s Read More
