Heated Eardrums Through blood, sweat and tears, this summer heat has been frying times for this hearing-aid user. My soft earmolds fit snug and tight. 90*F temperatures combined with high humidity causes my ears to itch; all the extra moisture. It’s all squishy washy in my ear canals. And Read More
Archive for the ‘Hearing Loss’ Category
Raging 8th Nerve 2010-09-02 21:59:00
September 2nd, 2010 by Raging 8th Nerve
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
i hope i didn’t just jinx it all
September 2nd, 2010 by Confessions
Things have been going well. Suspiciously well. I’m the only one of the three deaf ed. teachers that has an AWESOME general ed team to work with. The first grade teacher that I work with is so nice and so easy to get along with. She’s in her sixties and she’s still a fantastic Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Better telephone access for deaf people
September 2nd, 2010 by funnyoldlife
A news release from TAG hit my inbox today, calling for better access to telephones for deaf people. This saga is really dragging on, but it wasn’t easy obtaining captions either. Dan offers a possible solution. Read on ….. NEWS RELEASE Government call for improved disabled access Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Hearing Loss |
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 |
Help for Deaf Victims of Domestic Violence
September 2nd, 2010 by About.com Deafness
In response to a reader inquiry, I have developed this list of sources of help for deaf and hard of hearing victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. There is certainly a need to increase awareness of this information. Just last week, a deaf man killed his deaf wife on their 10th Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Prepared For It?
September 2nd, 2010 by Hearing Elmo
We simply do not take ANY chances “The dog days of summer”… whew! Has it ever been hot here in my home state! I could take a repeat of last winter’s snows, believe me! I’ve always preferred 3 feet of snow to 3 weeks of 95 + temperatures! Because of the heat, Chloe Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
We Still Want Analogs, Readers Cry
September 1st, 2010 by About.com Deafness
Some About.com Deafness blog posts continue to draw comments over the years. A reader who is a musician with hearing loss, recently posted on the blog post “Desperately Seeking...Analog Hearing Aids.” This musician said digital hearing aids simply don’t work when he is making Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Lindy’s 1st day of Preschool
September 1st, 2010 by Southern Babies
Miss Thang had her first day of preschool today! She was a rock star! We got to her school and went to her classroom and she was playing around, checking everything out. Drew and I had to fill out paperwork so we were in the room for a little while. Two other students came Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Buy “Do Fun Stuff” to Support Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research
September 1st, 2010 by Hearing Sparks
Pacing the Panic Room is one of my recent favorite blogs. It’s written by Ryan, whose stepson LB was diagnosed in 2009 with Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Never heard of it? Most people haven’t. It’s a developmental disorder that affects people all over their body. They may have mental Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Hearing Loss, Music |
Speech to Text Glasses for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Being Developed
September 1st, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
(image from dvice.com) Babel Fisk are developing these glasses that will turn spoken words into text. The text will appear on the lens. You would literally be reading before your eyes what is being said to you. It is a cool concept. However, it will not be for everyone. I don’t know Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
CDC Creates Seasonal Flu Videos in ASL
August 31st, 2010 by Hearing Sparks
CDC Logo The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now has videos about seasonal flu available in American Sign Language. To access the videos, click here. The CDC partnered with the University of Rochester Prevention Research Center and the Deaf Wellness Center to create the Read More
Posted in ASL, Advocacy, Hearing Loss |
I Know What You Want, and You Don’t Know What You Want, and I am Going to Make You Have It
August 31st, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
It is not the best thing to insinuate, “I know what you want, and you don’t know what you want, and I am going to make you have it.” Whether you are a fanatic for sign language, Deaf Culture, cochlear implants, hearing aids, oral/aural methods, cued speech, AVT, or Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
(NL-0056) Moving my CI story to a new Blog
August 31st, 2010 by Not Listening
After more than a year of being a CI-Enabled person, I want blog less on the CIs proper, and more on daily life and other events / topics that I find relevant (and that I hope you find relevant too!). I have appreciated all the comments (good, bad, and ugly!) over the last 18 months, and Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
and then I choked down the giggles
August 30th, 2010 by Confessions
Today I was working with a student from the general ed first grade class. It was just me and him. He’s a struggling student and we were working on a phonemic awareness activity. “Cat,” I said. “What sound do you hear at the beginning of c-c-c-at?” He thought for a Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss |
Sign Language and Lip Movements Unrelated?
August 30th, 2010 by About.com Deafness
British researchers have found that when people sign and move their lips at the same time, the signs apparently are mentally processed separately from the lip movements. How did the researchers find this out? They showed test subjects pictures and had them sign what was in the pictures; then Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
How Do You Handle Car Trouble?
August 30th, 2010 by Hearing Sparks
Our new car. Recently my husband and I bought a new car, a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt. We needed a second car since he has a long commute now and my little truck just isn’t that reliable. In fact, trouble with the truck has got me thinking. How do deaf people deal with car trouble? By Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
“Cronies” on DeafRead? Really?
August 30th, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
I see that several people within the deaf and hard of hearing blogging community often call Mike McConnell’s, Candy’s, and the Holism’s followers or friends “cronies”. What are cronies exactly? And why are most people using this term? Crony is supposed Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Isn’t it Funny?
August 30th, 2010 by Ordinary Miracles
I ran into a quote last week that really struck a chord with me… “Isn’t it funny how day by day, nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different?” I’m not sure who said it, but it is so, so true. I find myself weekly, even daily, looking at my Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
What language do deaf think in ?
August 30th, 2010 by At The Rim
If a deaf person is born deaf in what language do they think!? This question and a whole plethora of amusing and some downright ignorance I read online today. Personally I think our deaf command of English and spelling far superior to what I am reading here too ! Chojboco: Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Assistive Listening Devices At The Movies
August 30th, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
The last time I was at the movies, I asked about assistive listening devices or captioning services for deaf/hoh people. They busted out some old and dinky head phones. I wasn’t sure what to think. I was hesitant. Because I didn’t understand how they would help. The person did not Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Sophomore Year- Week 1
August 30th, 2010 by Cacophony to Symphony
So far, everything has been pretty good and my teachers have been wonderful (knock on wood). We’ve watched a few movies, and every time they have either been captioned (knock on wood), or the teacher has told me in advance and worked out how I will get the information. My hearing has been Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Goodbye Hearing and Vision Therapists :(
August 29th, 2010 by Southern Babies
This was the week we said goodbye to our therapists Chris and Lesley. Monday morning Miss Chris was here for her last session with Lindy. Chris has been the therapist we have seen the most. She has worked with Lindy every week since she came home from the NICU. She works Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Pancake Love
August 29th, 2010 by Ordinary Miracles
Both of my boys are pancake lovers. That’s almost too weak a word for it; the boys would both live on pancakes if I let them. Any time we go out for breakfast, Eric wants a “pancake restaurant,” and he asks for it half of the time if we go out to eat at any other time of day. Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Weekends are ordained by God
August 29th, 2010 by Our blog...
Well, just in case you’ve been on the edge of your seat since my last post, Coach Taylor is back in Dillon and Jason decided he wouldn’t have the controversial stem cell shot in Mexico on Friday Night Lights…and by the way….the season I’m on is from 2007, so I’m totally Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Looking to the Light (Part II)
August 29th, 2010 by Bama Ears
(To read Part I, click here) Praise God everything looked normal in the MRI. My husband and I definitely know that God has his hand in our journey with Ella Marie. We know that “our plan” is not always the same as his. Looking back, we can see how God has prepared us for this point. Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Deaf Employees Always Entitled to Interpreters?
August 29th, 2010 by About.com Deafness
A federal appeals court just overturned a district court’s decision against a deaf UPS employee. This employee claimed UPS did not provide him with interpreters for less important (weekly) meetings, and instead only provided “summaries” (UPS stated they provided notetakers) Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Lunch crunch
August 29th, 2010 by Confessions
This past week, all of the teachers had to eat with their classes in the cafeteria to ensure proper behavior. This was difficult for a number of reasons: 1) the unhealthy food the school was serving made me cringe (help us, Jaime Oliver!!), and 2) after spending all morning with the kiddos, I Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Come On, Google, Do The Right Thing!
August 28th, 2010 by Caption Action 2
Google has jumped into the web series biz, producing its own web series, Google Beat. Google Beat is about search engine term popularity, and has a human host. Google Beat is on YouTube of course – but they are using the inaccurate automatic captioning. (For instance, in the picture below, Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Getting Benefit of Two Implants for Price of One
August 28th, 2010 by About.com Deafness
This week’s big cochlear implant story is the development of a new surgical technique that allows people to get the benefit of two cochlear implants with only one surgery and one implant. It works by having two wires and two microphones. This type of implant has been around for a while Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Career Plans Threatened by Deafness
August 27th, 2010 by About.com Deafness
Just as she was about to finish up her studies at college for a human services degree, “New Jersey Mom” on the forum lost more hearing in addition to already being hard of hearing. She had planned to get a job in social services and then study sign language because her goal was to Read More
