Last year we attended cue camp in Jamestown, VA. I even wrote an article about our experience for the National Cued Speech Association’s newsletter. We’ll be going back this year, but we’ll also be going to Maryland’s Cue Camp Friendship. It’s only an hour’s Read More
Archive for January, 2009
Cue Camp Friendship 2009
January 31st, 2009 by Speak Up!
Posted in Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
Pain in the ear
January 31st, 2009 by Impaired but Empowered
Posted in AVT, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Parents Always Make Mistakes
January 31st, 2009 by An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Implant Story
On the last post, John left a comment and said, referring to Jordan: “Let’s hear what he has to say when he is 21 years old.” I hope that he says that I was a good mom. He will one day reach that age where he sees me as a person, not just as a mom, and he will judge me, my Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Can Deaf People Hear AND Still Have a Deaf Culture?
January 31st, 2009 by About.com Deafness
We all know that people with cochlear implants are still deaf. However, the future could very possibly bring us real cures and bona fide deafness could become a thing of… Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
D-D-Dora!!!
January 31st, 2009 by Jazzie and Tahlia
I love how you can see the dog sitting behind Tahlia waiting to be fed. You can hear Matt making noise in the background, getting her food ready. Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Photo Printing Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Still Here!
January 31st, 2009 by melissa
Hello!! I am still here and viewing blogs, just a bit ill at the moment, keep getting headache and I have a cold which i hate because it does affect the hearing in my aided ear. Oh well, I have been looking at old photos and memories. when I was 12ish i joined a youth club near me and then a deaf Read More
Posted in Uncategorized |
Me- A Weeping Cherry
January 31st, 2009 by Please face me, I read lips
Weeping Cherry Originally uploaded by Nightshade Valerian This past week I’ve been reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma. In it, Michael Pollan goes on a quest to trace various foods from their original sources to the table. I’ve read other books by Pollan in the past–one of them was The Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss, Late-Deafened |
Aides & Potty Talk
January 31st, 2009 by The Life of Evan...
Evan is between aides at school again. The aide I had posted about last week (who has 8 years experience as an interpreter) did not end up taking the job. Evan has a “substitute” aide at the moment–she doesn’t know ASL, but from what we have heard from the teachers, she Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Breakthrough!!!!!
January 31st, 2009 by Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature
Connor absolutely blew me away yesterday. We’ve noticed a pattern in the way Connor makes progress. Typically he focuses on either his physical development or cognitive development. Usually he’ll make big strides in one area while plateauing or even regressing in the other area. Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
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 |
Burdett…Party of 5!
January 30th, 2009 by The Burdett Journey
It’s been 11 days now that we’ve been a family of 5 We’ve had the smoothest transition into this change for our family that I could imagine…much of this is due to Cora’s angelic temperament, John’s lighter schedule this semester and most of all, because of Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Bittersweet Goodbyes
January 30th, 2009 by Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature
This morning, Jer left for training. He’s still in the US, but due to the nature of the training we won’t be in contact with him for the rather significant time period he’s gone. We sat down last night to talk to Connor about his daddy leaving. The conversation went something Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
Speech Sample: 17 Months
January 30th, 2009 by Say What?
I try to get occasional speech samples of Nolan to compare with later. We’ve been working on “up” and “down” lately. He is missing some consonants lately, which always puts me on alert. We’ve lost /d/ lately, but have maintained /p/ so I’m not too Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid |
31/01/09 – 31/07/08 = 6mths
January 30th, 2009 by Curse of Silence
Yep it’s six months since that fateful day when I awoke totally deaf. Who’d have thought then that I’d have the hearing I have now? Who’d have thought I’d be going to Speech-Reading at Concord [not Burwood]? Who’d have thought I’d meet the people Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Work To Work
January 30th, 2009 by Five String Guitar
I miss the simple life. Seems like only yesterday when I could bounce up from bed, jump in shower, dress, jump in bat mobile make stop at “Fourbucks” and “bang” I’m in the office. Those days are but a distant memory. Mornings are different. Rise daily, just after Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Hearing Booth
January 30th, 2009 by Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature
We did a hearing booth test for the first time this week, and it was a huge success. The process goes as follows: Cal and I sit in a small booth with big speakers and a TV on our right and left side. I hold Cal on my lap as an audiologist sits in front of him and makes faces at him. As he is Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid |
History field trip
January 30th, 2009 by The McKee Family
Yesterday Greta & I took our kids to the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History. It was a very nicely done museum and I plan to go back again with Bruce, too! I love history, and Civil War is one of my favorite time periods in American history, so it was fascinating to see Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Education |
As Good As It Gets
January 30th, 2009 by Herding Grasshoppers
With Kerry up early and off to a breakfast meeting, and a PTO day stretching in front of us, the boys and I had no reason to hurry this morning. Bear in mind, that to them “sleeping in” means anything after 7am, but still… Little feet came pitter-pattering into my bedroom. With Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing |
New Year – Same old Brianna
January 30th, 2009 by Brianna's Journey
It’s been such a wonderful journey so far. Sometimes I forget how far Brianna has come and how far we have come as a family. The other day, I was talking to Brianna, her back was turned away from me (I was cooking and she was at the table playing with playdough). We were just having one of Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
The Conference
January 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Kids
So we were guests at the Medical Aspects Conference yesterday. We had a good time, met some cool folks, heard the kids’ ci surgeon speak. Brook opened the session with a prerecorded video saying “Welcome to I’m All Ears” while Gage closed the session saying “I hope Read More
Posted in AVT, Advocacy, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Deaf puppy Snowy learns sign language
January 30th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
<img alt=”Snowy.jpg” src=”http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/Snowy.jpg” width=”150″ height=”180″ A deaf puppy has learned to communicate with her master using sign language, the Telegraph reports. Snowy, a small pure-white Jack Russell terrier, was Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
That too?!?
January 30th, 2009 by Life with Lucas
Yes, that too. I was explaining to a tacky acquaintance once about Lucas’s heart condition, and she responded, “he has that wrong with him too?” She meant no real harm, but her words hurt me and I have not forgotten that conversation. When Lucas was in the NICU after birth, the Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
What I have always told Jazzie
January 30th, 2009 by Jazzie and Tahlia
After my post about Jazzie standing in front of her class discussing her adoption with such confidence, I got several e-mails from people wondering what I have done and what I have told Jazzie to instill that confidence in her about her past. To be honest, I don’t know what exactly I did Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Cochlear Implant |
Response to ASL RISEN-The Deaf Community Virtue
January 30th, 2009 by An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Implant Story
In response to my post on Aidan Mack’s new film,I Sign and I Live, ASL Risen asked me: How can we cure the Deaf community virtue??? Can you tell me that? Thanks. Let us define Virtue: Main Entry: vir·tue Pronunciation: \ˈvər-(ˌ)chü\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English vertu, Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant |
Because Nothing is Easy
January 29th, 2009 by Ordinary Miracles
We received a letter in the mail from our insurance company denying bilateral cochlear implantation on the basis that it is unproven. It seems that when the hospital submitted notification that Danny was going into the hospital (since he was inpatient for the night), someone decided to take a Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Katie’s Story
January 29th, 2009 by Cochlear Implant Online
Katie and I met each other several months ago through corresponding to each other through e-mails. She was also a Graeme Clark Scholarship winner like me, but she was awarded in 2006. While her journey of receiving a cochlear implant is different from my journey, she is still an incredibly Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Only 6 more days until Colton Gets His Cochlear Implant
January 29th, 2009 by Tanna's Triplets
I can’t wait!!! Tomorrow Colton and I will make a trip to the hospital to fill out paper work and to let them do a pre-op exam. We were suppose to have this done on Monday but due to the nurse writing our appointment down wrong we missed the appointment and had to reschedule. Last night I Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Assistive listening devices for active lifestyles
January 29th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
<img alt=”Conversor.jpg” src=”http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/Conversor.jpg” width=”80″ height=”87″ The DeafBlog has just discovered a company that provides products aimed at helping people of all ages who experience hearing difficulty. Conversor Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Tips for Enjoying Musicals
January 29th, 2009 by Show of Hands
Hello again! Here I draw on previous experiences on attending musicals (whether it be a community production or the lavish Broadway spectacular) and would like to share some tips with you guys. Before the show: Check with the theater to see what accessibility they offer (this varies from theater Read More
Posted in ASL, AVT, Deaf |
Introduction to new words…
January 29th, 2009 by The Hine Family.. Est.1996
Evan was in the shower this morning and looked down and said “Mom, what is that?” and I looked around to see what he was looking for and low and behold it was the puff ball (mesh sponge). I said that is the puff ball and he repeated it and looked at me weirdly and asked what it is Read More
