I had the meeting with The Board of Education and also with Cam’s school. I brought along the information packet for his teachers and the other educators that were present. It went really well. Better than I had hoped. That was about 3 weeks ago. Everything has improved so much. Its Read More
Archive for February, 2009
A Different Day, a Different World
February 28th, 2009 by Do You Hear What I See?
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
“mooooo”
February 28th, 2009 by I am Thankful For My Ears
first of all i am all for great deals! at target in the $1 bin i found plastic cows, horses, goats, and pigs. they are great purchases for therapy/playtime sessions at home. i have been showing him the cow, “moo says the cow. the cow says moo.” for the past week. this morning Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Moving on to the good…
February 28th, 2009 by Hear the Sound
Poetry helped me dump my sad feelings when I was losing my hearing. So did smoking. I used to blow my negative feelings away in a puff of smoke. I stopped that eight years ago. Poetry is healthier. To read my writing, you would think I’m a glass-half-empty kind of person. Really I’m not. My Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Duck Calls…
February 28th, 2009 by Our Little Hero...
Well, we spent another 2 hours in the doctor’s office today, seeing yet, another doctor who had only heard about Brady. Brady is definitely in better spirits today, is much more like himself, and is eating a little better. Upon examination, the doctor broke news that Brady is wheezing Read More
Posted in ASL, Oral |
hard of hearing for a purple squishy day
February 28th, 2009 by you hear some funny things when you are deaf
Not so long ago, Marnie asked about asking someone to wear earplugs for the day . This set me off thinking, and I asked the lovely Inukshuk Rob if he would do the thing. He very kindly agreed to be that fabulous person. I asked him to be hard of hearing for a day. To wear earplugs for the whole Read More
Posted in Uncategorized |
Children of a Lesser God
February 28th, 2009 by Life with Lucas
Yes, this is another review… and don’t worry, there are more to come! Last night, we watched the 1986 drama, Children of a Lesser God, starring Marlee Matlin and William Hurt. And no, I’m not a really big Matlin fan, it just so happens that she is THE deaf actress to watch. And Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Interpreting Aggravates Myofascial Pain Syndrome
February 28th, 2009 by About.com Deafness
A guest posted on the forum that she is dealing with myofascial pain syndrome, and the interpreting training program she is in is making the syndrome worse. She has headaches… Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Returning Ramblings
February 28th, 2009 by Welcome to Sam Spritzer's Web Site
Good morning world! For those of you who subscribe to Welcome to Sam Spritzer’s Web Site, I want to let you know that I am alive and well after a long hiatus. And then last week, a revelation occurred and it suddenly dawned on me that I need to make a return. So by the grace of God and a few Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Meet Danny’s CI
February 28th, 2009 by Ordinary Miracles
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, and after seeing another mama put one up on her blog and a few questions from grandparents, I figured it was time to get my lazy behind in motion! Danny’s implant system has 5 primary pieces, 4 external that go together (seen above) and one internal Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Pretty Incredible!
February 28th, 2009 by Cochlear Implant Online
…and I don’t just mean this stunning piece of artwork! If you read carefully, you’ll see my name spelled out on the body of this shoe, made for me by a four-year-old student at The Hearing School with bilateral CIs. What’s so great about that? Well, aside from the fantastic fine Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Preschool Options
February 28th, 2009 by Turn On My Ears!
We have completed tours of each of our preschool options, and would like to share a brief description of each. Please feel free to leave a comment on your observations. We certainly have formed our opinions, and have made a selection, but I am curious what you think of each of these Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Parents Only Conference – Listening, Learning, and Literacy for Children with Hearing Loss – FREE!
February 28th, 2009 by Our Journey
Another great conference, through the First Sounds-First Words program, will be held on March 21st in Fort Worth,TX. This one is for PARENTS ONLY of children with hearing loss, and once again it’s FREE!!! Top notch professionals will be there–Carol Flexer, Jane Madell (she spoke at Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Its broken
February 28th, 2009 by Our journey to the hearing world
This morning while I was making breakfast Jonathan was searching for cartooons to watch. He found “Dora” on the menu so he switched to that channel. After a few minutes Thomas came into the kitchen to tell me “my ears broke, Mom”. I looked them over and saw that they Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Where is Joey? Where is Ella? ~
February 28th, 2009 by The Ear of My Heart
A poem. Where is Joey? Where is Ella? Where’s that crazy RR fella? Where’s Carl Schroder? Where is Amy? Life without you Ain’t the samey. How bout Teri, and Barb Digi? Where is Aidan? This ain’t pretty. Out of the blue One windy day Ol’ croggy Rider Went on his way. And that tall Read More
Posted in Deaf |
Ladies’ Man…
February 27th, 2009 by Max and Claire's Excellent Adventure
It seems that Max is quite the ladies’ man. When I arrived to pick Max up from school the other day, he came out with a funny grin on his face and told me that he was mad at me. When I asked him “Why?”, he told me that he wanted to stay at school longer and play with his Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Mixed Feelings
February 27th, 2009 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
I just received a phone call today that I have been anxiously awaiting. The geneticist called to let us know that Liliana did not inherit either of our mutated Connexin 26 genes. She is not a carrier, and should not have a hearing loss associated with Connexin 26. Phew. While I am so happy for Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant |
The DeafBlog on Twitter
February 27th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
We recently activated a Twitter account for the DeafBlog and have noticed that there are quite a few deaf people, sites, organisations and charities already on there. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging site that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates, known Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Deaf footballers triumph
February 27th, 2009 by the DeafBlog
<img alt=”LutonDeafBoys.jpg” src=”http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/LutonDeafBoys.jpg” width=”100″ height=”150″ Luton Deaf Boys had reason to celebrate after claiming victory in the Deaf Friendly Football Club National Youth Football Tournament. At Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
My cochlear implant
February 27th, 2009 by My Journey with a Nucleus Freedom
I havent been wearing it much this week because i’ve been coming home very tired from college. oooops. Lol it wont affect anything wil it not wearing my implant much? i wear it for about 10-12 hours a day Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
A Waterpik- Who Knew?
February 27th, 2009 by Say What?
I went into the pediatrician’s office to get Nolan’s ear cleaned out. I could have bought an over-the-counter kit, but I’m still nervous about “messing” with his ears. Turns out the pediatrician’s office was less traumatic than going to the ENT in Buffalo. The Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing |
Taking In the Big Picture
February 27th, 2009 by Ordinary Miracles
This past month has been a wild, crazy, long one. At this moment one month ago, John and I were sitting in the surgery center waiting room, Danny on our lap, about to take a giant leap in his journey. It’s amazing the whirlwind of things that have happened in such a short time! With all [...] Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Cochlear Implants 101
February 27th, 2009 by Our Journey
“Can you tell he’s hearing yet?” “Is he turning to sounds?” “Why did you get him implanted if hearing aids were providing him sound?” “What is that poking from his head?” We’ve had many questions like these since Aiden’s surgery so Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Update…
February 27th, 2009 by Our Little Hero...
We just wanted to provide a brief update on Brady’s health status. We saw Dr. St. John last night. She feels Brady is developing pneumonia despite the negative xray studies that were done. Brady continues to have an elevated heart rate but not nearly as elevated as it was in the PICU. New Read More
Posted in ASL, Oral |
Mainstreaming your child with a cochlear implant
February 27th, 2009 by The CI Circle News
As part of our blog site, the editorial team decided from time to time we would pick a topic of interest from the week on the discussion forum and discuss it here. One of the major topics this week started off with a parent asking what other parents were doing with regards to their child with a Read More
Posted in ASL, AVT, Advocacy, Cochlear Implant, Education |
ASL verses AVT
February 27th, 2009 by Impaired but Empowered
have come across this discussion of ASL verses AVT lately.A pediatrician cousin working in US had a discussion with my teacher , Mrs Alaka Hudlikar, also wanted to see how AVT is preferred to ASL. Well after the discussion she too came to the conclusion that AVT is definitely the best way to Read More
Posted in AVT, Deaf, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Musical Chairs
February 27th, 2009 by At The Rim
In a small Toronto tavern next week, people who cannot hear will crowd into the room to experience music. The unusual concert, in what organizers say is the first ever concert for the deaf, is a rather public experiment by those who specialize in the science of music, who will use computers to Read More
Posted in Deaf, Music |
Shameless: new deaf character on the telly!
February 27th, 2009 by Campaigning for deaf children
One of the plus sides of my job is that I sometimes find out some juicy gossip or really exciting news. The downside is often I’m not allowed to talk about it for ages without fear of being on a receiving end of a visit from from the Gallaghers from Shameless. Happily, I’m now allowed to Read More
Posted in Deaf, Uncategorized |
Rhode Island Jumping on the Captioned Movie Bandwagon
February 27th, 2009 by Smashing Down The Door
Folks: Just a quick update….The State of Rhode Island has jumped onto the bandwagon to try and require captioned movies in their theaters. In a bill introduced before the legislature on February 25, 2009, they are seeking to require all movie theaters with 5 or more screens to provide Read More
Posted in Deaf |
Poems
February 27th, 2009 by Hear the Sound
Our local newspaper is starting to publish poetry, so I decided to look at some of my poems to see if I had anything that I want to send in. I realized that I had a couple that I had not posted on my blog that relate to hearing loss, so I thought I would post them. What Will Be The Music? In the Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Music |
Interview Accommodations
February 27th, 2009 by Anonymous Deaf Law Student
I thought that I would share my accommodations experience during my interviews last fall. It was quite interesting to see how private law firms dealt with it, which gave me a great picture of what it would be like to work there. It is important to note that what works for me, may not work Read More
