We went and visited Miss Kat’s school today. I wanted to observe her speech therapy, and see if it has improved since we have written better goals, and the SLP has spoken with our private therapist….NOPE! I was terribly upset at what I saw. First, it was conducted in the classroom, Read More
Archive for March, 2009
Ugh, maybe I’m giving up
March 31st, 2009 by Miss Kat's Deaf journey
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant, Education |
What Does A MAP Look Like?
March 31st, 2009 by Life Is About Creating Yourself
It’s hard to find a picture of a MAP (this is sometimes capitalized, sometimes it’s not) and I finally found one via google. No clue whose map this is but wanted to give you an idea of what it looks like or at least how it’s represented on a computer. This is NOT my map. I Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
snared soul 2009-04-01 00:31:00
March 31st, 2009 by Snared Soul
I went out on the river today! I was a bit rusty at first but caught right up. I’m usually in 7th seat (which is 1 seat away from the cox [the person who shouts out the commands]) but today coach put me in seat 5 ( 3 seats away) and I couldn’t understand anything the cox was saying Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf |
Lindy and Will’s Brillant Idea
March 31st, 2009 by Southern Babies
“Hey Will! I’ve heard Mommy and Daddy talking a lot about the March of Dimes. I think they are taking us to some walk called the March for Babies on April 18th at 9am at Bolton Park. I overheard Mommy telling someone that all the money they raise will help the March of Dimes do more Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
Left Out Due to Deafness? No, Not at All.
March 31st, 2009 by About.com Deafness
A slice of my deaf life: Today at work where I am on a team working on a project, I saw the others talking with someone. I work nearby, yet… Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Mapping #1
March 31st, 2009 by Life Is About Creating Yourself
A couple of friends asked me to update my blog after mapping. So that’s what I’m doing. Last week was initial stimulation and today was mapping. They’re generally the same. Today went much better than last week. Why? I didn’t want to throw my CI. As I mentioned before Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
A picture of Helen Keller
March 31st, 2009 by the DeafBlog
<img alt=”HelenKeller.jpg” src=”http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/HelenKeller.jpg” width=”147″ height=”190″ Photographs of Helen Keller, the world-renowned advocate for the deaf and the blind who was both deaf and blind herself, are not hard to come Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
(NL-0023) Cochlear Implants – Indulge Yourself & Lose Weight Too!
March 31st, 2009 by Not Listening
I went to my Surgeon’s office today for a check up. He said everything looks great and that I can go to have my implant activated in one week! Wow, that was fast. I was under the impression that I would have to wait 30 days. But my doctor seems to think that I have made really good Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Formal and Informal Speech Therapy
March 31st, 2009 by vandita can hear
As a parent of a child with hearing loss you may want to give your child a formal speech therapy from a qualified speech therapist as one-on-one basis, as early as possible. In case of Vandita we approached a professional speech therapist right after providing her amplification (hearing aids) and Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
It has been awhile!
March 31st, 2009 by Frost Times
The last couple of weeks. Gavin has been really taking off in his speech. He is saying alot of two word sentences lately I can’t seem to post fast enough for all of them. Gavin is making some great connections with speech. I said Gavin go get a diaper and wipes. So he goes gets the diaper Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Grammar pilot helping deaf people
March 31st, 2009 by the DeafBlog
A new approach to teaching English-language reading and writing skills to deaf people is delivering “immensely promising” results, a charity has said. Deaf Connections, is the first organisation in Europe to pilot Manipulative Visual Language (MVL). Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Sibling Rivalry
March 31st, 2009 by Ordinary Miracles
I focus a lot on hearing loss and Danny’s journey when I write, probably because it’s the thing I feel most people would be interested in. It probably comes off, then, that it is a major part of our life. In a way, it is. In a way, it isn’t. Looking at my life today, it is surprisingly Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss |
Speaking Up…But Is Anyone Listening?
March 31st, 2009 by Speak Up Librarian
I took this photo in Chicago last week. Sometimes I feel like these figures. I’m trying to stand up for what I feel is right but no one’s paying attention. Last month I wrote a letter to a theatre that shows one or two captioned films a month asking for more showings. I got no Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Hard-of-Hearing |
120 Meeting
March 31st, 2009 by Turn On My Ears!
We are having our 120 Meeting with our school district today, to discuss the transition from Part C to Part B of the IDEA. All children must transition at the age of three, which for Drew is in September. Today we will be requesting a preschool placement for Drew in Preschool Option C. We find Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Big Beautiful Brown Eyes
March 31st, 2009 by From Silence to Song
I’ve been saying for a while that I wanted to share what a beautiful boy Little Guy is. He was in rare form today, so I got the camera ready and started taking tons of pictures. He even graced me with his sweet voice long enough to record it for posterity. Would you just look at those Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Just 12 Hours to Activation… :) WOOT!
March 31st, 2009 by I HEARD THAT!
I’m so excited tonight about what tomorrow afternoon will bring when my cochlear implant is FINALLY activated! I thought we had a babysitter for the little guy but not happening. James has a friend that’s been in the construction field with him for several years and still works for Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
Go, Dog. Go!
March 30th, 2009 by Miss Kat's Deaf journey
Miss Kat and I read this book today. When I am reading voice only, I ask her to repeat back to me, in sign, what I have said, so that I know that she is comprehending what I am saying. (I don’t always do it, sometimes we just read to enjoy, or to just flood her with language, but today I Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant |
Movie Theater Captioning — A Different Thought
March 30th, 2009 by earplugs
My hubby and I were discussing movie theater captioning this afternoon, and I found myself playing Devil’s Advocate. “If I’m a movie theater owner, why would I pay money to install a captioning device that meets the needs of a VERY small minority of my target audience, and indeed, may Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Uncategorized |
so salty…
March 30th, 2009 by Snared Soul
Today was exhausting. I got seven hours of sleep and the coaches enjoyed watching us suffer in pain. I have a hard time breathing now a days; I start wheezing and I can feel my lungs constricting and refusing to take in enough oxygen. It gets pretty scary sometimes and once I nearly fainted. Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf |
Congratulations to the 2009 Graeme Clark Scholarship Winners!
March 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Implant Online
More details to come soon… Check back later… Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Disneyland Adventure!
March 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Implant Online
This past Saturday night, over 600 Cochlear Celebration attendees gathered together to celebrate the miracles of the technology and our passion to make a difference at Disneyland – THE perfect place for all ages to enjoy the fun! Elizabeth was so overly excited that she hopped her way to Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant |
Triggering Sensory Issues
March 30th, 2009 by Life Is About Creating Yourself
I should probably explain that I’ve always had a few minor sensory issues. It’s almost more of a quirk than anything else or at least that’s what I like to think. I do enjoy being stimulated by things like bright colors, music, roller coasters, etc. However, I’ve Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant |
My Audiogram
March 30th, 2009 by Nabeel's Cochlear Implant Journey
After my previous post, a commenter asked about my audiogram and how deep my hearing loss is, aided and unaided. So I took a picture of one of my audiograms from the year 2000 and am posting it here. I don’t have a copy of my most recent audiogram so this one will have to do for now. A Read More
Posted in Uncategorized |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Can He Cue?
March 30th, 2009 by We Cue!
The answer is YES if it’s at the Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, Maryland. Adventure Theatre will have a Cued Speech performance of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, on Thursday, April 9th at 1:30pm. Adventure Theatre is willing to do more Cued performances if they see that there is a demand. Read More
Posted in Cued Speech |
Will This Deaf Teen Be Able to Do It?
March 30th, 2009 by About.com Deafness
If life is challenging for deaf people with no additional issues, imagine what it is like for a deaf person with developmental disability, autism, and mental illness. One such person… Read More
Posted in Deaf, Hearing Loss |
Simple Woman #5
March 30th, 2009 by Hearing Elmo
For Today… ~Outside my window~ It is gorgeous! Cool breeze, 57 degrees, birds singing, ground DRYING UP! Is it finally, really SPRING? I even see 3 Robins in my front yard! ~I am thinking~ What in the world am I going to fix for supper? The kids are both working. Why is that becoming the Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
The Time of My Life at Cochlear Celebration
March 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Implant Online
First of all, please excuse me for over-promoting Cochlear, but I just happened to be born deaf at the time when Cochlear was the only brand available. So, as someone who happens to hear utilizing Cochlear’s cochlear implants, it’s crucial for me to have a close relationship with them, as Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Cochlear Implant, Education, Hearing Loss, Late-Deafened |
The Way My Brain Works On Special Occasions Mystefies Me.
March 30th, 2009 by Five String Guitar
So it is the big “Happy Birthday Guitar Boy day” and I may or may not have messed up already! So aware of the day, and making it special especially in light of recent events, it was first and foremost in my mind all last week, and took precidence over all other sceduled events. It Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant |
School Visit
March 30th, 2009 by Cochlear Kids
Out of the blue last week we made a surprise visit to see the second graders at Gage’s school since we had an extra five minutes. We were driving by on the way to take Brook to preschool, so we dropped in. To our surprise the class had new cards ready for Gage which was just what he Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Education, Hearing Loss |
Deaf Man starved to death
March 30th, 2009 by At The Rim
Deaf-mute man alleges torture, starves to death KOLKATA: The body of a 65-year-old deaf-mute man was found in his Belgachia residence on Sunday. He probably died of starvation, said police, who have detained his brother and a domestic help. Police have recovered documents, in which Gadadhar Read More
