Posted in Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss on July 5, 2008 | No Comments »
We’re a little laid back as far as the 4th of July is concerned. We throw some food on the grill and that’s about it. We don’t buy fireworks or sparklers, we don’t go to a fireworks display.
When the kids were younger, we made more of an effort. Our town doesn’t do fireworks on the [...]
Posted in Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss, tinnitus on June 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I think it’s been happening for about 2 weeks now. The first time it happened, it startled me as much as it would if I could suddenly hear again.
Have you ever used one of those metal noisemakers they give out at New Years parties? The ones I remember were rectangular with a little spinning handle [...]
Posted in Cochlear Implants, Observations, tagged cochlear implant, cued speech, deafness, hearing loss, sign language, tty on June 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Freeze Frame
As of tomorrow, I’ve had my CI approval letter for one week. So far, I haven’t gotten any new information. It’s starting to get frustrating, but I also haven’t been pursuing it as aggressively as I could so it’s just as much my fault as the doctor’s office.
On Friday, when I got [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss, lipreading on June 20, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’m sitting here trying to think of a short, succinct sentence to describe Freshman Orientation Day at the public university my son will be attending this fall. Words fail me.
I’ll go the long, rambling, wordy route instead. First off…WHY? Why do they schedule such an important day to start so dreadfully early?! Sure, they offer [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss on June 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A thunderstorm woke me up this morning. It felt like someone picked the bed slightly up off the floor and then let it down with a thunk, followed by vigorous shaking. One of our cats, Beanie (aka Sabrina) was sleeping with me at the time and it freaked her right out - she sprung up [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged hearing aids, hearing loss on June 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Ever since I went completely deaf, I wake up in the morning and put my hearing aids in. Every morning, without fail. This is as helpful as putting in my contacts after I’ve lost all my vision, but still I persist.
The first week or so after I lost all of my hearing, I actually was [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Family, Observations, tagged cochlear implant, deafness, hearing loss on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Waiting is hard. It feels archaic, compared to the instant gratification I’ve gotten used to in the internet age. Although I can access my medical claims online, I can’t access anything that shows how the preapproval process is going for my cochlear implant(s). All I can do is wait for a letter to arrive in [...]
Posted in Family, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss, interpreter, sign language on June 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When my kids were born 4 years apart, it never dawned on me that one day I would be attending two graduations just a couple of days apart. The schools here are broken up into elementary (K-3), intermediate (4-5), middle (6-8th) and high school (9-12). They have a big ceremony for 8th grade [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged deafness, hearing loss on May 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
…so, I’m 28 and I’ve just lost the hearing in my right ear. Up until this point, my only accommodation had been amplified handsets for the telephone. With lip reading and my hearing aid in my right ear, I felt like I heard really well. I still missed a lot on the [...]
Posted in Emotions & Attitude, Observations, tagged cochlear implant, deafness, hearing loss on May 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been making my way through all the books about CI’s that I can get my hands on. Between all of this reading, my visits to message boards and daily messages that come from email lists I belong to, it makes me feel like I’m surrounded by CI users. I told Dave that I keep [...]
