Well I finally bit the bullet and applied…Indiana has a Hands and Voices chapter that has been around for 4 or 5 years and I have been a member for at least 2 years maybe 3 and I have really wanted to be a Board Member for quite sometime but just kne…

From the charitable group that brought you “There is no deaf social model”, “Deaf people should go elswhere if they don’t like it..”,and “We represent 9 million in the UK without their support, and don’t employ them”, a new hype on the deaf cure…. “T…

Rikshospitalets goals for CI operations in 2008 will not be met.

As of September 1st, Rikshospitalet has performed 25 CI operations on adults. - We will not be able to achieve the goal of 100 operations for 2008, Rikshospitalet says in a statement.
The former health-minister Sylvia Brustad (labour party), ordered Health-South-East (Helse Sør-Øst) to perform 100 [...]

Monday was another “not so good” one on the quest to become bilateral. The cochlear clinic had set up a test, that I was to partake in, to measure what indeed was going on with non-functioning right side cochlear implant.I was ushered into a booth and …

Today on the Ellen show (5pm EST) Anne Jensen will be on talking about her winnings on Don’t Forget the Lyrics and talking about her life with MICROTIA. As most of you know Microtia is a birth defect of the ear that affects 1-10,000 births. I can’t wa…

Last night, just before it was my bedtime. I came back from some mates house, which we had loads of fun. We all ended up talking about Ghost, for some reason. It was Jess that brought that up and she even told us a ghost story that her dad told her.Whe…

Background information on hearing aids: (written in a previous post, July 24th)This tiny piece of electronics costs about $3,000. And while Ricki CAN get by without it short term, she needs it long term: to hear better and more clearly in school, for l…

I love to look at other kids’ IEPs and IFSPs for ideas, rather than be surprised at the meeting with all the fancy pants people that know what they’re talking about with age appropriate milestones and goals and whatnot. Basically I like my goals to be …

It’s amazing what moving up a bedtime will do. Monday at school Riley was sent to the assistant principal’s office for hitting a boy in the back. When her teacher asked her to explain, Riley told her she was tired and didn’t want to go to school. Riley…

I love it when it rains, especially when it rains heavy. In summer, I always have my window open in my bedroom when its warm & I can stay up till the early morning hours just talking to someone on msn! While I am in my bedroom, and it starts rainin…

When I was a child my dad would chase us kids around, as we laughed hysterically, doing all we could for him not to catch us, for when he did, he’d tickle us until we answered his question, “Who’s the Man? Who’s the Man?” and inevetibly, we’d scream ou…

I received a call about 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. I have an appointment in the EP Clinic at 1:30 p.m. Monday!!! YIPEE! Ironically enough, I had just drafted an email to Dr. F. asking for intervention on our behalf. (The thought of waiting until Mar…

When I am much older, if I ever hear music in my ear, it probably will be “Do, re, mi.” That’s the song that stuck with me throughout childhood, from…

Last night was yet another night that makes me question whether or not I actually understand the depth of complications a hearing loss can bring to a young child.  And again, whether or not I truly do understand and accept that Henry is going to experience some of these complications.
I attended a workshop put on by [...]

We recently discovered new dating site deafs.com which has been developed specifically to help deaf and hearing impaired men and women meet other singles. (We talked about that here). Since then we’ve come across another one called Enabled Already…

Background:The boys think it is a wonderful treat to sleep in the Big Bed with Mom. This works to our advantage, as we dangle this privilege from time to time. Gunnar tries especially hard to work his way into the Big Bed… just look at the face. C…

Perhaps I need to just let it all outPerhaps I need to go for a good long walkPerhaps I need to take time for myself- more than the small snatches I don’t feel belong to me, because I am always supposed to do something else.Perhaps I need to take a bre…

It has been a while since I last posted here, but school has managed to keep me quite busy! However, I am pleased to share that I will be returning to Clark Magnet High School this week to present to 9th graders on hearing health and conservation. I p…

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They *finally* called at 5:30 last night. Basically, still no news. They asked if they could give a final answer early next week, so they could be sure they were looking at every option. I have no idea at this point if that is good or bad, but at lea…

A while back, the Guardian did a fantastic set of articles on deaf people. On Monday though, I read a blog on the Guardian’s website which seemed to suggest that the Guardian’s own journalists don’t read their own paper.
This article was about sign language interpretation on a film shown on TV, by a Nick [...]

It is with great pride and nostalgia that I must bid a fond farewell to Deafread.com. I have recently been invited to collaborate with Cochlear, Italy to create a blog written in Italian (God help me) focusing on parent support regarding issues in Deaf…

So you’re a firebrand Republican, your heart filled with the color red, and you voted for McCain/Palin. Some of you, like quite few Republicans I personally know, crossed party lines and voted for Obama. But you’re not willing to let go of your Rep…

We went to see the geneticist today. She was very nice and very thorough and had no idea what could be causing Caleb’s stubby fingers and toes, ear pits, hearing loss, etc… She’s going to consult her “smart friends” and see if they can come up with a…

Eric likes to share and do everything he can with Danny. It’s pretty amazing, really, his compassion and empathy at 2 toward his little brother! He will take turns with toys (of course, Danny’s turns are always quite short, but at that age turns are a huge step), help feed Danny (he likes to hold [...]

So the theory of the week is that the time waiting for Danny’s surgery in February will go quickly. Surely it will! I mean, we’re going into the holidays, we’ll be so busy the time will fly by!
Through the CMV Boogeyman, messed up economy, and other various things, almost everything about the holidays that makes [...]

One sick little dudeThings aren’t looking very good for our hearing test on Thursday. I took Nolan to the pediatrician because of his persistant cough and the fluid coming out of his ear. It is never good when the doctor looks in your child’s ear and …

We collected about 10% of my original goal, which was more than I expected.  I still have hearing aids rolling in for donation, and there have been a few private donations of undisclosed amounts on behalf of this blog.   
The purpose of Blog Action Day  was to increase awareness of the poverty around us.  Each blogger chose [...]

Check out this great item I just bought myself on amazon.com (ask my husband or girlfriends …. I RARELY do this!) I know … this sounds selfish so close to Christmas, but I’ve been wanting one of these and I finally broke down and hit “Purchase Now”…

Wandering in to Matalan in Oxford at the weekend, I noticed a ‘Hearsavers’ pod by the checkouts. Apparently Hearsavers has partnered with the clothing store for value and convenience and its test suite ‘epod’ offers free hearing tests to…