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Getting the Message Across
Pacian was talking on his blog quite recently (and quite rightly) about how impossible it can be for a hard-of-hearing or deaf person to communicate with banks and other large organizations. A...
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The Missing Notepad
Yes, the missing notepad. The notepad I carried everywhere with me. We had our conversations in it; our shopping lists, house-letting plan of action, room measurements, blog notes, and anything else we...
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Deprived Senses
Total Sensory Deprivation – a few nights ago I recorded a Horizon documentary on the subject. It reminded me of the office I used to work in. You would expect everyone to have a fair number of office...
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Musical Diamond
Iain directed me to this Guardian article about listening to music with a partial hearing loss – Life in mono by Nick Coleman. I was wondering about the architecture of sound that he mentions. With...
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The House of Diddums McDiddums
My dream last night was one of the few that touched on my hearing problems. It was also one of my university dreams, which I do seem to get periodically! I dreamed that I went back to university, and...
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Inclusion in the World of Film
Today I was catching up on my blog-reading (slipped a bit) and found a post I enjoyed by Liz in Fate is Chance, Destiny is Choice: Inclusion. I know exactly where she’s coming from when she speaks of...
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Read in the Paper
Saw this in the paper yesterday: blind woman refused access to her pension. It makes me want to stop the world and get off.
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Anxious in the Local Shoppie
My local Spar has a short stretch of Poland in the corner. None of the goods on that rack are labelled in English, though I was able to figure out from a Spar tab that one of the items was a bottle of...
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Bepooped
Head still hurting – sore eyes I think. One thing the cats do… they use the tray, and a stench arises, so I rush to scoop it out, thinking the smell will go away. A short while later, it’s still...
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In the Air Tonight
Time flies, and I regret nothing. A black-haired lad from my past. We met at a wedding. It happened the way it did because it had to, and we still share certain memories. I wonder if he remembers the...
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Yam Artiklit
Years ago I figured one way to increase my confidence (and reduce panic) would be to improve my speech, so the doctor put me in for some speech and voice therapy. The speech therapist told me I spoke...
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Just Wait till I Catch that Dratted Gremlin…
Yesterday a friend was talking about having to sit through unwanted conversations, like when she politely asks someone about their holidays or how they are, and they give her a blow by blow response. I...
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You Talking to Me?
I was reminded again yesterday how difficult I find it to speak to someone when there’s no eye contact. It’s partly that I seem to have a mental block against addressing someone till they stop and look...
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Deaf Anxieties
I unintentionally missed ‘Blogging Against Disablism’ Day (BADD) 2009 as well as BADD 2008 (May 1). Last year everyone said that BADD 2008 was the best yet, and I couldn’t help thinking, “I drop out,...
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Overheard in a Café?
Well, not really overheard in a café… just written down in our conversation notepad. Me: “Do you find mixed cultural groups get more ‘scratchy’ than more local or national groups?” Mum: “No. You just...
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Have YOU Heard the Hum?
Was browsing The Deaf Blog today; noted the following articles: ‘Deafinitely Girly’ — new girl on the blog Oh, I love writing and hate maths too! Maths was definitely something that got one yelled at....
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Lost Tuesday
On Tuesday I shuffled furniture around, washed cat pee off plastic storage boxes, muttered crossly. Then got tired and watched Monk, followed by Charades (Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). Wasn’t...
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Passing Impressions
I’m sorry I’ve not been blog-reading much lately… it’s because I was spending time in Apophysis and Photoshop again! Those projects take up a huge amount of my attention, but things go in cycles…...
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Deafness and Depression
I found this discussion on the BBC Ouch! forum about deafness and depression; I particularly liked the messages from Number 23 onwards. And Message 27 is depressing!! Black comedy, if you like. Things...
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Close to the Bone
Computer room is still gathering dust. But my personal journal is having a little bit of boom time to itself! Five days ago I noted a dream in which two little boys of 11 were hanging around in our...
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