Being able to use the telephone represents both independence and connection for people with hearing loss. It means being able to make calls for work without assistance, being able to give and receive information, and being able to make emotional connections with friends and family from miles away. Learning, or re-learning, to use the phone [...]
Archive for the ‘Cochlear’ Category
Telephone Practice
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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Decorate Your HAs, CIs, or Baha
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
A while ago, I posted THIS about decorating hearing devices, and how adding flair to your “ears” can increase acceptance and awareness of hearing loss every day. Well, the world of hearing devices changes quickly, so here are some of the original ideas of that post with even more ideas of how to decorate your [...]
Posted in Acceptance, Advanced Bionics, Babies, Children, Cochlear, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Med-El, Teens, Tips and Tricks | 1 Comment »
Hear the Summer Fun!
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
SUMMER FUN WITH BAHAS, HEARING AIDS, and COCHLEAR IMPLANTS!
Summer has already rolled out, and that means we all should enjoy getting wet, screaming while on rollar coasters, and camping in the woods!
If you’re going camping or on vacation to a location with limited access to electricity, store your device(s) in a plastic food storage container [...]
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Thank you…
Monday, June 14th, 2010
I would like to thank everyone once again for voting for me for Cochlear’s Hearing Hero Award. Just over a week ago, I received my award at the Cochlear Americas headquarters in Denver, Colorado. As always, I am honored to help people with hearing loss every day.
I did not only come to Cochlear Americas in Colorado to [...]
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A Thank You Note
Friday, March 19th, 2010
About a week ago, I received a bouquet of flowers in the mail without having any clue who sent it until I read a card congratulating me on being the winner of Cochlear’s Hearing Hero award. I would like to thank Debbie D., a mom of a child with a cochlear implant, Rachel D., an [...]
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COSTA RICA 2010: Wednesday
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Today, we returned to the Cen Cenai public preschool center (like HeadStart in the US) to continue our screenings for hearing, vision, cognition, speech, and language. Overall, we were able to screen about 75 children and provide appropriate recommendations for follow-up as needed. Conducting the hearing screenings was difficult, however, due to the [...]
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You all! Get this girl OUT TO THE WEST! Please vote!
Monday, February 8th, 2010
This is just a quick blog entry from a very sleepy college student who has been up to the wee hours studying and just finished taking midterm exams. I’m very ready to throw my graduation cap into the air. In the meantime, I can still enjoy some little treats like doughnuts with red and pink [...]
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Extreme Makeover: CI Edition
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
I finally had a chance to watch last week’s episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which featured a bilateral cochlear implant recipient (read more background info HERE and HERE). Though there wasn’t a whole lot of discussion of the implants on the show, what was said appeared very positive and factual to me — i.e. [...]
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Extreme Home Makeover to Feature CI Recipient Sun. 10/18
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Back in July, I blogged about an upcoming episode of the ABC television show “Extreme Home Makeover” that was being filmed about Carlton Marshall and his family. At the time, it was unclear when the episode was to air. Well, I just received an exciting update via the Cochlear Community. The episode of Extreme Home [...]
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Bilateral CI Recipient on “Extreme Home Makeover”
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Carlton Marshall was an officer in the Dallas Police Department when he was shot during a drug raid in October 2007. The shooting left him with life-changing injuries. After months in the hospital enduring severed spinal cord, meningitis, and a stroke, he uses a wheelchair to get around and received bilateral cochlear implants to help [...]
