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Archive for the ‘Well-Known People’ Category
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Currently, there are two very important pieces of legislation awaiting approval in the United States Senate:
The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2010 (S. 3199) aka “Newborn Hearing Screening” passed in the House of Representatives but also needs to pass in the Senate so that screening and early intervention programs for newborns continue to [...]
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Here’s a taste of what you can read about in my articles on the Official Convention Blog HERE about what I’m learning at the 2010 AG Bell Convention. Today’s sessions included:
Research Symposium: Remodeling the Deafened Cochlear for Auditory Sensation: Advances and Obstacles
Worry, Worry, Too Much Worry? Identifying and Managing Parental Anxiety (a GREAT parent panel– [...]
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Hi from Orlando, Florida, where the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s Convention 2010 is in full swing. Be sure to follow @myheartlistens and @AGBell2010Conv on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates, and follow the official Convention Blog that I’m writing for summaries of each day’s sessions and events.
Click HERE for the [...]
Monday, March 8th, 2010
“One day our patients will be able to tell their own stories, and we will no longer have to convince naysayers that deaf children can listen and speak.“
- Richard T. Miyamoto, M.D.
… and that is why we do what we do. Because, ultimately, it’s not about US, it’s about the children. It’s not about OUR [...]
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Last summer, while I was enjoying the pristine blue ocean, viewing the mountains, and watching the Greeks do funny things, Warren Estabrooks IM’ed me on Facebook at 5 AM in the MORNING in his time zone while it was 12 AM in Greece telling me about his new fantastic website called WE Listen International. [...]
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
UCLA Tailback Derrick Coleman — see the hearing aids!?!
(Photo source HERE)
Derrick Coleman, a tailback on the UCLA Bruins football team, is not only a successful athlete who happens to have hearing loss, but also a stellar young man who has distinguished himself as one of the recipients of the 2009 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending some time with the Chaikof Family in Atlanta, Georgia. I had a blast!
Rachel and I watched chick flicks galore, and visited some of Atlanta’s fun tourist sites. I got to tour CNN and visit the “World of Coca-Cola.”
Rachel’s younger sister, Jessica, who is also a bilateral [...]
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 [...]
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