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 [...]
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Decorate Your HAs, CIs, or Baha
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Med-El, Rachel, Tips and Tricks | 2 Comments »
Deaf Education in Costa Rica
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Two weeks ago, I attended an excellent presentation on deaf education in Costa Rica. The presenters were listening and spoken language educators, one of whom completed her training at Fontbonne in St. Louis, MO, USA. Together with other listening and spoken language professionals in Costa Rica, they are active members of Adis, an organization dedicated to:
1. [...]
Posted in AVT, Advanced Bionics, Advocacy, Audiology, Babies, Children, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Facts, Hearing Aids, Medical Care, Oral Education, Spoken Language | 3 Comments »
Experience a Different World! Travel Tips for CI Users
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Traveling is such an incredible way to broaden my horizons. I’m preparing to head to Peru in two weeks where I will be staying with a host family for a month and learning Spanish by attending a school! I will also be roaming through the Incas Empire!
Of course, traveling takes a lot of time to [...]
Posted in Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, Cochlear Implant, Facts, Hearing Aids, Language, Life, Rachel | 3 Comments »
Mary’s and Charles’ Story
Monday, June 8th, 2009
When someone is deaf due to a recessive gene and marries someone who has normal hearing, one would think that their children would have normal hearing, right? Well, this was not the case with one family whom I met at a couple of AGBell events. Mary whose deafness was caused by Connexin 26, a recessive [...]
Posted in AGBell, Advanced Bionics, CI User Story, Children, Cochlear Implant, Oral Education, Parent's Story, Rachel, Video | 1 Comment »
Katie-Louise’s Story
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Katie-Louise has been an Advanced Bionics cochlear implant user for 10 months and has been enjoying the use of a cochlear implant. She has a blog, Katie-Louise’s Cochlear Implant Journey, where she writes incredible passages about her hearing with a cochlear implant. She was generous to share her story about her life growing up with [...]
Posted in Advanced Bionics, CI User Story, Cochlear Implant, Rachel | 3 Comments »
A Very Cute Auditory-Verbal Therapy Session
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Ages ago, Mary Ann, my AV therapist, showed me a very cute video clip of a child who wears bilateral cochlear implants, working with her in an Auditory-Verbal therapy session. Recently, at Mary Ann’s retirement party, I had the opportunity to meet this boy, Will, face-to-face, and he’s absolutely adorable and hears, speaks, and communicates [...]
Posted in AVT, Advanced Bionics, CI User Story, Children, Rachel | 1 Comment »
Why Wait?
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
One of the most common concerns expressed by people considering a cochlear implant is, “What about new technology? What about hair cell regeneration or fully implantable CIs? Is now really the best time to take this leap of faith?”
Now, these are prefectly legitimate questions. In fact, I’d be a little bit concerned if someone considering [...]
Posted in Advanced Bionics, Audiology, Cochlear, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Encouragement, Facts, Misconceptions, Opinion, Research | 5 Comments »
Great Resources
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Nothing poetic or elegant about it… just links, links, links to tons of wonderful FREE resources on the web.
Many of these websites offer opportunities to sign up for their mailing lists. As much as I hate receiving junk email, the messages I receive from these sites are anything but junk. Every update I’ve received has [...]
Posted in AVT, Advanced Bionics, Babies, Children, Cochlear, Elizabeth, Language, Music, New Parents, Oral Education, Website | 1 Comment »
We face odds every minute of the day…
Monday, March 31st, 2008
When we get in the car, whether we are a passenger or a driver, we are at risk of getting into an accident and becoming paralyzed. If we live in Florida during hurricane season, we are at risk of experiencing a hurricane and losing all our property. If we live in or travel to [...]
