Tonight, I was sitting in bed with a laptop on my lap, surfing on the net and chatting with friends on Skype and Facebook. All of a sudden, I heard a LOUD bang! I thought, “What the hell was that?!” Then, I heard another loud bang. I got out of bed and looked out the [...]
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BANG! What did I just hear?!
Friday, November 5th, 2010
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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 incredibly noisy [...]
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Six-years of hearing with bilateral implants
Friday, February 12th, 2010
It’s been almost six years since I’ve been hearing out of both ears. I thought about writing this post when someone emailed me asking me about the benefits of bilateral implantation. While I have talked over the years about the benefits of having two implants verses one, there are a few recent scenarios that made [...]
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AG Bell Listening and Spoken Language Symposium ’09: Prelude
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Tonight was the welcome reception for AG Bell’s Listening and Spoken Language Symposium. This year’s topic is EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. What does that mean? Click HERE for a concise, easy-to-understand definition of this very important topic… and look forward to postings of my notes and all of the great things I’ve learned over the next few [...]
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A love from a son
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Rob, a bilateral cochlear implant user from Australia, posted an adorable drawing of bilateral implants that was done by his three year-old son on his Facbeook page. Rob said: “[Rob's son] was fascinated to see them and loved being up close and personal to them.” Priceless! Like!0
