I wrote an essay for my high school’s Martin Luther King essay contest. We had to choose a hero who resembles Martin Luther King. I chose Graeme Clark. For a long time the world was silent for people who were profoundly deaf and couldn’t benefit from hearing aids. They could not hear any noises, converse [...]
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A Hero Who Works Against All Obstacles
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
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The Truth and Lies about Cochlear Implant Surgery
Monday, October 11th, 2010
The other day at school I met a girl who has hearing aids. She could hear perfectly fine but was using sign language. I asked her why she was signing when she can speak perfectly fine. She said she has been losing her hearing very slowly and someday will be deaf. I asked her why [...]
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Speaker
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Well now Rachel has just left for Peru. So good luck to Rachel. As for me, my summer will soon be over for me. When I go back to school I will be using my FM (speaker) again. I thought that it would be nice to tell everyone about my experiences about using the speaker. [...]
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I’m thankful to have bilateral implants
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Hello I’m Jessica. I’ll be one of the writers for this website. So, here is my first post. For anybody who is thinking of getting a second implant. I personally think it’s a great idea because you will be able to hear more. I would like to tell you about my experiences about having two [...]
