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that's what i blogged about today. we are so blessed.
want to know how kiele hears? what a cochlear implant sounds like? i put a link in my blog. it really is so amazing.
Tuesday, 3rd June was our big day - Klara received her hearing aids for the first time... She chose pink colour and her moulds have hearts inside (how cool!). She loves them, she can now hear much better at school and at home.
Earlier this year the shattering news reached us: Klara has hearing problems(!) After a few visits we know it's a moderate hearing loss and she's suddenly classified as a child with special needs(!) It's hard for a parent to take the news, but then... nothing really changed! She hasn't changed, only our consciousness did.
Even more shattering news for a parent that has sever hearing loss herself... (though no help from hearing aids for me)
So... we hope that her hearing will never get worse and she'll always love her hearing aids as she does now. The hospital team is amazing, so are the teachers... I consider us lucky - to surround ourselves with such a wonderful, supportive people....
ps. that is what I was moaning about recently, saying one day I'll share... :)
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive.
It's fun having the theater to oneself! Even for 10 minutes!
I came an hour early, by invitation of the film program manager, to confer with him about the Assistive Listening Devices they provide for patrons. I was their "tester" to give feedback on how their gadgets are working--Answer? "Very well!!!"
I had a marvelous experience with the film that followed, the Italian classic, "Il Posto" (1961). Even though the soundtrack was in Italian, I like to hear the voices, which are part of the experience, even when there are translation captions below, as there were here.
The theater uses an RF "radio frequency" system, with either earphones (if you are 'just' hearing impaired without in-ear aids), or a neckloop (which connects to a telecoil) if you wear hearing aids. Now is the time to ask your audiologist if your telecoil is activated!! (many are not, unfortunately). Those of you in Britain, Australia, Scandinavia, and northern Europe, know more about telecoils than we do in the States, where they are still all too rarely used.
Fifth Avenue - Upper East Side - Manhattan - NYC
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SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854.
Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Rd, Bristol BS1 6TY
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Candid street shot, Bristol, UK.
Research strongly supports people with
hearing loss often feel isolated from their
loved ones, friends and co-workers.
This sense of isolation can lead to
depression, poor self-esteem, self-pity,
feeling disconnected from or the actual
loss of relationships, and loss of love.
Candid street shot, France 2013.
The only time I’ve ever left them where one of our pups could reach them, one of them did. Sugar was the culprit. Monday I’ll call Kaiser’s Audiology Department. This is like the old standard “my dog ate my homework” line.
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Nothing to fancy here, a two SB-26 setup both bare without any diffusers. The lights were triggered using RF-602. One placed camera left (main) the other on on the opposite right side (to create the rim).
The more modern Hearing Aids are almost invisible. This lady is wearing an Open Fit Behind the ear hearing aid.
In this picture: Isabella (Izzy)
CEID (Center for Early Intervention on Deafness)
CEID is an inclusive program that provides a wide range of exemplary services and supports for families to maximize the communication potential of children, from birth through age five, who are deaf, hard of hearing, and/or have severe speech and language delays.
CEID's philosophy believe in a "Total Communication" approach, which combines spoken English, hearing aids, and Signing Exact English (S.E.E.).
Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) is a sign language system in which signs and finger spelling represent the word order, grammar, and vocabulary of spoken and written English. It’s different than ASL (American Sign Language), which has it’s own grammar and syntax, as all sing languages.
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CEID (Centro de Intervenção Precoce em Surdez)
CEID é um programa inclusivo que oferece apoio e serviços para famílias no intuito de melhorar o potencial de comunicação de crianças, – desde seu nascimento até a idade de 5 anos – surdas, com perda auditiva e ou com grave atraso na linguagem e fala.
A filosofia do Centro acredita na “Comunicação Total”, que combina inglês falado, uso de aparelhos auditivos e SEE (Signing Exact English).
S.E.E. é um sistema de língua de sinais no qual sinais e soletração através dos dedos e mãos representam a ordem das palavras, a gramática e o vocabulário exato do inglês falado e escrito. É, portanto, diferente da Língua de Sinais Americana, que possui gramática e sintaxe própria, como toda língua de sinais.
break time
The weather is supposed to heat back up, into the mid-80s. So I made the comfortable choice to cut my hair one more time before Autumn fully hits.
For those not in the know- I was born deaf in my right ear (there's no cochlear nerve). I'm hard-of-hearing in my left. Last year- in fact, yesterday was the anniversary- I was able to get hearing aids. Mine are Oticon Minirite 1 BiCros. The "bicros" is a microphone on my deaf ear (pictured) and the receiver/hearing aid on my left. I chose the dark gray, because that's the color of sharks (well, not all sharks, but sharks nonetheless). Having these have improved many aspects of my life, but they're not a fix-all. I love them and one of the main things is that they're rechargeable, no dealing with little batteries.
I named my hearing aids Brody and Hooper, from Jaws. Brody is the mic side, because it's just a basic mic. Hooper is the hearing aid, where all the tech is located (if you haven't seen the movie, Hooper is a scientist and has all the tech and Brody was the police chief, clinging desperately to not having tech).
Anyway, H is for... hearing aids today in February's Alphabet Fun 2025
Instruction manuals! My new hearing aid has three freakin' user manuals. One is for the hearing aid itself, the other is for the charging unit, and the other-other is for the microphone side (which is the BiCros in the Oticon BiCros hearing aid).
Old man standing outside the Rexburg Idaho Temple with a Dragan effect. Visit my site at www.danpackard.com
I've just begun using hearing aids for the first time. It's been enlightening, challenging, and yes frustrating at times. I didn't have profound hearing loss but enough so it was becoming increasingly difficult to hear conversations. Which meant I was reluctant to participate in many activities especially in groups. I resisted for a long time but even in the short time I've been using them they have expanded my world.
All three of these hearing aids contain microprocessors that perform digital filtering to customize the amplification to the wearer's hearing profile. They further dynamically adjust to reduce ambient noises. There is a tiny computer port inside the battery door that allows them to be reprogrammed as required.
The hearing aid on the upper right fits behind the ear and allows some of the ambient sound around the output hole.
The hearing aid on the upper left fits completely inside the ear and can not be seen unless some one looks directly into the ear.
The hearing aid on the lower left fits even further into the ear and can't be seen at all.
If you are shopping for a hearing aid, mystuart seems very knowledgeable and has left an informative comment bellow.
Both the word Tooooohr! (Goooooal!) and the typeface FF DIN (a kind of DIN 1451 Mittelschrift reloaded, if you like) echo the times of the German Wirtschaftswunder (Economic Miracle). Seen on a display for Kind Hörgeräte (hearing aids) in Hamburg Blankenese)
I had to get new molds as my last set were a little over a year old. I had my hearing tested and of course it was worse (i knew it was as I was struggling to hear even with the things turned all the way up!). I had them reprogramed and whala...i can hear again. Yay!
I'm thinking of sticking some bling on them to make them a little more interesting.
Unlike some of the other people depicted in the "Hearing aids" pool, I am happy to have my hearing aids. I am happy to be hard of hearing and I am happy that I can hear with my HA's. I am a member of the Deaf community and I do not wish to be anything but who I am.