Apple For The Teacher? British Sign Language (BSL) classes should be free for people with hearing loss It’s taken far too long, but Sue finally started a stage 1 British Sign Language (BSL) course last week. Ironically, after four years of failing to find a college which succeeded in running a course that was intended for deaf people, Sue’s […]
Dream a Little Dream (of Mama cass, not me) Hearing loss, tinnitus & dreaming As well as being beneficial to mental health, dreams have been the source for and subject of all varieties of art – they’ve also resulted in some outrageously harebrained ideas. Anyone whose spent time with animals must have wondered what they dream of; I’ve watched horses, dogs and cats display […]
One year on I can’t believe that just over a year ago I was getting my head drilled into! I’ve come so far since then, I can now hear the wind in the trees, I can enjoy music again, I can hear birds, I can hear familiar voices on a mobile phone (but strangely nothing on a landline) […]
Hear Less To Learn More Sue and I were talking the other day about hearing partners understanding deafness – nothing deep and meaningful, just what’s helped me understand the requirements of someone who’s become deaf. We both chose Hearing Link’s deaf experience. I’m revisiting this subject after a discussing the same topic with Dick Hill – I’ve also previously mentioned […]
Diary of a Fool Inspector Morse & Colin Dexter’s story I’ve never been fortunate enough to watch more than 15 minutes of a Morse episode on TV or read the books. I know how stupid it is to comment on anything without having all the facts. ………………………………………… Sunday June 30 2013. Dear Diary, I heard about half an hour […]
More fiddling than I can manage Hearing loss and door entry phones Hello, Who’s There? Push button – BUZZZZ. Voice – “Hello”. Me – “I’ve got an appointment for 1.” Voice – “Sorry, couldn’t hear, that bus drowned you out.” Me – “Pardon, I couldn’t hear because of that bus stopped out here.” Voice – “Couldn’t hear,” “That’s right.” “What?” “Yes, […]
And About Bloody Time Ofcom propose to improve the standard of subtitling. Good, but what took them so long? My last comment on subs was how they had improved. I typed too soon. Over the past three weeks the standard has been abysmal, achieving new lows. I’m certain those involved with putting words on screens for deaf viewers have […]
