The Needs of Others Contacting others with hearing loss to learn and share experiences Sylvia, thanks for your cheery reply, gave me big smiles, particularly about taking life as it comes. Couldn’t agree more and I’m delighted to say that Sue feels the same way. If any of us were that bothered about not chucking food around then we’d […]
Seasonal Food and Hearing Related Issues Hearing loss, communicating and eating The difficulties that arise from Seasonal Food and Hearing Related Issues, or Safari, are little discussed but very relevant to those with impaired hearing – from minor to serious loss. Example. Sue and I come home to find there’s something she wants to watch on TV, we haven’t eaten and […]
Too Loud For Someone Who’s Deaf? Communicating at Christmas parties & celebrations Politely declining invitations to join friends for Yuletide festivities has become a Christmas tradition for us. It’s not that we’re party poopers or miseries who’d prefer sitting at home watching Xmas repeats whilst sharing a Satsuma rather than make merry – it’s that the loud volume of pubs, restaurants […]
Year in review This will probably be my last blog post of the year so I wanted to do a short year in review. First I wanted to show you my latest audiogram results, which more or less sums up how far I’ve come in just over 3 months since switch on. On this, you can see where […]
Catch Up Information and shared experiences I’m dim, really Dim. Yet again I’ve failed to manage the simple task of replying to folk who’ve posted comments. I’m sorry as I’d really like to have a ‘chat’ with you all. My intention for this blog was not to inform the world what a great person I am (I […]
The Way We Were Our deaf/hearing relationship over 26 years Last week turned a little retrospective for me due to two photos and some serious loft clearance. The 26 year old photos showed me with dark hair, a waist and my mate’s girlfriend. Sue wasn’t in the pics, but I was with her back then. In the loft I […]
Hold the Salt Meniere’s and salt Best compliment to my cooking is an emptied plate, preferably not having been tipped out the window when my back was turned. I enjoy cooking, not heating up ready meals but concocting from ingredients and filling the kitchen with wonderful aromas – burning isn’t an unpleasant smell. When Sue and I read […]
