Happy Birthday to me…happy birthday to me… Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, its been a super busy few weeks. I had a phased return to work following my operation and I’m now back full time. I’m in a different office so a slighter longer commute and less time to blog! Also it was my birthday so I was celebrating that. […]
Better With Use Hearing loss and lipreading When Sue still had some hearing we were standing at a Heathrow departure gate watching my father queuing for the metal detector. Pa had a brief chat with an elderly couple and then spoke with a security guard. That guard then went to speak with a colleague, at which point Sue […]
Facebooking – at last Access to lipreading and signing classes “Oh my God Tony Long is on Facebook. Brilliant” and two kisses as well. The writer, Nicky, was right to be surprised as the last time we’d spoken about FB I’d been less than enthusiastic. A group of us were sat around the tents at the end of a […]
Six weeks on It’s been about 6 weeks now since I got switched on and it feels much longer. I’ve adjusted really well, in fact sometimes I forget I only have a cochlear implant in one ear! It’s improving all the time. I can hear music playing when I go to the shopping centre, I can hear the […]
Sex and the City Do men with hearing loss seek help? I’ve been thinking about sex. For those with mucky minds I’ll rephrase that. I’ve been thinking about gender. The majority of people with hearing problems that I’ve encountered at various places (Hearing Link, ENT, lipreading, even a lunch get-together of hearing impaired folk) have been mostly female. For […]
Lock and Learn Creating a colourful eye catching key for the storeroom No matter how clued in to hearing needs I may think I am, I still discover the simple of things can be problematical. A key? As we all know from bitter experience, keys are members of the Chameleon family and have inherited the ability to change […]
Four programmes Yesterday I had my 1 month check up at the hospital. I was in a much better mood this time as the beeping was gone and everything sounded much more normal. I was much happier this time around which the clinical scientist commented on! She not only adjusted my current maps (or programmes as I […]
