The Slope ASL Poetry Special has original poetry by Ella Mae Lentz, Patrick Graybill, Clayton Valli, and the Flying Words Project featuring Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner. Plus, you’ll find poems by the winner and finalists of the National ASL Poetry Prize. Slope is the first national poetry journal to publish ASL poetry online in …
January 2004 archive
Listening and Memorizing
I’ve been working hard to learn all the words to three songs. Over and over and over. Amazingly enough, I’m not sick of them… yet. Been trying to keep an eye out for an easy book on CD (so I can listen to it at work and in the car) because I don’t have time …
Broken Parts
It looks like the surgery did added one aftereffect: inflammation in the ear. It hurts from time to time. Cochlear implant: -1, Hearing aids: 1. The processor died. I haven’t been using it because I wear the BTE (behind-the-ear), but when my music cable stopped working, I got the processor out to test which cable …
Hearing implant harnesses platinum and iridium
“Doctors have highlighted a new surgical procedure to restore hearing in deaf people that utilises activated iridium implants to directly stimulate nerve cells. For the first time surgeons have placed the implants directly on the brain stem – a risky procedure as the stem carries signals from the entire body to the brain.” Stem cell? …
Finally Got the Song
Claiming I listened to a song 50+ times in one week is no exaggeration. I was determined to learn it as mentioned in the previous entry, and finally did. It’s a combination of memorization and music recognition that helps me follow the song. A section of the song is not covered in the lyrics that …
Can't Get the Song down
I am hooked on a song and am trying to learn the words of it — I only know some of the words. So, I reviewed the lyrics along with the song a dozen times. On my way to the chiropractor yesterday, I listened to the song in the car and couldn’t get more than …
What's the Big Deal?
Recently, my family was mentioned in a newspaper blurb because of Paul’s being laid off. The blurb mentioned we have three kids and that I’m hearing impaired. I asked Paul what the big deal was about mentioning the deaf part. I mean, it’s like saying someone wears glasses, isn’t it? Paul said that people believe …
The Rolling My Eyes Department
Here’s another person who believes the hearing world is Dehumanizing the Deaf. I draw the conclusion that this person is saying, “Adapt to us, not us adapt to you.” Last I checked, people living in the US who speak languages other than English are expected to learn English to be able to get along better …
When Captions Go Wrong
I’ve seen my share of closed-caption typos, but I never remember them long enough to share since there are too many especially during live programming. It ain’t easy being a stenographer and I have high respect for them. Codeman38 (who has a Proofreader’s Hall of Shame) points to I Am Error Happy, a site for …