This blog, unlike meryl’s notes, shares more personal information since the purpose is to educate people about leading a life with little hearing and using technology to hear differently. However, I’ve yet to determine whether or not I should share the bad feelings or experiences with which I contended as a person with communication challenges. …
March 2004 archive
Tired Conversations
I didn’t make this discovery until recent years after attending a few conferences and conventions. I’ve always accepted I’m a low energy person except during my middle school days when I played every sport at the school and was a bundle of energy. But that waned during the high school years. Looking back, it makes …
Music
La Crosse Tribune reports on a seventh grader who plays the violin and is hearing better since receiving the implant two years ago. It slipped my mind that I played two musical instruments. I took piano lessons around third grade since I was the kind of kid who tried things. I think I took lessons …
Epic Biosonics Inc. Writes
Mary McFarland, President and CEO, and Epic Biosonics, kindly took the time to write in response to this August entry. Here’s the note: “I would like to respond to a posting on Bionic Ear Blog which provided information on a totally implantable cochlear implant from Epic Biosonics Inc. I would like to take this opportunity …
Two-way Communications
I’ve been researching how I can stay in touch when away from the computer and when the person who wishes to reach me is also away from emailing capabilities (or more importantly, not even a big emailer as luck would have it that most people I know locally are that way). I looked into a …