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Hearing aids and sports…Insurance >>Cont

Reading about the Referee who stopped the football match because a player was wearing a hearing aid, has caused some discussion and my view on the matter is concern is the potential damage to the aid itself. As they are expensive to replace if damaged beyond repair? If its NHS property the bill can be [...]

Adventures of a deafie spy…

  Be on your Guard….. Have you come across the situation when someone wants to know whats been said, either at work or at a party. Then they suddenly think of you…lipreader expert, extraordinaire and potential nosey parker. Ok I’ll put my hands up and admit to  inadvertently letting my attention wander during a boring [...]

The Chicken bites back…

..would you like a terp with that…sir?

Say what you want about the high street burger outlet “Macwhimpykfc” but theres no disputing the fact that they have an active policy of taking on board youngsters with disabilities, and quite often in most of the venues I visit there will be a few deafies, and maybe one that signs. Most of them will [...]

Deaf Aggression..

I was happily minding my own business and having a break from politics…ahem! When out of the blue, I make an observation “When the deaf get mentioned in the media they are either  frustrated, moody or aggressive” On Twitter I see a deaf tweeter admitting to frustration and anger with her bank.. A deafie sneezing [...]

Dear Hearing Aid manufacturers/suppliers…

Dear makers of hearing aids We know that technology is advancing all the time, and the innovation with aids is moving forward along with progress.But wouldn’t you think that something could be done, with thought to the use of the telecoil especially on the bus or the train? Maybe us deafies listening to music is [...]

..Ripples…..

Its been a few weeks now since I re-evaluated my position in the “Deafidom tree”, and developed my own networking strategy.. In the aftermath of the Sarah Cox debate, after a ripple on D4L I decided to move on and find a sanctum…for myself. I’ve spent some time amongst some interesting people who spend most [...]

..Then and Next, The change in my culture…

So after a week or so I Then decided that I’m developing my own social networking strategy..where I intend to blog, blag and basically share in a more productive and enriching way with my creative Chi. and if others refuse to let the lamb lie down…then I must, bit like regeneration Dr Who style. [...]

..and not or? Where do I go?

Following on from my last blog where I asked the question of the re-location of others I now ponder my own location in deafidoms classification. Well Its like this according to my belief  its a culture/Identity thing and I don’t know why? I believe that all deaf people belong together in what I call “deafidom” [...]

So! What you going to do? where are you going to go?

After many years of commentary on most of the deafie forums, and in the course making a name for themselves in the name of deafness..The Heretics now banished from a “deaf  voice” via The forums, retreat to the only place available to them..a place that is moderated by robots set to react upon words from [...]

What is the “deaf brain”

I’d agree that I have a lesser awareness of Deaf culture than probably most..being similar to an Englishman abroad I’ve a lot to understand and learn from deafidom, living nearly most of my life with hearing family, friends and in hearing society. My observations lie mainly with the assumptions of most including hearing people, [...]

How deep do you waggle?

I came across a lovely young lady today who stumbled across my postings, and in particular was intrigued with the concept of “deaf wannabees” and the actions they undertake to “cross the bridge”. I explained that they put things in their ears in the attempt to damage the inner workings, and she looked a little [...]

Healing the layers..

Sometimes I get the feeling that in the heat of moments we can say the most of undesirable things to one and another.  We can create a wound in the metaphoric skin and in stupidness make existing tears a little wider and make matters deeper. Little matters get proportionally expanded and the ever ending infection [...]

..Wannabe’s.. “If you wanna cross the bridge”? Beware!..

Years ago I heard  about “deaf wannabees”? What are you saying? … These are people who want to be deaf and/or impair their hearing to make themselves deaf. These people start off with a the desire to wear hearing aids for pleasure even though they are not deaf, and find that hearing aids and deafness [...]

Cochlear Implants..and a Myth?

Forgive me for being a little confused with the concept of implantation or Cochlear Implants but recently I’ve come across two separate occurances that give me the impression that the general Deaf population believe that after implantation…you are no longer Deaf? A young lad who requested an installation of a Fire Angel fire alarm in [...]

Insurance of Hearing Aids?

Does anybody know anything about insuring your Hearing aids..as it happens most house insurance’s won’t cover your aids if lost or damaged. Unless you are over 60 years of age and in a nursing home…is this correct??? NHS charges for such losses or extreme damage at aprox £50-55. What about Childrens aids, what can be [...]

The rise in awareness..and the result it gets?

I ‘ve recently been out with another “person of restrictive auditory fibre” to meet a few friends and socialise like some of us do…sometimes. When I come across the strange but common phenomena of people who think they can do sign language when they get sloshed. It then becomes a pantomime, with onlookers watching in [...]