I understand there’s to be a DHH conference next Saturday in Ontario, California. I’m seriously thinking about going. The conference info can be found at: http://www.mataexpo.com. All you local DHH folks interested in attending, email me at: ruth_6572@hotmail.com.
It’s more oriented towards technology and media for DHH people, and that’s the kind of thing I’m interested [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Going To The MATA Expo
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, hard of hearing, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people, tagged DHH Technology on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everything is Coming Along Nicely For Me Now
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, hard of hearing, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My DHH book proposal is coming along nicely. October is such a nice month to do this, since children are occupied with school and Halloween. The weather is not hot, and people are occupied with the upcoming election and other things, so I’m not bothered as much by people wanting my attention for something.
Don’t you [...]
Life Snaps Back Into Focus
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, cochlear implants, hard of hearing, hearing aids, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was having problems with my glasses, so I went to see my optician this morning. He said my glasses were out of shape. So he worked on them a while, and gave them back to me to check out.
Wow! I can see so much better. And luckily, my vision plan allowed me to get [...]
A CODA family with Jo Frost
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, Other subjects, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people, tagged CODA on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of all the excitement over the last few days, I forgot to comment about the CODA family, who appeared on the Super Nanny television show with Jo Frost.
In case you didn’t see the show, I can give a short summary about it. It was about two deaf parents, who had several HEARING [...]
DHH Book Proposal
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, hard of hearing, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know that I promised to post about DHH technology, but due to the L.A. fires, I won’t post that today. I hope to do it possibly on Friday. Please see my story about the fire at www.ruthpealer.wordpress.com
I did want to mention that I’m working on a DHH book proposal. If you want to see [...]
DHH Technology
Posted in DHH mothers with hearing children, hard of hearing, hearing loss, parents of children with hearing problems, understanding DHH people on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, check out the article about the solar powered hearing aids being made in Africa.
You can read the article at:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135381
I think life for DHH people is pretty good, with all the technology that’s available to us these days. For the next several postings, I’m going to talk about technology that benefits DHH people.
The solar powered [...]
