I see my last posting was on June 17th. Time does fly. I have been busy socializing/networking with other DHH people, and generally enjoying the summer season.
In case you haven’t noticed, computer technologies are becoming quite valuable for DHH people to use. Learn computer skills as soon as possible.
Also, Social media is becoming ever more and more popular. It’s really amazing to see it grow. Like for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Take a social media class. You’ll be surprised what you can do with social media. It can improve your life in many ways.
Yes, it’s great to use computer technologies, because it eliminates the need for people to know you have a hearing loss. Here’s an example of what I mean: just earlier today there was a news announcement that restaurant patrons can now do virtual restaurant ordering.
How does it work? You go into a restaurant, and the table you choose to sit at will show your virtual plate. It will also show the choices of food items you can put on your virtual plate.
When you’re done, just click and the order goes to the chef. You won’t be needing the waiter that much. So you don’t have to worry about trying to communicate with your waiter, or getting your order messed up just because the waiter didn’t understand your speech. Pretty cool, huh? Here’s an online article about it:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/06/restaurant-serves-virtual-food/
Life is getting pretty exciting for DHH people, isn’t it? I just love technologies that are helpful for DHH people. Even captioning is being expanded to include places such as airports, churches, conventions, etc. And let’s not forget greater advances are being made for better hearing aids and cochlear implants.
I will cover some of these technology advances in future postings.
Hope your summer is going well! :)
