The Ambling Rambler

A New Zealand Kiwi, posting photography and day trips around the South Island and beyond,talking about the funny things that happen, and occasionally updating you on my Cochlear Implant.

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Showing posts with label deafness. Show all posts

Showing posts with label deafness. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Hearing Test for the Deaf

I had to have a hearing test today. So now it's official. I'm totally Deaf. Both ears heard zilch. I was tested at 100 db and...

Friday, October 26, 2012

A Necessary Evil

See this thing above? It's a portable vibrating alarm clock that we, as deaf/Deaf people rely on to wake us up in the morning. A nece...

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Silly Games

Human behaviour never ceases to amaze me. It shouldn’t surprise me, as I’ve been around now for 50 years, and I shouldn’t expect adult be...

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Out of the Great Silence

When I hear the name Solomon Islands, beautiful imagery of white sandy beaches, blue skies, and coconut palms lining the shores fill my m...

Monday, August 2, 2010

Oscillopsia

People often wonder about me. Why a perfectly 'normal' looking person doesn't work. I do look normal don't I? However, beh...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Word Mispronunciations!

I've always done it. Right from when I was young. I still do it now. Mispronounce words. You know as soon as the word has left your mo...

Friday, March 20, 2009

Just what part of DEAF do people not understand?

I'm still gobsmacked at the continuing sagas that happen around me when it comes to my deafness. Two weeks ago I had the following conve...

Monday, March 2, 2009

I have a Surgery Date !!! Wheeeee !!!!

30th March. 30th March 30th March 30th March 30th March Whew - it's such a relief. Never ever have I ever looked forward so much to hav...

Monday, February 23, 2009

Lipreading Misinterpreted? Or just bad Luck?

I've been advertising for flatmate. You know the story, recession, hard times, need something to help pay the mortgage. I really didn...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I'm Still Waiting ......

Waiting for anything is always frustrating, waiting to get some vestige of hearing back because of a slow government department is making me...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

My Brain Keeps Playing Tricks on Me!

Yep - tricks It's constantly testing my sanity! I can't hear a thing. Nothing. Nada. Not one iota of sound gets through my ears....

Monday, January 19, 2009

Is My House Alarm Useless?

My house is not only protected with an alarm, but it is also monitored. I sometimes wonder if it's worth having the place monitored, be...

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Total Deafness Brings out my Evil Streak

I'm now totally deaf. I hear nothing. Nada. My cochlear implant processor has been relegated to a drawer until I can be reimplanted. ...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

It's Official!

It’s now official. I’m have just been diagnosed with depression for the first time in my life. Simply because of the frustration I’m havin...

Monday, January 5, 2009

I'm So Over Being Deaf

I'm seriously no longer coping with this whole deafness issue. I managed to get through Christmas, but New Year totally sucked. I was ...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Frustrated

I'm so frustrated. I can't hear squat. It's been 6 weeks since we applied for funding for reimplantation to our group ACC (Acc...

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

October Implant Update

I've been having more problems with my implant. When I was switched on in early April, it showed such promise. I had 17 out of 22 elec...

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

There are good people out there!

I've just put my house on the market. It's going to be listed next week, but before it lists it has to be A1 perfect, so I can get ...

Sunday, September 28, 2008

What on Earth is going on???

It used to be that I could head down to my local video store and hire just about any DVD to watch, and it would be captioned or subtitled. ...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Implant Update - There's a worm in my head!!

It's nearly been six months with my new implant now. I have to tell you all I'm still struggling with it. How I long for the days ...

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