September 30, 2014

Now and Then: 10 Years with an Eardrum

If you had asked me how I envisioned my life on August 24th, 2004, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you. Heck, I wouldn’t have been able to say […]
September 26, 2014

Music Appreciation – Caveats and Limitations

As we all know, music holds a special meaning and connection for each and every individual who listens to it. We all have our own personal preferences to how we […]
September 19, 2014

Which Will it Be? Dementia, or Hearing Better Than a Normal-Hearing Person

In my work, I keep track of technology developments across a variety of fields to try to better anticipate what the future might be like (especially for media and news). […]
September 17, 2014

Why I Set Up Deaf Blog The Limping Chicken

I set up The Limping Chicken, a deaf news website and blog, in February 2012. My life hasn’t been the same since! From that day onwards, we have published at […]
September 13, 2014

Craving Music

When my hearing loss was diagnosed, after the initial shock, I adopted my hearing aids pretty fast. You must have gone through the same kind of mental process: “Wow I’m […]
September 8, 2014

Cuddling for Amateurs — Part 1

Like anybody, I had to learn how approach the objects of my budding desire. An awkward process, as most of you will recall. There was no manual on how to […]
September 6, 2014

Children of a Lesser God, Children of a Different Choice

“Do you think that we could find a place that we can meet, not in silence and not in sound?” James Leeds (William Hurt), a speech teacher, presents this question […]
September 4, 2014

A Life on the Ocean Wave

“Excuse me for asking… I know you said you had hearing loss but does your partner have hearing loss too because he seems to be really struggling to follow the […]
September 2, 2014

Forgetting

In the same day, I both forgot that I was wearing my hearing aids before jumping under the shower, and that I should maybe carry spare batteries before going to […]