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Deaf Mom Turned Away by Steak ‘n Shake Follow Up
For those of you that are wondering how the situation is going with Karen Putz and Steak ‘n Shake, make sure you take a look at her follow up post above that brings things up to date. I recommend also reading Liz Fuller’s write up on the incident and subsequent interview with Karen since [...]
Turned Away at the Drive through for Being Deaf?
My fellow blogger and fellow deaf type person, Karen Putz of A Deaf Mom Shares Her World, was turned away from a Steak and Shake drive through window that she’s been served at many times before and for what you might ask? For being deaf and by the general manager himself.
Now I’m not going to [...]
What The Heck Was That?
I tell ya’, this new programming that my audiologist stuffed into my hearing aids makes the whole world about THIS BIG. It felt like I was wearing these babies in the above image.
‘Scuse me? Huh? What was that noise? Pheeyeew! I was exhausted by the time I got home. All this new hearing capability is [...]
How To Speak With A (partially) Deaf Person
The audiologist that I visit on occasion at the local VA medical facility, once told me that people in general really don’t have a clue about how they should speak to a partially deaf person. People are just genetically geared to assuming that everyone else can hear as well as they do with the possible [...]
Ahhh…It’s the Weekend.
It's the weekend and ask me if I'm ready for it. Go ahead, just ask me.
Hello?
Anyway…the answer is an unqualified YES…absolutely! No specific reason for it at all–just that I'm home, tomorrow is Saturday and that bloody rooster ain't gonna be a-crowin' in the morning…literally. Well, sort of literally.
You see, it's the only [...]
Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part II
Required reading: Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part I
Many thanks to Grandad. This absolutely horrendous, disjointed post is all his fault but he’ll probably blame it on K8.
And here we go….
I seem to be getting older these days. Not only am I getting older but it seems to be becoming a habit, a perpetual thing if [...]