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 [...] Read more »
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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 [...] Read more »
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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 [...] Read more »
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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 [...] Read more »
Or perhaps it’s “I think I can hear!” but I’m not too sure of that yet either. As the previous post stated I Laurie and I traveled down to Vermont’s VA facility for my annual audio exam and the good news is that there has been no further significant degradation of my current physical hearing [...] Read more »
Yes, it’s a Sunday ride down to the VA in White River Junction, VT and yes–I realize it’s Sunday. It’s just time for my annual Audio exam and my audiologist keeps strange hours that’s all. I don’t mind though since it irks me just a bit when I have to miss a days pay and [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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