Comments on: I’m like, the friggin’ Bionic woman. http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/ Forgetting everything practically instantaneously since, well, birth... blaming it on ADD since 2001. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:56:56 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CityGirl http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 CityGirl Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:10:25 +0000 http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/?p=1611#comment-4618 To quote...well, YOU - "HAW-some!" So what kind of funding are we talking about? Two car washes and a pancake breakfast? Three massive yard sales and a recycling drive? You do have adoring fans who could help you, yaknow. :grin: <abbr><em><abbr><em>CityGirls last blog post..<a href="http://countrygirl-citygirl.blogspot.com/2009/02/fat-lady-considers-tune.html" rel="nofollow">The Fat Lady Considers a Tune</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> To quote…well, YOU – “HAW-some!”

So what kind of funding are we talking about? Two car washes and a pancake breakfast? Three massive yard sales and a recycling drive? You do have adoring fans who could help you, yaknow. :grin:

CityGirls last blog post..The Fat Lady Considers a Tune

]]> By: Mrs. Mustard http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Mrs. Mustard Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:57 +0000 http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/?p=1611#comment-4610 That is truly brilliant news. I really hope you get to keep them, or find a way to fund them. I have a friend who was born with only 40% hearing (one side is slightly worse than the other) and has always has hearing aids. When we met in junior high, she had the huge ones, and thus kept her hair long and always down over her ears. I remember slumber parties, she would ask us if we were all done talking (cuz us gals talked all night) and warn us that she was taking out her HA. Then, she would see someone's lips start moving or feel someone giggling and she'd get all pissed that we started talking again. She ended up becoming a nurse, but had to get funding to purchase a special stethoscope as she couldn't use a normal one (the aids being in the way). Wow, that was a long comment. Sorry if it was boring. :oops: <abbr><em><abbr><em>Mrs. Mustards last blog post..<a href="http://cheezewhizandmustard.com/2009/02/09/the-perils-of-speech-therapy-riddit-riddit/" rel="nofollow">The Perils of Speech Therapy: Riddit, Riddit!</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> That is truly brilliant news. I really hope you get to keep them, or find a way to fund them. I have a friend who was born with only 40% hearing (one side is slightly worse than the other) and has always has hearing aids. When we met in junior high, she had the huge ones, and thus kept her hair long and always down over her ears. I remember slumber parties, she would ask us if we were all done talking (cuz us gals talked all night) and warn us that she was taking out her HA. Then, she would see someone’s lips start moving or feel someone giggling and she’d get all pissed that we started talking again. She ended up becoming a nurse, but had to get funding to purchase a special stethoscope as she couldn’t use a normal one (the aids being in the way).
Wow, that was a long comment. Sorry if it was boring. :oops:

Mrs. Mustards last blog post..The Perils of Speech Therapy: Riddit, Riddit!

]]> By: Andi http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-4608 Andi Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:18:07 +0000 http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/?p=1611#comment-4608 Oh, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your funding comes through and you get to keep them! At the risk of sounding callous, I envy you that you can take them out and shut off all the noise. Sometimes, I wish I could do that ;-) <abbr><em><abbr><em>Andis last blog post..<a href="http://andij1967.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/that-figures/" rel="nofollow">That figures.</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Oh, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that your funding comes through and you get to keep them!

At the risk of sounding callous, I envy you that you can take them out and shut off all the noise. Sometimes, I wish I could do that ;-)

Andis last blog post..That figures.

]]> By: caron http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-4602 caron Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:15:21 +0000 http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/?p=1611#comment-4602 omg im soooo happy for you. i will keep my fingers crossed that they find a way to help you keep them!!!!!!! omg im soooo happy for you. i will keep my fingers crossed that they find a way to help you keep them!!!!!!!

]]> By: BEG http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/2009/02/10/im-like-the-friggin-bionic-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-4598 BEG Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:33:13 +0000 http://www.cantrememberdiddly.com/?p=1611#comment-4598 How interesting... I thought your hearing loss couldn't be addressed by HA or something, I guess (so, um, no I don't know how long you've been trying to get them, I guess :shock: ). Yes, these puppies are crazy expensive these days, particularly if they're the larger BTE with lots of amplification oomph. Plus, making them all digital (no more analog) makes them overall more expensive *of course*. Still I wonder if there's some ways for you to get them at least partly financed thru work rehab or deaf rehab or something.... I find I *like* being able to control all that sound. And I choose to turn it off when there's no communication happening, most of the time :-). But then I never learned to use sound to make a picture of my surroundings, and clearly you did (the police car, things seeming "bigger" etc) so that works for you instead of just being random noise. How interesting…

I thought your hearing loss couldn’t be addressed by HA or something, I guess (so, um, no I don’t know how long you’ve been trying to get them, I guess :shock: ). Yes, these puppies are crazy expensive these days, particularly if they’re the larger BTE with lots of amplification oomph. Plus, making them all digital (no more analog) makes them overall more expensive *of course*. Still I wonder if there’s some ways for you to get them at least partly financed thru work rehab or deaf rehab or something….

I find I *like* being able to control all that sound. And I choose to turn it off when there’s no communication happening, most of the time :-). But then I never learned to use sound to make a picture of my surroundings, and clearly you did (the police car, things seeming “bigger” etc) so that works for you instead of just being random noise.

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