I am sharing this article as it explains so well the challenges all of us with a hearing loss face. When you have hearing loss, understanding speech does not come naturally. It takes effort. The clues we get from lip movements and facial expressions… Hearing Loss & Masks Are a Tough Combination
Author: Sarah Lomas
I have my eyes wide open to catch all my dreams. MSWarrior! Widowed and then some, proud mom of two fantastic kids. Wear two hearing aids and primarily lip read. Always looking for new things to to try.
Another day, another Zoom meeting. Or make that two or three Zoom meetings. Much of the world continues to operate remotely, meaning virtual … Hearing Access: Zoom is Beta Testing Integrated Auto Captions
I thought I had figured out how to live with hearing loss. I wear my hearing devices regularly and employ a handful of assistive listening devices as… Masks Are the Latest Obstacle for People With Hearing Loss
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Running out of Outlets
Originally posted on kristenfmartins:
Wake up. Eat breakfast. Put my mask on and walk to work in the brisk, early morning sunlight of New Jersey. My shift starts at 07:00. As I walk into the hospital, like every day, I am stopped for a forehead temperature scan and asked if I have any flu-like symptoms…
After having thirty-one sessions this week with patients where the singular focus was COVID-19 and how to cope, I decided to consolidate my advice … Psychologist’s list on how to cope with the anxiety and fear caused by COVID-19 goes viral
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Saturday Night with the Instant Pot
I bought a lovely pork tenderloin on sale with the idea that I would look up a recipe to do it in the Instant Pot! After a short search on the Internet found “The Best Damn Instant Pot Pork Tenderloin” – I took a picture of the site because I find it so easy to […]
Maybe wait til next March? I had no idea when I took a week vacation the 23rd of February that I would come back to such a lovely increasing stress level due to COVID-19. At first when I saw how China was shutting down, building hospitals in a week, I was blown away. It’s not […]
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ARTE OAXACA
The family is from Oaxaca area, generations upon generations have created these hanging works of art, carpets , placemats- all things woven. They raise their own sheep, use colours created from natural plants and um …bugs. Not Nastey bugs. I mean we have worms right ? And what colour do they produce ? That is […]
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January 1 2020
Wow, another decade ! Apparently we only need one word to encompass our goal for the year – I don’t know if I can handle that – so will start with January – the word – fun. January can be a long month, so work, play, exercise, whatever, will try to keep it fun – […]
I was reading the other day about why some find the Christmas party or seasonal holiday party hard to go to? So what would my party look like ? Music – playing softly in the background with music video on the walls with closed captioning in case anyone needs to read the words – ASL […]
