Lost and Found: My Cochlear Implant Life

Still not funny to me. If I had a dollar for every person who said, "You don't sound deaf" to me, I'd be in a financia...

"I was ringing the doorbell. I left my house key in the house. Didn't you hear me?" No. No, I didn't. The doorbell is ...

Today, a parent complained that I talk too loud. Never mind that the 23 little charges in my classroom never, EVER stop talking, and that...

This is not me. I was much prettier when I wore the goggles. The VNG. Videonystagmography. (Go ahead, try saying THAT three times as qu...

The first full week of school came to a close yesterday. I. Am. Exhausted. It has been 18 years since I taught first grade. I had forgotte...

Cochlear Nucleus 6 My road to cochlear implant accelerated forward today. I received notice that my CT scan was normal and we are rea...

Learning to cope with my hearing loss has been grueling and depressing, I admit. But on occasion, it has provided moments that remind me not...