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Water Smiles!
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness Spasticity Sporting Moments

Water Smiles!

By Gaynor Young on 08/01/2016 (updated 07/07/2026)

After I have completed my exercise circuit at gym I go to a certain place to cool down. I do my body relaxation and stretches looking out over the swimming…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Spasticity, Sporting MomentsTagged: water aerobics7 Comments
Jacaranda Tears!
Cochlear Implant & Deafness Random Musings!

Jacaranda Tears!

By Gaynor Young on 27/11/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

I was in Pretoria making a film for Absa. It was just preceding the volcanic purple eruption of the Jacarandas. Maybe it was the hint of pollen in the air…

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Filed under: Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Random Musings!Tagged: antihistamine, tablets, tears, The State Theatre6 Comments
Giving back sound!
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness

Giving back sound!

By Gaynor Young on 20/11/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

I love Woolworths for so many reasons…….. My right hand is spastic which makes chopping up food for a meal particularly onerous. I can do it – sure! But you…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & DeafnessTagged: cochlear implants, deaf, sound, Woolworths4 Comments
My State of Mind!
Cochlear Implant & Deafness Inspirational Thoughts Music & Entertainment Spasticity

My State of Mind!

By Gaynor Young on 13/11/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

    The huge concrete edifice loomed dark and forbidding. I looked up at the sign that I had been dreading seeing for so long: The State Theatre. I took…

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Filed under: Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Inspirational Thoughts, Music & Entertainment, SpasticityTagged: The State Theatre10 Comments
Worlds within Worlds!
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness Sporting Moments

Worlds within Worlds!

By Gaynor Young on 22/05/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

There are so many differing worlds within our world. There is the world on ground. The world from above. The world beneath the water. I will tell you how I…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Sporting MomentsTagged: air, Caribbean, holiday, para-sailing, snorkelling, underwater, worlds5 Comments
Cochlear Implant & Deafness

A miracle in the making!

By Gaynor Young on 20/02/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

I am Discovery’s latest Medical Miracle! Fantastic, I can hear you say. But how did this happen? Well, it all started two years ago when I began blogging. Blogging, I have…

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Filed under: Cochlear Implant & DeafnessTagged: advertise, blog, discovery, linkedin, medical, miracle14 Comments
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness Random Musings!

Pay it Forward!

By Gaynor Young on 16/01/2015 (updated 07/07/2026)

I have this friend, Ynor. Yeah, Ynor and Gaynor. Great pair we make, huh! When Dad died, realising that I no longer had a lift to gym, Ynor offered to…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Random Musings!Tagged: DSTV, gym, pay it forward, programs, tv9 Comments
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness Music & Entertainment

Uh!….Uh Uh!

By Gaynor Young on 10/10/2014 (updated 07/07/2026)

I loved speaking on the phone. I used to finish my homework and then I would be on the phone to Alex, Michelle, Angie or Deidre! Mum used to get…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & Deafness, Music & EntertainmentTagged: determination, overseas, p-hone, slow, speak, travel, trip6 Comments
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness

The flip side of the coin!

By Gaynor Young on 03/10/2014 (updated 07/07/2026)

  * “Sound has a profound effect on the senses. It can be both heard and felt. It can even be seen with the mind’s eye. It can almost be…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & DeafnessTagged: ci, cochlear implant, deafness, hearing6 Comments
Children, Family & Friends Cochlear Implant & Deafness God Ponderings Inspirational Thoughts

Defining Moments!

By Gaynor Young on 22/08/2014 (updated 07/07/2026)

Recently I have been to stay with my cousin, Judith Saulez and family in Durban. It was great to be able to spend some quality time with them. Their three…

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Filed under: Children, Family & Friends, Cochlear Implant & Deafness, God Ponderings, Inspirational ThoughtsTagged: ci, inspiration, memories, speech20 Comments

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