Excerpt from my journal:9th December 1989 It is 5.00 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I should be grabbing what sleep I can because I’m going to need all…
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The flip side of the coin!
* “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…
Read MoreMy Deaf Guy!!!
Guy had been deaf for nine years. When he had been shopping in New York he had been mugged. Yeah, it’s not only in…
Read MorePipedown!!!!!
Before my Cochlear Implants, going to restaurants with a group of friends, was a total nightmare. I battled to understand what was being said. I found that cupping a person…
Read MoreCeline Dion, watch out!
Three months down the line, what differences has having my second CI made to my life? Let me tell you a story! I used to have a great voice. It…
Read MoreThe Birds!
I was standing outside the front gate waiting for my lift to arrive. It was a beautiful, crisp winters day. The sky was that “South African” blue. I can’t think…
Read MoreIsiah 40!
“Those that wait upon The Lord shall rise up like Eagles.” Isiah 40 When I had my accident I was deafened by my fall. I had no hearing whatsoever in…
Read MoreMe and Julie Andrews!
To be sung in a Julie Andrews voice a la Sound of Music! “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start When you read you begin…
Read MoreOh, the buzzing of the bees…..!
…. An explosion of sound. For twenty three years my left ear had been dead, killed in my eighteen metre fall. On Monday it was resurrected back to life through…
Read MoreStunning news!!!!!!
Gaynor asked us to let u know the following: I am now hearing out of the ear that has been dead for twenty three years!!!!! But it is a long…
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