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#567

From: "psico" <masv2004@...>
Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:48 am
Subject: stem cells deafness

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hi,
I think you are doing human trials, at least with children (see the web
cordbloodregistry -->>
http://www.cordblood.com/regenerative-medicine/hearingloss.asp ).
In this blog
http://deafdude1.blogspot.com/2009/08/stem-cells-for-deafness-begins-human.html
you can also stay informed on human trials.
greetings!

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#560

From: "aussiegal1429" <aussiegal1429@...>
Date: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:24 am
Subject: Looking for other hearing impaired/ deaf people

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Hi.
I am a hearing impaired female looking for friendship.  I'm from Australia.
Willing to 'talk' to genuine people with hearing impairment from Australia and
overseas. I was born with a percentage of hearing loss.
If you are looking for friendship, drop me a line.
Take care.

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#553

From: tina blue <tblue37@...>
Date: Mon Jul 7, 2008 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: Updated site for deafies - and great What would Tina Do merchandise! :)

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http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/index.html

I most certainly will. And I will promote it from ALL of my sites. I hope to have the new format up and running by the end of the summer.

Tina

--- On Mon, 7/7/08, readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@...> wrote:

From: readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@...>
Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Updated site for deafies - and great What would Tina Do merchandise! :)
To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 1:01 PM

http://www.cafepres s.com/deafies_ unite

Updated the shop - it has a new URL (above) promote it like crazy
please!

Hugs to all

Laura

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#552

From: "readerwoman5552" <readerwoman@...>
Date: Mon Jul 7, 2008 6:01 pm
Subject: Updated site for deafies - and great What would Tina Do merchandise! :)

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http://www.cafepress.com/deafies_unite

Updated the shop - it has a new URL (above) promote it like crazy
please!

Hugs to all

Laura

Check out my current websites!!

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Book Reviews

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#551

From: "damisa72" <Braillesign@...>
Date: Wed Jul 2, 2008 2:56 am
Subject: Re: Tina - is the CafePress WWTD stuff still available?

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I am digging the new website template, Tina!  I have to say, you need
to throw us your link to your current website every now and again!  Its
always like I have discovered a new treasure!

Have joy!

Dawn

--- In deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com, "readerwoman5552"
<readerwoman@...> wrote:
>
> I am trying to log in to my Cafe Press account and can't. Do you have
a
> bookmark to it, or any info? Thanks!
> Laura
>

#550

From: tina blue <tblue37@...>
Date: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:38 pm
Subject: Re: Yes--Here is the link

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http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/index.html

TYPO ALERT!!!

I wrote:

". . . but including all my sites, I have a worldwide readership of about 5 million (and I havestarted advertising or any other sort of marketing yet!), "

I meant

". . . but including all my sites, I have a worldwide readership of about 5 million (and I haven't started advertising or any other sort of marketing yet!), "

Sorry!

--Tina

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, tina blue <tblue37@...> wrote:

From: tina blue <tblue37@...>
Subject: Re: [deafnessandhearingloss] Yes--Here is the link
To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 5:35 PM

Here ya go--
http://www.cafepres s.com/tea_ thyme

Laura,

I am professionalizing my websites this summer. It is being redesigned by a professional, with my Out of the Blue site as the gateway site. Here os a link to a test page for the new design:

http://www.presenta tion-magic. com/TestSites/ tblue_draft_ page.html

It isn't hooked up with links or anything yet, and the text is just "stuff" (in Latin, yet!) to show what the text will look like when it's all done. But that is what all my pages will look like soon, and the side bar will hold the Google ads (which I have already been approved for), plus y ebook download links and such.

By the end of the summer I will have the Google ads and such on there, but I also will be selling my own ebooks and offering links to other products I believe in. Eventually, I will also have a complete storefront, and I will sell vidos of me teaching various "seminars" and classes.

I plan to include links on all my sites to the page where you sell your WWTD? products.

I won't skim anything off the top from you (though I WILL from others whose stuff I sell, he he he), but including all my sites, I have a worldwide readership of about 5 million (and I havestarted advertising or any other sort of marketing yet!), so I think I will be able to help you move some product when I get it all set up, since I actually do have some pretty loyal fans around this country and the world.

You will need to change the design to remove the URL for our long dead former iVillage message board. You might also want to come up with other product ideas.

Are you on board for this? I won't put the links on my pages if you don't want me to--but I really hope you will want me to.

BTW, what do you (and all the rest of you deafies) think of my page redesign?

--Tina.

http://www.grammart ips.homestead. com/index. html

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@ gmail.com> wrote:

From: readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@ gmail.com>
Subject: [deafnessandhearing loss] Tina - is the CafePress WWTD stuff still available?
To: deafnessandhearingl oss@yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 1:24 PM

I am trying to log in to my Cafe Press account and can't. Do you have a
bookmark to it, or any info? Thanks!
Laura

#549

From: tina blue <tblue37@...>
Date: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:35 pm
Subject: Re: Yes--Here is the link

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http://www.presentation-magic.com/TestSites/tblue_draft_page.html

Here ya go--
http://www.cafepress.com/tea_thyme

Laura,

I am professionalizing my websites this summer. It is being redesigned by a professional, with my Out of the Blue site as the gateway site. Here os a link to a test page for the new design:

It isn't hooked up with links or anything yet, and the text is just "stuff" (in Latin, yet!) to show what the text will look like when it's all done. But that is what all my pages will look like soon, and the side bar will hold the Google ads (which I have already been approved for), plus y ebook download links and such.

By the end of the summer I will have the Google ads and such on there, but I also will be selling my own ebooks and offering links to other products I believe in. Eventually, I will also have a complete storefront, and I will sell vidos of me teaching various "seminars" and classes.

I plan to include links on all my sites to the page where you sell your WWTD? products.

I won't skim anything off the top from you (though I WILL from others whose stuff I sell, he he he), but including all my sites, I have a worldwide readership of about 5 million (and I havestarted advertising or any other sort of marketing yet!), so I think I will be able to help you move some product when I get it all set up, since I actually do have some pretty loyal fans around this country and the world.

You will need to change the design to remove the URL for our long dead former iVillage message board. You might also want to come up with other product ideas.

Are you on board for this? I won't put the links on my pages if you don't want me to--but I really hope you will want me to.

BTW, what do you (and all the rest of you deafies) think of my page redesign?

--Tina.

http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/index.html

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@...> wrote:

From: readerwoman5552 <readerwoman@...>
Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Tina - is the CafePress WWTD stuff still available?
To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 1:24 PM

I am trying to log in to my Cafe Press account and can't. Do you have a
bookmark to it, or any info? Thanks!
Laura

#548

From: "readerwoman5552" <readerwoman@...>
Date: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:24 pm
Subject: Tina - is the CafePress WWTD stuff still available?

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I am trying to log in to my Cafe Press account and can't. Do you have a
bookmark to it, or any info? Thanks!
Laura

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#545

From: Doreen Pettipas <dodiepettipas@...>
Date: Sat May 17, 2008 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Hearing aids vs sensitivity

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The Pocket Talker is one of many assistive listening devices. You can use a neckloop or something similar with it. You put your hearing aid on "T" (telephone), place the neckloop around your neck, then turn on the device. It is basically a device about the size of a small transistor radio. It has a microphone on it. You can either point it at the person speaking or have them hold it. There is a volume control so you can turn up the conversation.

The beauty of this type of device is that you can eliminate a lot of the background noise, especially if you can get one with a directional microphone. By using your
"T" switch you only pick up the sounds that come in through the microphone.

My portable FM system has a microphone on the receiver so it can be used by itself like a pocket talker.

Sorry if I didn't explain clearly, but there are others on this board who can probably explain better if they want to chime in.

Dodie

----- Original Message ----
From: think613 <think613@...>
To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 3:20:57 PM
Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Re: Hearing aids vs sensitivity

Thanks for sharing your experience, Doreen.
My loss is actually quite different than yours: The low frequencies
are borderline normal, with the middle dipping way into moderate
range, then rising to mild for the higher frequencies. I'm not really
sure what that means practically speaking... Doesn't look so bad on a
speech banana, yet I do feel like I miss a lot of conversations,
especially quiet ones. In the dark I'm practically hopeless.

I can see how that voice recognition thing would be annoying! Thanks
for telling me about it; I'll make sure to check it out before
choosing a unit.

As for the ticking clock et al, my concern is that I already find
these sounds annoying when I hear them. Usually I don't hear them,
but for example, we have one clock that ticks really loudly, and I
cannot study in that room unless I remove the clock first! I am
constantly getting up to give faucets that extra twist off that other
people don't get... So I'm not sure what would happen if I could
suddenly hear EVERY clock ticking and water dripping!

Can you please tell me more about the Pocket Talker?

--- In deafnessandhearingl oss@yahoogroups. com, Doreen Pettipas
<dodiepettipas@ ...> wrote:
>
> I had a moderate-mild loss (my loss is reverse slope, meaning the
greatest loss is in the lower tones) when I was in college. That is
when I got my first hearing aid. I am also sensitive to certain
sounds. My newest aids had a feature that I had to have turned off,
it drove me nuts. Basically, if it didn't register any speech sounds
or other loud sounds it would go into a sort of "sleep" mode. Then
when sounds it thought were important came in it would build back up
in volume. It was really annoying. The day after I got the aids we
went to the creek. The kids went exploring with my husband and I was
sitting enjoying the peace and quiet. Then I noticed that I could no
longer hear the babbling creek. But when one of the kids shouted hi
to me, the babbling sound of the creek came back. It was really
driving me nuts.
> I do hate certain environmental sounds, but you actually learn to
tune those small things out like hearing people do. The ticking
clock doesn't seem to bother me as much as it did when I first got my
aids.
>
> Basically, the benefits of having a hearing aid definitely outweigh
the negative aspects. Yes, you will still have difficulty in noisy
crowds, but many aids have noise reduction features or directional
microphones to help with this. Also, there are many assistive
devices that help with this also. Harris Communications has many of
these devices (things like the "Pocket Talker"). They can get
expensive, but if you need them frequently they are well worth the
cost.
> I honestly miss the days when my hearing loss was only moderate. I
now have a profound-severe loss in my right ear with no speech
recognition and a severe-moderate loss in my left ear.
>
> Good luck with the decision.
>
>
> Dodie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: think613 <think613@.. .>
> To: deafnessandhearingl oss@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:02:39 PM
> Subject: [deafnessandhearing loss] Hearing aids vs sensitivity
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have a mild/moderate hearing loss, not that bad in general but
> there are situations where I really feel the loss and I'd invest in
> hearing aids if it could help. So I'm looking for advice from
people
> who have hearing aids and can tell me how much it helps or not.
>
> My problems are biggest in quiet, hushed conversations, or in dark
> places where I lack visual cues (think sleepovers, dim
restaurants) .
> At other times I think my hearing is close enough to normal that
aids
> probably wouldn't make such a big difference, but it would probably
> be worth wearing them anyway if I had them.
>
> The big issue is this: my ears are very sensitive. I am sensory-
> defensive in general (it's a subcategory of sensory integration
> disorder) and lots of noises annoy me. I'm afraid that even the
most
> sophisticated programmed aids would amplify things like ticking
> clocks, buzzing electricity, etc., and drive me crazy.
>
> Also, if it would amplify the background noises as well, will it
> really help me hear better or will it be more of a pain?
>
> Help! I don't know what to do! Is it worth pouring half of my
year's
> pay into this? (I work part-time while in college) One reason why
I'm
> considering this now is also because I hope to get married sometime
> soon and I'm afraid to enter an intimate relationship with this
> problem. I live at home now, and I sometimes have arguments with my
> parents (aging and probably also losing their hearing somewhat)
> because of misunderstandings, often because someone didn't hear
> correctly. Is this a normal part of life that one just needs to
> patiently deal with, or is it something that I should invest in
> hearing aids to correct?
>

#544

From: "think613" <think613@...>
Date: Fri May 16, 2008 10:20 pm
Subject: Re: Hearing aids vs sensitivity

think613

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Thanks for sharing your experience, Doreen.
My loss is actually quite different than yours: The low frequencies
are borderline normal, with the middle dipping way into moderate
range, then rising to mild for the higher frequencies. I'm not really
sure what that means practically speaking... Doesn't look so bad on a
speech banana, yet I do feel like I miss a lot of conversations,
especially quiet ones. In the dark I'm practically hopeless.

I can see how that voice recognition thing would be annoying! Thanks
for telling me about it; I'll make sure to check it out before
choosing a unit.

As for the ticking clock et al, my concern is that I already find
these sounds annoying when I hear them. Usually I don't hear them,
but for example, we have one clock that ticks really loudly, and I
cannot study in that room unless I remove the clock first! I am
constantly getting up to give faucets that extra twist off that other
people don't get... So I'm not sure what would happen if I could
suddenly hear EVERY clock ticking and water dripping!

Can you please tell me more about the Pocket Talker?

--- In deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com, Doreen Pettipas
<dodiepettipas@...> wrote:
>
> I had a moderate-mild loss (my loss is reverse slope, meaning the
greatest loss is in the lower tones) when I was in college.� That is
when I got my first hearing aid.� I am also sensitive to certain
sounds.� My newest aids had a feature that I had to have turned off,
it drove me nuts.� Basically, if it didn't register any speech sounds
or other loud sounds it would go into a sort of "sleep" mode.� Then
when sounds it thought were important came in it would build back up
in volume.� It was really annoying.� The day after I got the aids we
went to the creek.� The kids went exploring with my husband and I was
sitting enjoying the peace and quiet.� Then I noticed that I could no
longer hear the babbling creek.� But when one of the kids shouted hi
to me, the babbling sound of the creek came back.� It was really
driving me nuts.
> I do hate certain environmental sounds, but you actually learn to
tune those small things out like hearing people do.� The ticking
clock doesn't seem to bother me as much as it did when I first got my
aids.�
>
> Basically, the benefits of having a hearing aid definitely outweigh
the negative aspects.� Yes, you will still have difficulty in noisy
crowds, but many aids have noise reduction features or directional
microphones to help with this.� Also, there are many assistive
devices that help with this also.� Harris Communications has many of
these devices (things like the "Pocket Talker").� They can get
expensive, but if you need them frequently they are well worth the
cost.�
> I honestly miss the days when my hearing loss was only moderate.� I
now have a profound-severe loss in my right ear with no speech
recognition and a severe-moderate loss in my left ear.�
>
> Good luck with the decision.
>
> �
> Dodie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: think613 <think613@...>
> To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:02:39 PM
> Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Hearing aids vs sensitivity
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have a mild/moderate hearing loss, not that bad in general but
> there are situations where I really feel the loss and I'd invest in
> hearing aids if it could help. So I'm looking for advice from
people
> who have hearing aids and can tell me how much it helps or not.
>
> My problems are biggest in quiet, hushed conversations, or in dark
> places where I lack visual cues (think sleepovers, dim
restaurants) .
> At other times I think my hearing is close enough to normal that
aids
> probably wouldn't make such a big difference, but it would probably
> be worth wearing them anyway if I had them.
>
> The big issue is this: my ears are very sensitive. I am sensory-
> defensive in general (it's a subcategory of sensory integration
> disorder) and lots of noises annoy me. I'm afraid that even the
most
> sophisticated programmed aids would amplify things like ticking
> clocks, buzzing electricity, etc., and drive me crazy.
>
> Also, if it would amplify the background noises as well, will it
> really help me hear better or will it be more of a pain?
>
> Help! I don't know what to do! Is it worth pouring half of my
year's
> pay into this? (I work part-time while in college) One reason why
I'm
> considering this now is also because I hope to get married sometime
> soon and I'm afraid to enter an intimate relationship with this
> problem. I live at home now, and I sometimes have arguments with my
> parents (aging and probably also losing their hearing somewhat)
> because of misunderstandings, often because someone didn't hear
> correctly. Is this a normal part of life that one just needs to
> patiently deal with, or is it something that I should invest in
> hearing aids to correct?
>

#543

From: "Alea" <awamble@...>
Date: Wed May 14, 2008 9:00 pm
Subject: Still here too....

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Hi All!

I'm still here too, just incredibly busy---kids, work, band, and the
cycle repeats!

I'm home this week, though, with strict instructions from my doctor to
rest for a week.  I ended up in the hospital overnight last week with
pericarditis  (inflammation of the membrane around the heart,
basically) and it pretty much knocked me for a loop.  So work and band
are on hold for this week, and I'm still feeling pretty tired most of
the time so I'll be working my way very gradually back into things.
I'm on the mend, though, and taking advantage of the time to catch up
on some correspondence and read some books and things like that.  Oh,
and I'm sitting on my porch enjoying the fresh air and sunshine quite
a lot, too!

Hearing-wise, everything's more or less stable, I guess.  My hearing's
gotten a bit worse in my left ear, so I'm supposed to go to an
otologist this summer who (according to my ENT) has lots of experience
with otosclerosis.

Anyway, that's the news from here for now.  I enjoy reading the
updates from everyone and keep telling myself I need to post an update
myself, but I've been absolutely snowed under with work and other
stuff for the past year.  I suppose it's time for me to figure out a
way to slow down, huh?

Take care!
Alea

#542

From: Doreen Pettipas <dodiepettipas@...>
Date: Wed May 14, 2008 3:55 pm
Subject: Re: Hearing aids vs sensitivity

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I had a moderate-mild loss (my loss is reverse slope, meaning the greatest loss is in the lower tones) when I was in college. That is when I got my first hearing aid. I am also sensitive to certain sounds. My newest aids had a feature that I had to have turned off, it drove me nuts. Basically, if it didn't register any speech sounds or other loud sounds it would go into a sort of "sleep" mode. Then when sounds it thought were important came in it would build back up in volume. It was really annoying. The day after I got the aids we went to the creek. The kids went exploring with my husband and I was sitting enjoying the peace and quiet. Then I noticed that I could no longer hear the babbling creek. But when one of the kids shouted hi to me, the babbling sound of the creek came back. It was really driving me nuts.

I do hate certain environmental sounds, but you actually learn to tune those small things out like hearing people do. The ticking clock doesn't seem to bother me as much as it did when I first got my aids.

Basically, the benefits of having a hearing aid definitely outweigh the negative aspects. Yes, you will still have difficulty in noisy crowds, but many aids have noise reduction features or directional microphones to help with this. Also, there are many assistive devices that help with this also. Harris Communications has many of these devices (things like the "Pocket Talker"). They can get expensive, but if you need them frequently they are well worth the cost.

I honestly miss the days when my hearing loss was only moderate. I now have a profound-severe loss in my right ear with no speech recognition and a severe-moderate loss in my left ear.

Good luck with the decision.

Dodie

----- Original Message ----
From: think613 <think613@...>
To: deafnessandhearingloss@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:02:39 PM
Subject: [deafnessandhearingloss] Hearing aids vs sensitivity

Hi!

I have a mild/moderate hearing loss, not that bad in general but
there are situations where I really feel the loss and I'd invest in
hearing aids if it could help. So I'm looking for advice from people
who have hearing aids and can tell me how much it helps or not.

My problems are biggest in quiet, hushed conversations, or in dark
places where I lack visual cues (think sleepovers, dim restaurants) .
At other times I think my hearing is close enough to normal that aids
probably wouldn't make such a big difference, but it would probably
be worth wearing them anyway if I had them.

The big issue is this: my ears are very sensitive. I am sensory-
defensive in general (it's a subcategory of sensory integration
disorder) and lots of noises annoy me. I'm afraid that even the most
sophisticated programmed aids would amplify things like ticking
clocks, buzzing electricity, etc., and drive me crazy.

Also, if it would amplify the background noises as well, will it
really help me hear better or will it be more of a pain?

Help! I don't know what to do! Is it worth pouring half of my year's
pay into this? (I work part-time while in college) One reason why I'm
considering this now is also because I hope to get married sometime
soon and I'm afraid to enter an intimate relationship with this
problem. I live at home now, and I sometimes have arguments with my
parents (aging and probably also losing their hearing somewhat)
because of misunderstandings, often because someone didn't hear
correctly. Is this a normal part of life that one just needs to
patiently deal with, or is it something that I should invest in
hearing aids to correct?

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