Say What Club Convention – Day Five

This is the last in my series on conventions I attended this summer. Over this past summer I’ve come to realize how much I crave real-life interaction with other people with hearing loss. I hope to become more involved with the local HH/deaf activities in my area, as my work schedule allows. I want to [...]

City of Brotherly Love and Saying What

I didn’t realize until Sunday night that I was flying out in less than 24 hours. The plan had been to fly from Seattle to Philly together with Lorne Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. Eric was going to drive us, and Lorne planned to leave his car at our house. We bought our tickets on-line at [...]

IFHOH Final Day — Inspiration

IFHOH Day Four
Day four started out like the other days– a long drive to the Wall Center, followed by coffee at Starbucks and attendance at workshops. Unlike the other days, I felt a little bit more harried than usual because I had to pack my bags early in the morning and take them with me [...]

IFHOH Day Three, Part II

Day three– part II
The first workshop we attended Friday was called Accessibility Awareness Collaboration and Hard-of-Hearing People given by Sami Virtanen from the Finnish Federation of Hard-of-Hearing People. Like the the real-time text workshop, I found it exceedingly difficult to pay attention. Tired of reading CART, and feeling full from the large lunch I nearly [...]

Friends With Hearing Loss

There’s nothing like getting together with others who understand your hearing issues. I’m so excited! I just made my reservation for the Say What Club convention in Philadelphia this summer, and I’m going to be rooming with Robyn, The Ambling Rambler from New Zealand!!
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Say What [...]