Whoops, I've not been updating my blog as much as I'd like to. Blame my rather busy schedule!
Yesterday was wonderful, because I went to HICCUPS (Hearing Impaired Children Coming Up to Primary School) which is a group for hearing and visually impaired children aged 0 to 3. I spent most of the time with Angie's deaf daughter, Mary. I think we've formed a friendship with each other, because she was a lot more interactive with me than usual.
Mary did the cutest thing! We were playing with this toy which had a door on it. I closed the door, and Mary opened it. I closed it again and Mary opened it. We repeated this a few times and then I figured out how to catch her out! I closed the door and then opened it again...which made Mary close it! Bless her! :)
It began to rain about halfway through the HICCUPS session and Mary, being adventurous as ever, went outside. Mary had her raincoat on, but I didn't have time to pop back inside to get my jacket in case she ran off. Mary ran all the way from the back to the front of the building with me stomping behind her. She could hear me approaching and squealed each time I stood right behind her (with excitement, not fear!)
Later, back in the dry again, Mary went to the play kitchen and I turned on the 'taps'. Mary held her hands underneath and began to wash her hands and dress...if only real water was flowing!
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Friday 24 April 2009
Scandalous!
I came online especially to watch See Hear on BBC iPlayer, but it turns out there wasn't an episode broadcast this week. Scandalous if you ask me.
Instead of watching that, I'm listening to the animal sounds that I edited yesterday for my friend to use with her deaf daughter (who I may as well introduce as Angie and Mary). Most of the noises are downright awful. The donkey sounds like an asthma sufferer, the camel and the seal both seem to make rude noises! The whale is rather nice though...might have that on repeat soon! :)
I watched Wicked today- a programme for deaf people about deaf people by deaf people (does that make sense?) It featured a deaf wrestler and, without intending to be rude, I thought it was laughable! All the 'moves' were clearly fake and the wrestlers screwed up their faces in extreme pain although they were merely poked by their opponent.
I actually know one of the presenters of Wicked, however I regret to write that I've mislaid his e-mail address and it's unlikely I'll be in touch with him anytime soon. He lived in Cambridge, which isn't far from where I live and then he moved to Birmingham, which isn't far from where I'm going to Uni, but he currently lives in London. It'll be equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack at this rate! Who knows, we may bump into each other at some deaf event in the future.
Anyways...enough waffle! :)
Instead of watching that, I'm listening to the animal sounds that I edited yesterday for my friend to use with her deaf daughter (who I may as well introduce as Angie and Mary). Most of the noises are downright awful. The donkey sounds like an asthma sufferer, the camel and the seal both seem to make rude noises! The whale is rather nice though...might have that on repeat soon! :)
I watched Wicked today- a programme for deaf people about deaf people by deaf people (does that make sense?) It featured a deaf wrestler and, without intending to be rude, I thought it was laughable! All the 'moves' were clearly fake and the wrestlers screwed up their faces in extreme pain although they were merely poked by their opponent.
I actually know one of the presenters of Wicked, however I regret to write that I've mislaid his e-mail address and it's unlikely I'll be in touch with him anytime soon. He lived in Cambridge, which isn't far from where I live and then he moved to Birmingham, which isn't far from where I'm going to Uni, but he currently lives in London. It'll be equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack at this rate! Who knows, we may bump into each other at some deaf event in the future.
Anyways...enough waffle! :)
Thursday 23 April 2009
A brief introduction
Hello everybody! *waves*
For those who don't know me, I am Gavin Songer and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears. I wore hearing aids in both ears up to the age of 11, until the hearing levels in my right ear began to decrease. In October 2001, I had an operation to have a Cochlear Implant in my right ear. Since then I have continued living a relatively 'normal' life.
I thought I'd create a blog, because a friend of mine has done one about the progress of her young daughter, who is also deaf, and I thought it'd be a good idea to do one for myself, especially as I will be starting an independent life at University in September this year. It's all very exciting, but at the same time, incredibly frightening!
I'll try to update my blog regularly with relevant things about the life of a typical deaf young adult and I hope you'll find it interesting and will consider deaf people more carefully in the future!
Bye for now!
For those who don't know me, I am Gavin Songer and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears. I wore hearing aids in both ears up to the age of 11, until the hearing levels in my right ear began to decrease. In October 2001, I had an operation to have a Cochlear Implant in my right ear. Since then I have continued living a relatively 'normal' life.
I thought I'd create a blog, because a friend of mine has done one about the progress of her young daughter, who is also deaf, and I thought it'd be a good idea to do one for myself, especially as I will be starting an independent life at University in September this year. It's all very exciting, but at the same time, incredibly frightening!
I'll try to update my blog regularly with relevant things about the life of a typical deaf young adult and I hope you'll find it interesting and will consider deaf people more carefully in the future!
Bye for now!
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