Hear Less To Learn More Sue and I were talking the other day about hearing partners understanding deafness – nothing deep and meaningful, just what’s helped me understand the requirements of someone who’s become deaf. We both chose Hearing Link’s deaf experience. I’m revisiting this subject after a discussing the same topic with Dick Hill – I’ve also previously mentioned […]
Diary of a Fool Inspector Morse & Colin Dexter’s story I’ve never been fortunate enough to watch more than 15 minutes of a Morse episode on TV or read the books. I know how stupid it is to comment on anything without having all the facts. ………………………………………… Sunday June 30 2013. Dear Diary, I heard about half an hour […]
More fiddling than I can manage Hearing loss and door entry phones Hello, Who’s There? Push button – BUZZZZ. Voice – “Hello”. Me – “I’ve got an appointment for 1.” Voice – “Sorry, couldn’t hear, that bus drowned you out.” Me – “Pardon, I couldn’t hear because of that bus stopped out here.” Voice – “Couldn’t hear,” “That’s right.” “What?” “Yes, […]
And About Bloody Time Ofcom propose to improve the standard of subtitling. Good, but what took them so long? My last comment on subs was how they had improved. I typed too soon. Over the past three weeks the standard has been abysmal, achieving new lows. I’m certain those involved with putting words on screens for deaf viewers have […]
Laughter at the End of the Tunnel Tony takes inspiration from Dame Evelyn Glennie TV gets away with it all the time, so why shouldn’t I? I’m going to repeat a subject – Dame Evelyn Glennie. But this time I want to focus on the hope she brings to us, the hearing partners. Last week Dame E was on the radio, not […]
Intruders Upstairs? How do people with hearing loss hear possible intruders? Sunday night, 9.40pm, Sue and I got in after a long and busy day, our plans were – bath, eat, stare at TV for a while and then sleep. While Sue had a bath I wandered round the house drawing curtains etc – which meant I […]
Agony, agony and No Help from Sue The value of mobile phones when the hearing partner can’t move Finally, I’ve got something negative I can say about how Sue’s deafness has affected my life. My lower back has given me problems for decades, occasionally, randomly and without any obvious cause, it goes into spasm and locks up. Sue’s always been helpful and, […]
