An honest review from an unbiased customer… At 16 years old, Duane Zingale was the first child in the USA to have a post implanted in his scull to hold a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA). He has bilateral hearing loss, but back then insurance and the FDA only approved one hearing device, so at …
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In case you is wondering where I am, on my journey of finding myself. Now, instead of just doing what I’m told, or going along with, “you wouldn’t like that…” or “you should do this…” I am discovering my own thoughts, opinions, and preferences. Basically I’m thirty-sixteen years old… 😬 Recently, I was shopping for butterfly …
Normally I am at least a little stressed out getting my own car to go anywhere outside of my normal routine. But I just realized I spent the past week going tp 7 different car dealers, test-driving multiple cars, choosing random routes to drive, all while holding a conversation with the salesman (impressive multi-tasking) who …
As a homeschool graduate and entrepreneur, I am attracted to high quality, alternative education. After hearing about Acton and visiting one of the 200 campuses, our family moved to a different state join this community of like-minded families. At Acton, “Learning to Do” and “Learning to Be” are even more important than “Learning to Know.” …
WonderfullyMeBooks.com April 2018, I purchased A Beautiful Girl at a little local bookstore. Our girls loved the book! They enjoyed looking at pictures of cute little girls who each have different colors of hair, eyes, skin, as well as different personalities. My girls would say, “I am this girl!” and “you’re that girl,” and “this …
Several people asked if I plan to make and sell face masks. The answer is no, sorry. There are lots of mamas who have lost their jobs, and kids who are home from school, and they are stepping into entrepreneurship and launching their own businesses making and selling face masks. How cool is that? So …
Masks For All… including those who do not have ears… Read More »
I thought I’d share some of our favorite books about hearing aids, some which include facial abnormalities as well. And by “favorite” I mean, these are the books we own and have read. There are books not included in this list, simply because I haven’t discovered nor read them yet. I’m going to start with …
PipSqueak and I were sitting in the front row at church, because we like to watch the Sign Language interpreter and learn ASL. A young lady (probably early 20s), was sitting behind us and said to me, “your daughter is so cute.” Thank you! The lady continued, asking, “what is her name?” …and… “oh, that’s …
When did your child first notice that they are “different”? I have heard stories of that moment when a child asks about their own little ears or wonders, “why do I have a hearing aid?” I have been waiting to see if my own daughter will even needs to ask. Our family is unique in …
PipSqueak has Connective Hearing Loss, so wearing Big Sister’s “normal” headphones does not work very well. Usually she turns the volume up really loud, and can hear in her good ear. Or sometimes she wears her Pontos and the headphones. She ends up wearing the headphone crooked, with one in front of her ear and …
