“Hatha machine?” Is that a machine? Asked the janitor at work last week in broken Arabic and English. I paused at the last step leading down from the office and stared at him, my mind was elsewhere and suddenly it went blank. When he pointed at my CI, I suddenly understood. Smiling I replied in [...]
Tag Archives | awareness
Cultural Antipathy
My pleasant morning has been ruined while I was enjoying a fresh coffee brew out in the sunshine. I was idly skimming through Bazaar Magazine when I came across the following Q&A in the Mind Bubble page: Q. If a baby was born with a birth defect and he can’t hear clearly without a hearing [...]
Audism
I appreciate a person who asks the right unbiased questions when it comes to my hearing and is fully supportive without even being asked for it. The curiosity and the desire to know more; to even try and imagine being in my shoes is an act of true friendship. The comments, thoughts, humor and complete [...]
in·quis·i·tive
I suddenly heard a rush of air in my left hearing aid and the uncomfortable presence of someone too close behind me. And the disgusting breathing changed as a voice boomed, “What are those?” I turned in my stool to look at the stranger and put a hand to his chest to push him a [...]
My Silent World
Mom shook me awake this morning to start my first day of Eid. I had a massive headache and my only thought was – Coffee. After having my first cup of coffee in silence, I felt marginally human again. As I was changing into formal attire, mom walked in and asked if I could try [...]
To My Mother
Dear Mom, I know when you read this, you will have a hard time holding back your tears again. Earlier you just sat there staring at me and when you asked me if I can’t really hear a thing, I knew you were in denial and reality bit you pretty hard. I watched you cry, [...]
Kuwait Deaf Support Group
For starters, I have started this group on Facebook called: Kuwait Deaf Support Group (KDSG). With the aim to gather the deaf and hard of hearing in Kuwait, not to forget their families, friends and anyone else who is interested in participating in this initiative. Thanks to many people I know, they have encouraged me [...]
How Did It Happen?
I’ve been bombarded by questions on how and why I’m hard-of-hearing. People ask me, can you hear this or that? Some questions are curious, while others are quite inventive and ridiculous. I’ll try to answer a few in this post to appease almost everyone’s curiosity. Q: Were you born this way? Or something happened? A [...]
Deaf Geeks Where Are You?
I’ve done endless digging using various tools at my disposal querying for sites that contain information on Kuwaiti Sign Language and also deaf-related pages specific to Kuwait. I came across a few sites, now I don’t mean to sound mean or anything but the sites are in a terrible state. Unorganized, buried deep within the [...]
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Who Am I Hiding From?
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Do You Have An Accent?
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Speech Discrimination
- A Call for Help Gets Answered
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Man or Machine?
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Eman: Well , Rashed , u took me back to the very first f...
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Rebecca Seamon: I like to wear my hair up so people can see my CI....
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Rashed: This is the attitude people should adopt at an ear...
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Tina: I guess some people see deafness as something to h...
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