As I was waking up this morning, something came to mind that I haven’t thought of before: It was only a few years ago when I was able to wake up to clapping or banging noises. I realized that I will have to use this Sonic Bomb clock with its mini earthquake shaker to get [...]
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Activation Day
Last night, I thought that my cochlear implant surgery was one of the major life changing moments. How wrong I turned out to be. Despite keeping track of the days, counting down and the fanfare of finally reaching activation day…nothing in my entire life compared to the experience I have gone through. For most of [...]
Coffee Cup Thoughts – 4
I’ve just processed 3 groups of 8 trainees through an introduction in my e-learning center. Despite having my hearing aids at nearly max volume, I guess my speech therapist was right; I can’t figure out what’s being said without lip reading, unlike a few months ago. Waiting for word on my cochlear implant surgery is [...]
Bionic Countdown
I thought it’s a good idea to put up a sticky post here counting down the steps until the big day arrives. I can’t even begin to describe how much I’m looking forward for this operation. A few careful tests have to be done first and here they are: Sept. 19th, 2011 Pure-Tone Testing – [...]
Declaration of War
The following is a press statement I intend to publish in Kuwait’s Arabic newspapers by next week. Feel free to let me know what your opinion is! The community of persons with disabilities is a community with a significant and active role in any society in the world. And developed countries have taken bold, [...]
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 [...]
Lips-O-Matic
It couldn’t get any worse: 1- Customs are off because of the holiday & I won’t be able to pick up my new hearing aids until probably Wednesday at the latest. 2- I wore my old hearing aids as soon as I woke up today…no sound from the left one. I tapped it gently, still [...]
Imperfect Marriage
A friend of mine whom I’ve known ever since I was a 5th grader asked me quite a good question earlier. While encouraging me to keep a positive outlook on life, he asked me about marriage. And if I’ve noticed that many deaf people are marrying each other. While less and less deaf people are [...]
Doorbells vs Yelling
Mom almost tore her throat out in frustration when she yelled at me to get the door. I was sitting in my room without my HA’s on and deeply concentrating on a paper I’m typing out. When she finally got my attention all she did was scrunch up her face in a funny way and [...]
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 [...]
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