It took me two years before I’d let this much of myself show. My bottle blonde hair and palette of cosmetics usually help me blend in with the other moms who drive their children to sporting events on a warm summer afternoon. I turn the wheel, hoping to avoid the stark reflection that stares back … Continue reading
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Is It Safe to Lip Read Your Kids While Driving?
I have a horrible confession to make. While speeding down the highway at lightning speed, I converse with my three kiddos…by watching their lips through the rearview mirror. My oldest son sits up front and has a deep tone to his voice that is easy for my ears … Continue reading
Could You Repeat That? An Intimate Look at Auditory Dyslexia
By Debra L. Butterfield / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Marezie dotesan dozey dotesan liddle lamzie divy. When you first learn a new language it looks and sounds like the above gobbledygook. But stop and imagine for a moment that you aren’t learning a new language. That what your friend is saying to you she is saying … Continue reading
Help! I’ve Got Swimmer’s Ear and Can’t Hear Well
Yesterday, after months of teaching my young daughter how to “doggy paddle,” she finally swam the pool’s deep end. Alone. Not long after this momentous occasion, one of my other children (who will remain nameless) splashed water into my right ear. Hours later, that ear still hurts. Hearing aids are useless when I have swimmer’s … Continue reading
What I Learned from a (Deaf) Girl Scout
If I could go back in time, it would be 1912. I would meet the woman founder of an organization that taught me how to love nature as an 8-year-old girl growing up in rural Oklahoma. Recently, I learned how to embrace my life with hearing loss because of her. The founder of the Girl … Continue reading
How I Overcame My Hearing Loss Fears
My hearing loss progressed after I quit working to become a stay-at-home mom. It really scared the heck out of me that one day I would probably re-enter the workforce. How would I be able to hear my employer, fellow employees, clients, and even the office phone when it rings? It stressed me out to … Continue reading
7 Tips for Surviving Allergies and Colds with a Hearing Loss
One of the most difficult times of year for Lipreading Mom is when the weather turns from cold to warm and vice versa. Not just because it can be humid and windy where I live, but because I am more susceptible to getting head colds, allergy congestion, and sinus infections. While I type, my right … Continue reading
Usher’s Syndrome, Hearing/Vision Loss, and Humor
By Amy Bovaird / LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger “I have Usher’s Syndrome?” There! I finally knew what I was up against. I’d suspected hearing loss for awhile now but wasn’t in the United States long enough to follow it up. I was too busy having adventures as a globetrotting English teacher. Or should I say “globe-tripping” … Continue reading
Help! I Hate the Sound of My Voice with Hearing Loss
Voice occlusion is the perception of one’s voice when wearing hearing aids. Sometimes the voice sounds too loud, muffled, or like an echo. While rare, one of my blog readers shared about her struggles with voice occlusion even when not wearing her hearing aids. Can you relate? Can you help her? Dear Lipreading Mom, Can … Continue reading
Meet Harry, the Cat Who Rescued Me
By Mary Smith LipreadingMom.com Guest Blogger Harry is my three and a half year old Maine Coon rescue cat. She saved me as much if not more than I saved her. I got Harry as a tiny 6 week old kitten. An inquisitive, fun loving daredevil ball of fluff. Harry was named because I was … Continue reading
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