Questions

  I mentioned yesterday my trouble with concentrating to hear and getting sleepy.  I looked around on the Internet and found very little on the subject.  Earlier in the day I mentioned that to a friend who also has a hearing loss and wears aids, he could verify my story - had the same difficulty.
  Here is the one thing from the Internet:

."""...Yesterday I was very tired and it was a bad hearing day, I couldn’t really understand anyone in the office, I was constantly straining to hear and often asking people to repeat themselves. Last night I went to bed an hour earlier than I normally do and today I am far more awake and alert – .........my ears are still picking up the same sounds, hearing aids amplifying the same voices but my wide-awake brain is processing them better.....

My name is Steve Claridge. I've been wearing hearing aids for the best part of 30 years.

A few years ago I tried to search the web to find hearing aid info and was frustrated by the lack of it - what I did find was either marketing blurb or overly technical science."""

So...that's all I was able to find, disappointing is the word for that; if, that's a big if, any of you know a person who is partially deaf and wears a hearing aid, ask them if they experience the same problem, and please let me know.
  My photo "scheme" isn't working as planned, so that's it, see you all tomorrow.

There are...

...times, when we don't know,
wether we hear sounds that are high or low,
and certain words or phrases, just don't seem to mean a thing,
or maybe, for some, when our ears just hang and ring.

Whatever the cause, when you can't hear it's bad,
or is it him or her, we wonder, whose hearing can't be had;
what if it's not us, but other people who....
...are deaf; so they can't tell how to answer you!

A man feared his wife was not hearing as well as she used to, and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem.

The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. 'Here's what you do,' said the doctor. 'Stand about 40 feet away from her and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.'

That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den. He says to himself, 'I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what happens.' In a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?'

No response.

So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife, and repeats, 'Honey, what's for dinner?'

Still no response.

Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, 'Honey, What's for dinner?'

Again, no response.

So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. 'Honey, What's for dinner?'

Again, there is no response.

So he walks right up behind her. 'Honey, what's for dinner?'

'Earl, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!'

They're HEAR!

....excuse the (mis-spelling), and I'm a happy man,
they're in, they work, and that was the plan,
I notice the difference in how things sound,
will see how they work as I go around.

The trip down to Togus turned into a ride,
down to Damariscota, for the incoming tide;
a short visit there and back on the road,
headed for home, ears on overload.

Now that I should be able to hear,
all of the songs and things I hold dear,
that includes my loving wife too,
now she can really tell me, what to do.

Please don't forget to push that button too,
the one that should look purple to you,
those animals depend on your select push,
so please, go feed, get off your tush.

Meeting today should really be good,
now that I can hear everyone I should,
I'll be the greeter, and shake hands too,
I can happily say, This Chair is for You!

Enjoy

Hooray!...

...December second has arrived, just in time too;
hearing aids today, so I can hear you!
It's kind of exciting (can you tell?), but time will tell,
one my great hope is: that they work well.

I am guilty of sleeping in - again, what is to blame,
twelve fifteen this morning, I have no shame;
It doesn't matter to me at all, well, now that I'm up,
but it feels kind of funny, guess it's my good luck.

Did you remember?

What ever happened to pure blind luck?
Don't ask me because I'm a dumb cluck,
but I can remember reading a sign,
it said:  One Day at a Time!

Enjoy

Don't you...

...sometimes wonder about thing like....
...why does the noise in my ears, sometimes spike?
I've had so much noise, Monday afternoon, last night and this morning,
but since there is no cure, look to the cause for the warning.

I do know, that probably, it won't last too long,
OK, I really don't know, but I hope that I'm not wrong.
Walking yesterday was pure dy-no-mite!
It just seems that it all took place all right.

Today also holds promise of good stuff untold,
wait and see just how the good stuff will unfold;
there isn't any limit to do good stuff today,
nah! I wouldn't have it any other way.

Take good care of the critters, and they'll delight you,
it's always nice to remember your human neighbors too;
it's the spirit of the things that counts, in everything you do,
do good unto others, and they'll do good to you!

Just imagine....

...and you can hear,
some good news, some cheer;
just yesterday, if I can remember,
oh yeah, hearing aids in December.

It was really good news,
that I can use, if I choose;
hearing aids, brand spanking new,
now I'll be able to hear, even you!

I didn't go walking, or not very much,
my feet get so sore, even to touch.
I still am looking for kind of a cure,
if there is one at all, and I'm not sure.

Today is going to be Hollie day,
she will, as always, have plenty to say;
even though I don't understand every word,
sometimes I just make believe that I heard.

I am sure we'll have a good time,
we always enjoy spending, hers then mine.
It all doesn't matter, in the great scheme of things,
but into our lives, her love to she us brings.

Go push the big purple thing,
and why not give your good friend a ring,
and always remember, don't have a fit;
It Works, If You Work.......It!

Have a great day!