tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post330817976418516338..comments2024-03-28T13:30:13.176-07:00Comments on MyLifeSoFar: Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-76122433803606432872021-11-20T14:22:17.611-08:002021-11-20T14:22:17.611-08:00My job is 100% based on my ability to talk. If I l...My job is 100% based on my ability to talk. If I lose my voice, I'm down for the count.<br /><br />Hope you heal up quickly!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-27241495074748682572021-11-16T08:31:29.705-08:002021-11-16T08:31:29.705-08:00Think of you often and send wishes for energy and ...Think of you often and send wishes for energy and peace. Now for feeling better too.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895379382598203558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-14843283472358373052021-11-16T04:15:56.630-08:002021-11-16T04:15:56.630-08:00Oh poor you. I don't think we realize how much...Oh poor you. I don't think we realize how much we take our faculties for granted until we lose one of them, do we. I know at my large supermarket in Annecy they have quite a few deaf cashiers and they wear a badge stating that they are deaf and would you please look at them when talking. Works for me, but you're right, it must be quite isolating too! Hope you feel better soon!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-33916765370684818432021-11-15T05:47:54.427-08:002021-11-15T05:47:54.427-08:00We humans are the talking animals, aren't we?We humans are the talking animals, aren't we? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-33433064027883227742021-11-14T16:52:16.197-08:002021-11-14T16:52:16.197-08:00I hate the sinus infections! All of my colds head...I hate the sinus infections! All of my colds head directly to my sinuses and ears, they're like heat seeking missiles. Hope you're recovered. Not being able to speak in your job must have been a trial.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-91142513891741548792021-11-14T13:31:45.943-08:002021-11-14T13:31:45.943-08:00Thank you for visiting my blog; I hope you will re...Thank you for visiting my blog; I hope you will return. <br />We don't think of speech as a 'sense' in its own right - but I have always felt it to be at least one half of what I guess we call 'sound' - for to hear without the ability to respond in kind must be, as you discovered, so limiting.<br />For all that, there are one two people I know who I rather wish would shut the *** up!<br />On a related note, here in the UK there is a popular dance programme on TV (we call it Strictly Come Dancing I think the US version is Dancing with the Stars) and currently there is young actress participating who is entirely deaf. She is brilliant - I do so hope she wins.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-10064733622396369412021-11-14T09:18:03.479-08:002021-11-14T09:18:03.479-08:00I've hard people have different personalities ...I've hard people have different personalities in different languages. I imagine speech and no speech might be definitive of how people share themselves, too. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-47768798574927279812021-11-14T08:18:14.434-08:002021-11-14T08:18:14.434-08:00It does take a lot of extra effort to communicate ...It does take a lot of extra effort to communicate with no speech -- or in an environment where you don't speak the language, which I imagine is similar. (Though at least there you can use sounds.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-3520329256451107132021-11-14T07:52:24.900-08:002021-11-14T07:52:24.900-08:00I have a heck of a time understanding the meaning ...I have a heck of a time understanding the meaning behind gestures a couple of the deaf/mute residents of Emil's group home use, but love it that they want to communicate as much as they do -- they make one feel welcome and important each time one stops in -- and that they make the effort. Scott is way better at grasping what they're saying. I was better at comprehending the words spoken by a lady for whom English is a second language than Scott was, though, which was surprising. I guess I have a better ear for what's spoken, while he is more observant of gestures. Apparently we have very different communication styles, which could be -- hmm -- another reason we hear things quite differently than intended, sometimes, when talking to each other.<br />Emil can talk, and does -- a mile a minute. He started quite early in his life. The past couple years he talks so fast that his words run together and it's hard to understand him. Don't even get me started on the repetitiveness of his sentences. For gawd's sake never interrupt with a question for he will start over again at the very beginning of his story. <br />Your wondering about Katie being lonely echoes a thought that came into my head last night as Emil went to bed in the room at the other end of the hallway, while Scott and I held hands in our king-size bed before falling asleep. I wondered if Emil felt lonely, going to bed alone -- ever, last night, and probably for the rest of his life. It made me sad, although he has no way of knowing different, really, except for when he was a child and he and his brother sometimes shared a bed.<br />The experiences our children will never know -- the realization of that is something that doesn't hit me often, but when it does, it hits hard. As you will know. -Kate<br /> Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-43749982551988175402021-11-13T22:48:57.979-08:002021-11-13T22:48:57.979-08:00Something good came out of your lost voice episode...Something good came out of your lost voice episode - a better understanding of what it is like to be Katie. Sounds like you'll be ready to jabber away as normal in the week ahead.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333912009540131399.post-66492095243050933862021-11-13T20:14:11.099-08:002021-11-13T20:14:11.099-08:00It is sobering to realize how much we depend on ta...It is sobering to realize how much we depend on talking and on our ability to be understood. It would feel incredibly powerless to be hampered in that. It sounds like Katie advocates for herself and has found ways to make herself heard. But how exhausting and frustrating that must be for her, as you discovered. (and I have too when I've lost my voice)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.com