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I wasn’t raised that voting is the patriotic thing to do, or my civic duty, or any of that crap. Instead my dad insisted that voting is important because there are bat-shit crazy people running f...

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I apologize if this entry feels disjointed and jumps around a bit. I had finished it and upon editing changed 80% of it. This entry is also rather lengthy. It covers closed captioning and why it...

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I haven’t really had much to write about over the past six months or so. Life has been exceedingly eventful–everything from having to move back home to breaking my foot–it’s just that none of it ...

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A little shy of two years after graduation I finally have a full-time job. It is retail, but there are benefits, and it is still within the book industry. I have made some friends there who I've...

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I know it's been quite a while, but a lot has happened; some good, some bad. I finally have a full time job with benefits, and even though I am back in retail it is within the book industry. I h...

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Today at work I was reading through some Yahoo! News, and found an article about the wonders of hearing loops and telecoils...old technology. It just made me think about how much people don't th...

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I think that only hearing aid wearers can truly understand the immense desire to rip off your own ears and stab yourself in the brain. The sensory overload that comes from the constant bombardme...

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Freshman welcome week, the bane of any university employee's existence is upon us. We have been flooded by undergrads, parents, and graduate students that look as though they either haven't slept...

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~Originally posted to OpenDiary on 7.18.13~ For the past week I have been wearing a badge at work, black with neon pink print, no one has noticed it. Big bold letters "Hearing aids being servic...

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~Originally posted to OpenDiary on 7.11,13~ Summer has finally arrived in earnest. It's hot, humid, and I spend a majority of my work day in a room with no air circulation, really. Seriously, no...

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~Originally posted at OpenDiary on 7.27.13~ With one hearing aid in the shop I feel like I have my right ear pressed against a wall of silence. This happens every year when the weather turns ni...

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~Originally posted at OpenDiary on 7.7.13~ Honestly, I'm really not sure. I went to the oral surgeon on Friday, and yes, they removed a part of my tongue for biopsy. It's been angry all weekend,...

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~Originally posted at OpenDiary on 5.27.13~ This is not an amusing #deafgirlproblem today. This is a rant. You be warned. I hate when I have to call any kind of customer service line, or call...

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~Originally posted at OpenDiary on 5.18.13~ Me: "I'm sorry, I'm more than half deaf in both ears, could you please repeat that?" Random Undergrad: "Oh my God, that's so cool! So you like, read ...

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~Originally posted 5.14.13 in Opendiary~ Spring is here! Skirts have been broken out of their closet confines, and window all over the neighborhood are open; TV is now a problem. I love havin...

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