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Author Index

A

Allen, Barbara J
Trauma: Living with Diabetes

Antonelli, Patrick J, M.D.
Cochlear implants and immunization -- Rebuttal

Arleth, Michael Joseph
What brings me to the keyboard today?

Ashford, Dawn
Cherry Coconut Bars (recipe)
Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes (recipe)

Ashley, Mark
Tinnitus and some thoughts

B

Bäcklund, Åsa
Journey into silence (Part one)
Journey into silence (Part two)
Journey into silence (Part three)
Poem
Åsa's introduction of herself to the SWC
Åsa's post on housecleaning
Åsa's post on Sweden's social security system
Åsa's post on education havoc and taxes
Åsa's post on her trip to Egypt
Åsa's post on parental leave in Sweden

Baker, Karen Dawn
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss

Bauman, Neil
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED)
Becoming friends with your new hearing aids
Captioned Entertainment -- Here's the scoop!
Cell phones for hard-of-hearing people - here's the CHAAMPion!
Denial
Equating decibels to percentages
Finding Hearing aid compatible cell phones
Finding the right doctor for your ears
Hair cell regeneration -- looking beyond the hype
Hearing in noise
help! I've memorized the word list!-- Understanding hearing loss speech testing
Hospital Communication kits -- Boon for hard of hearing patients
How does wearing hearing aids make you hear better?
How much are you worth as a HOH person?
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)
Lipreading/Speechreading
Loop Systems
Never say quit (poem)
practical tips
Prescription drugs
Protect your balance system - or else ..
Recruitment
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency or just a cold?
Sudden hearing losses
Tinnitus
Tinnitus - what's that?
Two hearing aids or one?
Using T-Coils to couple your hearing aids to various audio devices
Visor cards--Helping to bridge the communications gap when stopped by the police
What I wish audiologists understood

Bavido, Barb
Coming out of the closet
Remembering Joanie
SWC Online Voices -- new editor
So, you want to reinvent yourself? (poem)
Voice of the editor

Bergen, Michael
Ask the audiologist
Ask the audiologist
Ask the audiologist
Can an ear that can barely hear a sound benefit from a hearing aid?

Bieniek, Dorene (Bean)
Sights to see (October 1999)
Sights to see (December 1999)

Binns, Linda
Notes from the Black-hand side

Black, Dorothy
Bloodletting and miraculous cures (book review)
First-time Con adventures
Just as I am: Autobiography of Billy Graham (book review)
My sister's keeper (book review)
Nighttime is my time (book review)
Reluctant Genius - the passionate life and inventive mind of Alexander Graham Bell (book review)
SayWhat Culb conference at Las Vegas, May 9-12, 2007
SWC Florida Convention 2005
Thoughts and excursions

Bornert, Michele J
Isolation

Brosman, Floyd Wesley
Buying hearing aids
Telecoils and the magnetic loop

Brown, Corinne
What is it like to be hard of hearing?

Burns, Katherine
Coming to Chicago

C

Carter, Robyn
DVD players and movies in New Zealand
Frustrations (poem)
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
Music to my bionic ear

Castor, Marti
Remembering Joanie

Cave, Nancy
The waterfall
Service dog battle
Service dog battle - Part 2

Chard, Everett
Ev meets Sue in Chicago
SWCForum Poppees

Christensen, Jan
Assistive Listening Devices -- Use them or lose them
How some families deal with hearing loss
New beginnings with new hearing aids
SWC Florida convention update
The SWC Con in Florida -- welcome party
The SWC Con in Florida -- day one
The SWC Con in Florida -- day two
The SWC Con in Florida -- day three
The SWC Con in Florida -- last day

Cirrito, Dawn
The heart and soul behind the Treo
The heart and soul behind the Treo (in CAPS)

Clark, Michelle
A day in the life of a HOH person (abbreviated version) (poem)

Cohen, Sharon
Remembering Joanie

Cotter, Leslie
Deaf-HOH celebrities
An FM success story

Craig, Melissa
What's so great about being at a Say What Club Con?

D

Dawe, Brenda
Remembering Joanie
Veggie Students

DeVita, Gina
Bloopers

Dessert, Mark
Remembering one tough cookie
What is an ABI?

Dickinson, Curtis
A general review of assistive listening systems
Alerting devices
The benefits of self-programming and why the FDA ought to allow it--statistics and fallacies
Comply snap tips - your disposable earmold
The Conversor - A personal FM system (especially for telecoil lovers)
Disposable hearing aids, One-stop hearing aid fitting
Doorbell signallers
HATIS
Hearing aid condoms
Hearing aid resource
On hearing appliances and our advocates
Remembering Joanie
Self-programming of hearing aids
6 questions to ask your audiologist
Storm weather alerts
Twenty reasons why your hearing aids ought to never be without telecoils
Using direct audio input (Bluetooth) to connect hearing aids to cellular phones?
Vibration or flashing or strobe alert? Which works best?

Diedrichsen, RIch
A Midsummer's Dream
CI implant story
How to improve your listening

Dougherty, Pat
So you have a handicapped child

Dube, Mary Ellen
A valentine gift (poem)
Leaves of joy (poem)
March (poem)
The sounds of silence (poem)

E

Elkins, Bob
The hemlock cure
Remembering Joanie
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
Voice of the Editor
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when:

Elkins, Ling
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Emerick, Diane
Eulogy (for her sister, Joan Emerick)
Joan's life

Emerick, Joan
Holiday recipes

Enfield, Sandi
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Mushroom/veggie soup

F

Fanuel, Diana
Bloopers

Farley, Cynthia Ann
A new lease on life

Farrow, Rick
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
Remembering Joanie
What does it mean to be a late-deafened adult in Australia?

Feder, Pearl
ADA Challenges
Challenges (editorial)
Challenges (editorial in caps)
East Meets West (editorial)
Interview with Ross Runkel
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Potato Latkes
The ten things hearing people say or do that upset hearing impaired people
Times, They are a Changing (editorial)
Would've, Could've, Should've...New Year Resolutions

Ferguson, Gary
The hearing aid man

Finneran, Erica
Åsa Bäcklund's sister announces her passing

Foreman, Debbie
SWC Con in Chicago

G

German, Lenora
SWC -- what is it anyway?

Glenn, Claudia
SWC Con in CHicago

Gonyea, Sherri
Christmas scenes (poem)
Christmas thoughts

Gossett, Suzanne
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Remembering Joanie

Graves, Stefanie
SWC Con in Chicago

Grohman, Andrea
Hearing loss anecdotes
205 SWC Con - Sient auction

H

Hain, Timothy C., Dr.
Interview on balance disorders

Hale, Nancy
Joan Emerick - An inspiration to us all

Hanlon, Carolina
A place to fall (poem)
I believe in you! (poem)
Memories (poem)
Sounds of silence (poem)

Hanna, Ward
A call for action

Hayes, Susan
A child who cannot hear.. (poem)
Deaf child's silent pleas to a hearing world (poem)
I did it!
The silence now ... (poem)
SWC Con in Chicago
What the SWC means to me

Heaney, Sheila
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss

Heaston, Cindy
I am going to change

Herring, Richard
A word on hearing loss: What's in a label?

Hilden, Cathy
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
How I have changed
How I hear (poem)
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
My cochlear implant evaluation
Remembering Joanie
SayWhatClub Convention
SayWhatClub Convention
SWC 2004 Minnesota Convention

Hitchen, Sheila
Nearing the infinite: Listening to the soundtrack of my life
September 11, 2001

Holman, BJ
Climb every mountain
My 100 percent

I

Innerst, Sally Bloodworth (Zsal)
The udder disaster

J

Jackson, Patricia
Change

Janes, Malisa Rh.D.
CART
Deaf Relay
Little work needed: Important results benefit all
Vocational Rehabilitation
What kind of bird are you?

Johnston, Kate
Changes
Changes
Of conventions and hurricands
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
Rear window captioning
Remembering Joanie
SWC Conventions - Seattle
SWC Online Voices
SWC Seattle convention
Voice of the editor
Where do we go from here?

Jones, Debbie
The Beatles
My miracle story
The birth of my #1 red cap

Jones, Ginger
Community Help for the Hard of Hearing

K

Karels, Gene
Telecoils in hearing aids: A personal journey in their use

Keeping, Mike
WWII tales

Kirk, Karen
Changes
New beginnings

Knight, Linda Carol
Brittney, the light of my life
Who can help us help ourselves?

Kohn, Doris
My CI

Kotzé, Wia
The Quail Trail
The Quail Trail - Installment Two
The Quail Trail - Installment Three
The Quail Trail - Installment Four
The Quail Trail - Installment Five

Kreizl, Lynn
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned not to joke about being deaf without my CI

L

Lampert, Don
Remembering Joanie

Lanier, Dawn
Remembering Joanie

Lauderdale, Lisa
Remembering Joanie

Ledbetter, Rick
Digital aids

Leigh, Ben
Emergency call to a shrink for me
Harry Potter book four
My trip to the United States
What would make the SayWhatClub even better

Leon, Julie
Hearing Loss (poem)

Lineberger, Betty
Sounds, Noises, Voices, Words

Linna, Jaana
Remembering Joanie

Lis, Olga
To implant or not to implant

Littleton, Larry
The blessings of hearing loss
Hookup!
Remembering Joanie
Questions about CIs and looking back...

Lovley, Shawn
A priceless gift

M

Macdonald, Michael
HOH country

Macias, Sandra
SWC -- what is it anyway?

Mattox-Baker, Martha
Being prepared
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2003
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2004
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2005
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
Holiday time in SayWhat Village 2006
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
The mountains of our lives
Remembering Joanie
Someone that made a difference: Seymour I. Misonznick
SWC chats
Thank you!
Travel toward understanding (poem)
SWC Con in Chicago
Video Relay Services Trial

Mayfield, James. G
Off we go into the wild blue yonder!

McElhaney, Paula
Remembering Joanie

McGeoghegan, Neal
The outreach committee

Mead, Rhoda
Police

Meretighan, Aljaiye
Deafness in Nigeria

Miller, Phyllis
For what it's worth
Holidays without family members

Mitchell, Ronald
Crowd control
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Moosa, Zohra
Sea Sound (poem)

Morgan, Elsie
Another view of immigration and racism, from one who's been there
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Mukherji, Gopal
Deaf living, India Style

N

Neuhaus, Eve
A visit to the audiologist
Follies and foibles
On really, really, really annoying noises
Strange mistakes

Nichols, Jack
Viva Las Vegas

Nolden, Arthur
My first SWC Con 2005

O

Oberg, Scott
Great butterfly in the sky (poem)
Why are signal devices better than hearing dogs?

Oftebro, Dale
SWC Con Chicago

Osmond, Justin
The Starkey Hearing Foundation

O'Leary, Bonnie
Remembering Joanie

P

Penman, Donna
Memories of the SWC 2004 Convention in Minnesota
SWC Convention -- Philadelphia, PA

Perron, Nancy
And the traveling is easy living!!
How I have changed
The year for a miracle!
To those having surgery of any kind

Piel, Shirley
Assistive devices and communication tools
A wild woman
Emergency call to a shrink for me

Pike, Irene
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Pilot, Peggy
The blessings of hearing loss

Piper, Carolyn
A fine and private place
The art of life, or ...
Barefoot in the Himalayas
Book reviews
Book reviews
Book reviews
Catching up
Don't call me hearing impaired!
Expecting Adam
Forgive for good; A prescription for health and happiness
A hodgepodge of "Don't Miss" titles
Holiday book suggestions (December 1999)
Holiday book suggestions (December 2000)
How To Want What You Have; Discovering the Magic and grandeur of Ordinary Existence
I've lost my what?? A practical guide to life after deafness
Lightening up at the reading trough
Lost between covers
On Harry Potter in general
The Lovely Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax (multiple reviews)
Stuttering: A life bound up in words
The SWC and me: Notes from a graduate
Winning sounds like this: A season with the women's basketball team at Gallaudet, the world's only deaf univeristy

Portis, Denise
Pros and cons of sign language
The self-check out

Preston, Chris
MCI IP-Relay

Procida, Elaine
Happenstance or predestination?
incompatibility
The magic playground (poem)
Meeting life's challenges
New beginnings in the mature years (poem)
(Not) Carved in stone
The power of love and special people
Thankful (poem)
What would make the SayWhatClub even better
Where are you? (poem)

R

Raines, Hal
Fiesta Chicken

Ramblin
Thankful -- Ramblin

Ransom, Jennifer
One morning when I was seven

Redden, Linda
Living life with a cochlear implant

Roest, Annie
Remembering Joanie

Rosenthal, Paula
5 Tips for assessing the need for new hearing aids

Rulason, Barb
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss

Russell, Gladys

Bloopers
Fiction and fact about buying a hearing aid
Why are hearing dogs better than signal devices?
My not so selective hearing
Taffy Apple Pie
Unexpected benefits of wearing a badge
You are my hero!

S

Sadler, Karen
About the brainstem
Cochlear implants and immunization [A message and warning to our healthn]
Deafness (poem)
Neurofibromatosis, Understanding

Savastino, Louis
My, my, my way (poem)

Schindler-Ehrens, Margot
For Joanie-

Schlau, Jane
Breaking out of my cocoon - or am I finding peace here?
How to keep the communication going
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Schleffler-Plath, Edeltraut (Eddy)
A neighbor (poem)
A neighbor (poem)
A very good friend you are (poem)
New beginnings with new hearing aids (poem)
Another day (poem)
At Christmas! (poem)
Closing the gap with poetry (poem)
Closing the gap with poetry (poem)
Conversation at a dance (poem)
Dignity (poem)
Expresso coffee (poem)
Finding the right answer (poem)
Five senses? Not anymore! (poem)
Give me a rainbow (poem)
Good -- God (poem)
Introverts
Let me sing, let me sing, let me sing (poem)
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
My loved ones (poem)
Only one hug
Pen and paper (poem)
Remembering Joanie (poem)
The Say What Club
To a grieving friend (poem)
Walk in my shoes (poem)
The white bedsheet

Schneider, Paul
From denial to acceptance -- Hearing loss, the human condition and grief

Schmidt, Shanara
Kudos Kalama

Schuhmann, Patsi
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Remembering Joanie
South Africa

Seymour, Christine
Enjoying the holidays with hearing loss
Remembering Joanie

Smith, Lorne
Canada, land of equal access
What qualities should one look for in an audiologist?

Smith, Sue
Deafness is not the end of the world
In memoriam: Jane Miyamoto --4/10/1932 to 8/20/2002

Spaide, Carl
Cinematek

Sprague, Alan
Chance encounters
Happy Birthday, SWC!
SWC Annual Report 2001
SWC structure
Updated SWC mission statement

Stalnaker, Ann
Remembering Joanie
SWC hospitality committee

Starkweather, Helen
Perilous trek through noise and chaos

Steele, Shari
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund

Stewart, Peggy
The worst trip home

Stock, Linda
Hearing loss anecdotes
Joan Emerick - An inspiration to us all
SWC-Con Phobia? Not me!

Stones, Tim
Three Poems

Sudo, Mitsuo
Remembering Joanie

SWC Friends list
Other sides of hearing loss

SWC World list
How has the SWC changed your life?

T

Tambe, Sudheer
HOH scene in India

Thrasher, Theresa
SWC Online Voices survey
Those who made a difference in our lives

Thomas, Sharlene
Remembering Joanie

Tyagi, Kevin
Hard luck all the way for a hard of hearing person
Incredible India!

U

Umlauf, Sandy
Remembering Joanie

V

Veen, Arthur
Do they know it's Christmas?
How to get screwed by your ENT [the BAHA]

W

Ward, Dawn
Memories of Christmas (poem)

Ward, Kim
Friendly skies? Not always!

Whitcomb, Bet
Lessons taught and learned
When I grow up

Wick, Linda
The adventures of being hearing impaired in the workplace

Williams, LinnieSue
A week of firsts!
Hearing aids and Dr. Seuss
Putting life into perspective

Williams, Ronnie
Hearing loss advocate spotlight: Linda Stock (interview)
An uncomfortable hearing loss experience

Willner, Lillian
Traveling with a CI

Wilson, Maurice
Maurice's CI story
Maurice's rum cake (recipe)
Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Travels with Maurice

Windy (Barbara)
Notes from a "Hearie"

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