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Subject-Title Index

A

Acceptance
From denial to acceptance -- Hearing loss, the human condition and grief
Hard luck all the way for a hard of hearing person
Unreasonable... (essay)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when:
You know you hve more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 1 of 6)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 2 of 6)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 3 of 6)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 4 of 6)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 5 of 6)
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when: (responses: page 6 of 6)

Accommodations
Ask the audiologist
Canada, land of equal access
Times, They are a Changing (editorial)

Acoustics
Ask the audiologist

Advocacy
Alerting devices
Hearing loss advocate spotlight: Linda Stock (interview)
Little work needed: Important results benefit all
To those having surgery of any kind
What kind of bird are you?

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA Challenges

American Sign Language
Veggie Students

Åsa Bäcklund memorial
In Memory of Åsa Bäcklund
Åsa's introduction to the SWC
Åsa's sister announces her passing
SWC members remember Åsa
Photo page
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

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)
The Conversor - A personal FM system (especially for telecoil lovers)
An FM success story
HATIS
Hearing in noise
Meeting life's challenges
Assistive devices and communication tools
Assistive Listening Devices -- Use them or lose them
Cell phones for hard-of-hearing people - here's the CHAAMPion!
Finding Hearing aid compatible cell phones
A general review of assistive listening systems
Loop systems
Storm weather alerts
Using direct audio input (Bluetooth) to connect hearing aids to cellular phones?
Using T-Coils to couple your hearing aids to various audio devices
Vibration or flashing or strobe alert? Which works best?

Audiograms/Audiology

Ask the audiologist

Ask the audiologist
Equating decibels to percentages
help! I've memorized the word list!-- Understanding hearing loss speech testing
New beginnings with new hearing aids
What qualities should one look for in an audiologist?

Auditory Brainstem Implant

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED)

B

Balance
Interview on balance disorders
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)
Protect your balance system - or else ..

Biography
The silent voyager

Bone Anchored Hearing aids (BAHA)
Ask the audiologist
How to get screwed by your ENT [the BAHA]

Book reviews
A fine and private place
A hodgepodge of "Don't Miss" titles
A new lease on life
Bloodletting and miraculous cures
Expecting Adam
Forgive for good; A prescription for health and happiness
Harry Potter book four
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
Just as I am: Autobiography of Billy Graham
My sister's keeper
Nighttime is my time
On Harry Potter in general
The Lovely Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
Reluctant Genius - the passionate life and inventive mind of Alexander Graham Bell (book review)
Stuttering: A life bound up in words
Winning sounds like this: A season with the women's basketball team at Gallaudet, the world's only deaf univeristy

Book reviews (Multiple)
The art of life, or ...
Book reviews
Book reviews
Book reviews
Catching up
Holiday book suggestions (December 1999)
Holiday book suggestions (December 2000)
Lightening up at the reading trough
Lost between covers
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax

C

Canada
Canada, land of equal access

Captioning
Captioned Entertainment -- Here's the scoop!
CART
Rear window captioning

CART
Ask the audiologist
CART

Causes of hearing loss
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED)
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)
Neurofibromatosis, Understanding

Cell phones
Cell phones for hard-of-hearing people - here's the CHAAMPion!
Finding Hearing aid compatible cell phones

Challenge(s)
Challenges (editorial)
Challenges (editorial in caps)
The heart and soul behind the Treo
The heart and soul behind the Treo (in CAPS)
Trauma: Living with Diabetes

Change(s)
Change
Changes
Changes
Changes

Cochlear Implants
And the traveling is easy living!!
A new lease on life
The Beatles
CI implant story
Cochlear implants and immunization [A message and warning to our healthn]
Cochlear implants and immunization -- Rebuttal
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned not to joke about being deaf without my CI
Hearing loss anecdotes -- Andrea Grohman
Hearing loss anecdotes -- Linda Stock
Hookup!
Music to my bionic ear
My CI
My cochlear Implant evaluation
Living life with a cochlear implant
Maurice's CI story
My miracle story
Questions about CIs and looking back...
The year for a miracle!
To implant or not to implant
To those having surgery of any kind
Traveling with a CI
The waterfall
Who can help us help ourselves?

Convention- Chicago
Coming to Chicago
Ev meets Sue in Chicago
First-time Con adventures
I am going to change
The worst trip home
Untitled
Untitled
What's so great about being at a Say What Club Con?
Where do we go from here?

Convention- Florida
My first SWC Con 2005
Of conventions and hurricands
SWC-Con Phobia? Not me!
SWC Florida convention update
SWC Florida Convention 2005
205 SWC Con - Sient auction
The birth of my #1 red cap
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

Convention, Las Vegas
Come to Fabulous Las Vegas!
SayWhat Culb conference at Las Vegas, May 9-12, 2007
SWC Las Vegas Convention News
Viva Las Vegas

Convention- Minnesota
Memories of the SWC 2004 Convention in Minnesota
SWC 2004 Minnesota Convention
SayWhatClub Convention
SayWhatClub Convention

Convention, Philadelphia
SWC Convention -- Philadelphia, PA

Convention- San Diego
I did it!
San Diego
San Diego Con registration
Thank you!
Video Relay Services Trial

Convention- Seattle
SWC Conventions - Seattle
SWC Seattle convention

Convention- Virginia
Chance encounters
Thoughts and excursions
The udder disaster

Coping skills
Coping Skills
Hospital Communication kits -- Boon for hard of hearing patients
Lessons taught and learned

D

Deaf-HOH celebrities

Deafness
A week of firsts!
Barefoot in the Himalayas
Being prepared
Breaking out of my cocoon - or am I finding peace here?
Deafness in Nigeria
Deafness is not the end of the world
Denial
For what it's worth
Hair cell regeneration -- looking beyond the hype
Isolation
Journey into silence (Part one)
Journey into silence (Part two)
Journey into silence (Part three)
I've lost my what?? A practical guide to life after deafness (book review)
Mushroom/PBS documentary explores 200 years of deaf life in America
Storm weather alerts
Why I walk (essay)

Death
Åsa Bäcklund's sister announces her passing

E

Education

East Meets West (editorial)

Egypt

Åsa Bäcklund's post on her trip to Egypt

H

Haiku
One morning when I was seven

HATIS

Hearing aids
A call for action
A Midsummer's Dream
Ask the audiologist
Ask the audiologist
The benefits of self-programming and why the FDA ought to allow it--statistics and fallacies
and Dr. Seuss, Part 1
and Dr. Seuss, Part 2
A visit to the audiologist
Becoming friends with your new hearing aids
Buying hearing aids
Can an ear that can barely hear a sound benefit from a hearing aid?
Comply snap tips - your disposable earmold
Digital aids
Disposable hearing aids, One-stop hearing aid fitting
Fiction and fact about buying a hearing aid
Finding Hearing aid compatible cell phones
Hearing aid condoms
Hearing aid resource kits
How does wearing hearing aids make you hear better?
The hearing aid man
How to get screwed by your ENT [the BAHA]
New beginnings with new hearing aids
On hearing appliances and our advocates
Self-programming of hearing aids
6 questions to ask your audiologist
The Starkey Hearing Foundation
Telecoils and the magnetic loop
Telecoils in hearing aids: A personal journey in their use
Two hearing aids or one?
Using direct audio input (Bluetooth) to connect hearing aids to cellular phones?
What I wish audiologists understood
5 Tips for assessing the need for new hearing aids<

Hearing dogs
Service dog battle
Service dog battle - Part 2
Why are hearing dogs better than signal devices?
Brittney, the light of my life
Why are signal devices better than hearing dogs?
You are my hero!

Hearing loss
Causes of. SEE Causes of hearing loss
About the brainstem
Across the Kisser
and prescription drugs
An uncomfortable hearing loss experience
The adventures of being hearing impaired in the workplace
A wild woman
Being prepared
Cell phones for hard-of-hearing people - here's the CHAAMPion!
Coming out of the closet
Crowd control
Denial
Finding the right doctor for your ears
Follies and foibles
From denial to acceptance -- Hearing loss, the human condition and grief
Hearing Loss (poem)
help! I've memorized the word list!-- Understanding hearing loss speech testing
HOH country
Holidays without family members
How much are you worth as a HOH person?
How some families deal with hearing loss
The mountains of our lives
My not so selective hearing
On really, really, really annoying noises
Other sides of hearing loss
Perilous trek through noise and chaos
Police
practical tips
The self-check out
Sounds, Noises, Voices, Words
Strange mistakes
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency or just a cold?
sudden hearing losses
The ten things hearing people say or do that upset hearing impaired people
Unexpected benefits of wearing a badge
Visor cards--Helping to bridge the communications gap when stopped by the police
What do you miss most about hearing loss? Page 1
What do you miss most about hearing loss? Page 2
What is it like to be hard of hearing?
Who can help us help ourselves?
You know you have more work on accepting hearing loss when:

Hearing loss, as an asset
The blessings of hearing loss
Emergency call to a shrink for me
Holidays without family members

Hearing loss, at workSEE: Working

Hearing loss, sudden
Ask the audiologist
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency
Sudden hearing loss: a medical emergency or just a cold?
Sudden hearing losses

Holidays, coping with
Enjoying the holidays with hearing loss
Holidays without family members

Housecleaning
Åsa Bäcklund's post on housecleaning

I

India
Deaf living, India Style
HOH scene in India
Incredible India!

Inspirational
Climb every mountain
The heart and soul behind the Treo
The heart and soul behind the Treo (in CAPS)
Meeting life's challenges
My 100 percent
(Not) Carved in stone
When I grow up

J

Joan Emerick memorial
In memory: Joan Emerick
Eulogy
In memory: Joan Emerick
Joan's life
Obituary
Photos
Remembering Joanie
Remembrances, Page one
Remembrances, Page two
Remembrances, Page three
Remembrances, Page four
Remembrances, Page five
Remembrances, Page six
Remembrances, Page seven
Remembrances, Page eight
Remembrances, Page nine
Remembrances, Page ten
Remembrances, Page eleven
Remembrances, Page twelve
Remembrances, Page thirteen
Remembrances, Page fourteen

L

Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)
Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome (LVAS)

Late-deafened
What does it mean to be a late-deafened adult in Australia?

Lipreading

Loop systems

Law Enforcement
Police
Visor cards--Helping to bridge the communications gap when stopped by the police

Listening
How to improve your listening

M

Memorials
Brittney, the light of my life
In memoriam: Jane Miyamoto --4/10/1932 to 8/20/2002
In memory: Åsa Bäcklund. SEE: Åsa Bäcklund memorial
In memory: Joan Emerick. SEE: Joan Emerick memorial
Someone that made a difference: Seymour I. Misonznick

Miscellaneous

Bloopers
Christmas thoughts
Do they know it's Christmas?
Happenstance or predestination?
The hemlock cure
Incompatibility
Introverts
Kudos Kalama
Link me up!
Nearing the infinite: Listening to the soundtrack of my life
Notes from a "Hearie"
Only one hug
Those who made a difference in our lives
The white bedsheet
WWII tales

Movies
Cinematek
Community help for the hard of hearing

Music
Ask the audiologist
Music - Music - Music
Music - Music - Music Page 2
Music to my bionic ear

N

New beginnings
Deafness is not the end of the world
New beginnings with new hearing aids (poem)
New beginnings
New beginnings in the mature years
New beginnings with new hearing aids
The waterfall

Nigeria
Deafness in Nigeria

P

Parenting
So you have a handicapped child

POEMS
A child who cannot hear.. -- Susan Hayes
A day in the life of a HOH person (abbreviated version) -- Michelle Clark
A neighbor -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
A neighbor -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Another day -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
At Christmas! -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
A valentine gift -- Mary Ellen Dube
A very good friend you are -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Christmas scenes -- Sherri Gonyea
Closing the gap with poetry -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Closing the gap with poetry -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Conversation at a dance -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Deaf child's silent pleas to a hearing world -- Susan Hayes
Deafness -- Karen Sadler
Dignity Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Expresso coffee -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Finding the right answer -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Five senses! Not any more! -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Frustrations -- Robyn Carter
Give me a rainbow -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Good -- God -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Great butterfly in the sky -- Scott Oberg
Hearing Loss -- Julie Leon
How I hear -- Cathy Hilden
I believe in you! -- Caroline Hanlon
Leaves of joy -- Mary Ellen Dube
Let me sing, let me sing, let me sing -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
The magic playground -- Elaine Procida
March-- Mary Ellen Dube
Memories -- Carolina Hanlon
Memories of Christmas -- Dawn Ward
My loved ones -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
My, my, my way-- Louis Savastino
Never say quit -- Neil Bauman
New beginnings with new hearing aids -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
A place to fall -- Carolina Hanlon
Poem -- Åsa Bäcklund
New beginnings in the mature years -- Elaine Procida
Pen and paper -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Remembering Joanie -- Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Sea Sound -- Zohra Moosa
Sounds of silence -- Caroline Hanlon
So, you want to reinvent yourself? -- Barb Bavido
Thankful -- Ramblin
Thankful -- Elaine Procida
The silence now ... -- Susan Hayes
The sounds of silence -- Mary Ellen Dube
Three Poems -- Tim Stones
To a grieving friend Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Travel toward understanding -- Martha Mattox-Baker
Walk in my shoes Edeltraut Schleffler-Plath
Where are you? -- Elaine Procida

Putting life into perspective

Pros and cons of sign language

R

Racism
Another view of immigration and racism, from one who's been there
Notes from the Black-hand side

Ramblings
What brings me to the keyboard today?

Recipes
Cherry Coconut Bars
Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Fiesta Chicken
Holiday recipes
Maurice's rum cake
Mushroom/veggie soup
Potato Latkes
Murgi Survedar (Chicken with coconut milk)
Summer Salad
Taffy Apple Pie

Recruitment
recruitment

Relay Services
Little work needed: Important results benefit all
MCI IP-Relay
Video Relay Services Trial

S

SayWhatClub, The
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2003
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2004
Christmas in SayWhat Village 2005
The SWC and me; Notes from a Graduate
Happy Birthday, SWC!
How has the SWC changed your life?
How I have changed -- Cathy Hilden
How I have changed -- Nancy Perron
How to keep the communication going
The outreach committee
The Say What Club
The SayWhatClub, conventions
The SayWhatClub, contact information
The SayWhatClub, links to other sites
The SayWhatClub, mailing lists
The SayWhatClub, mission statement
The SayWhatClub, newsletters
The SayWhatClub, sponsoring
The SayWhatClub, subscribing to
SWC Annual Report 2001
SWC chats
SWCForum Poppees
SWC hospitality committee
SWC Online Voices
SWC structure
SWC -- what is it anyway?
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
The SWC and me: Notes from a graduate
Updated SWC mission statement
Voice of the editor
Voice of the editor
What the SWC means to me
What would make the SayWhatClub even better

SayWhatClub, webpages

Holiday time in SayWhat Village 2006
The SayWhatClub, conventions
The SayWhatClub, contact information
The SayWhatClub, links to other sites
The SayWhatClub, mailing lists
The SayWhatClub, mission statement
The SayWhatClub, newsletters
The SayWhatClub, sponsoring
The SayWhatClub, subscribing to

September 11, 2001
Driving towards the Pentagon
The flag: Long may she wave
Untitled (by Elaine Procida)
Untitled (by Leslie Cotter)
Untitled (by Sheila Hitchen)
Untitled (by Shirley Piel)

Speechreading

South Africa
South Africa

SWC Online Voices
The SayWhatClub, newsletters, table of contents
SWC Online Voices
SWC Online Voices -- new editor
SWC Online Voices survey
Voice of the Editor

Sweden
Åsa Bäcklund's post on Sweden's social security system
Åsa Bäcklund's post on education havoc and taxes
Åsa Bäcklund's post on parental leave in Sweden

T

Technology
A visit to the audiologist
Cell phones for hard-of-hearing people - here's the CHAAMPion!
Community Help for the Hard of Hearing
The Conversor - A personal FM system (especially for telecoil lovers)
Doorbell signallers
DVD players and movies in New Zealand
help! I've memorized the word list!-- Understanding hearing loss speech testing
On really, really, really annoying noises
Storm weather alerts

Telecoils
Telecoils and the magnetic loop
Telecoils in hearing aids: A personal journey in their use
Twenty reasons why your hearing aids ought to never be without telecoil
Using T-Coils to couple your hearing aids to various audio devices

Terminology
A word on hearing loss: What's in a label?
Don't call me hearing impaired!

Time
A priceless gift

Tinnitus
Tinnitus
Tinnitus and some thoughts
Tinnitus - what's that?

Travel
And the traveling is easy living!!
Åsa Bäcklund's post on her trip to Egypt
Friendly skies? Not always!
My trip to the United States
Off we go into the wild blue yonder!
The Quail Trail
The Quail Trail - Installment Two
The Quail Trail - Installment Three
The Quail Trail - Installment Four
The Quail Trail - Installment Five
The worst trip home
Traveling with a CI
Travels with Maurice

W

Websites
Sights to see (October 1999)
Sights to see (December 1999)

Working
The adventures of being hearing impaired in the workplace
Interview with Ross Runkel
Lessons taught and learned
When I grow up

Would've, Could've, Should've...New Year Resolutions


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