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		<title>Seen, But Not Heard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normal hearing children that grow up with a hard of hearing (HOH) parent naturally adapt to the parent’s hearing loss; from an early age, both of my children muted the television, turned off music, and made sure I could see their lips before they attempted to speak to me. Sometimes I felt just a little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=84&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Beethoven Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is anyone still interested in reading this blog? Due to major changes in both my professional and personal life, I’ve seriously neglected it, and I apologize for my laxness. Now that I’ve adjusted to my situation somewhat, I feel like writing again. Let me begin the “rebirth” of my blog by telling how I stumbled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=83&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bold One</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-bold-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could hardly believe my hearing aids when I encountered this customer recently at the Reference Desk: Library customer:  I need to use a computer and my “liberry” card isn’t working. Me:  Let me check your record &#8211; I’ll need your card, please.  Hmm.  It looks like you have lost book fees on your record.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=82&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Librarian = Detective</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/librarian-detective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elderly gentleman wore a white Guayabera, a man’s shirt popular in Latin and Asian countries, and walked briskly towards me at the Reference Desk. I have to admit, from past experiences, because of the way he was dressed AND his age, I prepared myself to focus on a heavy Spanish accent (Before I get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=81&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hard of hearing/Deaf Readers!</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/hard-of-hearingdeaf-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do YOU do for a living? No, this has nothing to do with Big Brother &#8211; I&#8217;m just curious, and I&#8217;m sure a lot of other hoh/deaf people would be interested in knowing the different careers held by other hoh/deaf. I’ve made it easy for everyone to remain anonymous by temporarily disabling the sign-in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=80&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Audiogram</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/new-audiogram/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[audiogram]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my audiologist adjusted the settings on my hearing aids. I had reached the point where I didn’t want to wear them at work because it was too painful to hear. Environmental sounds were so magnified that I almost jumped out of my skin, yet speech remained barely audible. In the Library, the “clunk” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=76&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cute Joke</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/cute-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought some of you might like this joke taken from this Website: Helen and I laughed when John, a neighbor, told us how his hearing aid occasionally emits a high-pitched squeal that can be heard by anyone near him. His granddaughter was sitting on his lap one day when the device started to beep. Surprised, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=75&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ow!</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/ow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday night I was relaxing at home, surfing the ‘Net, and reading blogs. Super Hearing Boy (SHB) was washing dishes as payment for his cell phone subscription. Suddenly, he runs into my room with a look of terror on his face and shouts: SHB: MMMMmmm! MMM MMMdMMMMSLSKDJDK!! Me: What? SHB: Look! (points) Blood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=71&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My nose KNOWS</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/my-nose-knows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[deaf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hearing aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I worked until 9:15 last night and arrived home in the dark, unable to see the yard. When I opened my car door, the pungent smell of freshly cut grass enveloped me. In the ten steps from my car to the house, I knew the entire yard had been cut; a stark contrast to Super [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=69&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Expensive Interview</title>
		<link>http://beethovensears.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/the-expensive-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hoh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have close relatives that cannot remember to get your attention before speaking to you, or make sure you can see their lips, or speak clearly, with sufficient volume? Every time I get together with my mother (who lives three miles from me), I ALWAYS have to say one (or more) of the following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beethovensears.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1464465&amp;post=68&amp;subd=beethovensears&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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