Recent content by R1drut

Thanks. I'll check to see if they're in my insurance providers network.

Portland, Oregon anyone? Progressively more hard of hearing my whole life. Probably more or less deaf in 10 years or so. Retired so fairly flexible. I practice now by signing and finger spelling songs while I hike with my dog.

Time to get new Phonacs. Can anyone recommend an audiologist that I can check against my list of in network providers? I used OHSU on SW Sam Jackson last time because my employer provided insurance required it but I thought they were impatient and patronizing. My new insurance has a wider...

Thanks for the help. I started with Beltones in the mid-nineties. I should have had them twenty years before that. Since then I've gone through Siemens, Intertons and now have Phonak Elevas. The Phonaks have had problems with randomly muting or turning itself off on the left but otherwise...

Sorry. Title was supposed to say, Money No Object..."

Over forty years of motorcycling numerous numerous people have asked,"What's the best motorcycle?" The answer is,"what do you want to do with it?" I hope this isn't such a complicated answer but... Search hasn't been so much help. Don't need bling or to hide h.a.. It's far easier when...

Has anyone tried a hydrogen peroxide wash. I was advised by my doctor to take a small amount of room temperature hydrogen peroxide and mix it with an equal amount of hot water so that you have a 50/50 warm solution. Pour it in your ears while showering once a week and it cleans out all the wax...

Soto Zen Buddhist. If you consider yourself a noun, a thing that the world happens to, a wind-up toy so to speak that was made and will eventually break, then maybe you should be concerned (or not) about those choices. If you consider yourself a verb, an action, an identifiable pattern of...

Those didn't post as links. I'll try again. BG 175: The Buddhist Atheist » Buddhist Geeks A Difficult Pill: The Problem with Stephen Batchelor and Buddhism If that still doesn't work the first one is Buddhist Geeks #175 and the second one can be found by searching Wallace on that site.

Karma is originally Hindu. From one modern Buddhist perspective... BG 175: The Buddhist Atheist » Buddhist Geeks and a more fundamentalist response... A Difficult Pill: The Problem with Stephen Batchelor and Buddhism

So my goal is to develop my skills and contribute to the body of knowledege that you aren't alone. I won't be Deaf perhaps but I know more about the experience than the general public. I notice people signing now that I never saw before. The three guys at the Seahawks / 49ers game who...

Thanks. I like your choice of quotes.

Mine has been a long slow slide into eventual deafness. My Mom was close to deaf and as I've been learning ASL I have been remembering earlier and earlier signs of hearing loss that I covered up. For example, I remember joining the Cub Scouts and I couldn't understand the ritual roll-call...