Liz's Deaf Blog

Giveaway for my followers who follow via email or Google...
Liz's Deaf Blog It is time to announce names, where I can for this giveaway I am doing of followers of my blog via email or Google Friend Connect. (Who are visible.) For rules and details of the giveaway, then please see the original post which you will find here.I have drawn 6 names, which I have now contacted. As you know from original post, and also email or via Google Friend Conn...
Sat, May 18 2013 · 7 hours ago

SPEAK UP LIBRARIAN: Resource on Hearing Loss and Work
Liz's Deaf Blog This is a post on my friend, Speak Up Librarian blog that you will find useful. Please see her blog for further details.SPEAK UP LIBRARIAN: Resource on Hearing Loss and Work: If you have a hearing loss and are employed, I have found an excellent resource for you to use when you need to advocate for yourself, reque...
Wed, May 08 2013

A couple of polls added to the right of my blog!
Liz's Deaf Blog Poll regarding would you like to read and follow a blog from  the eyes of a cat again?I know you all enjoyed reading a blog I used to write from viewpoint of a cat, which was Lady's. I was wondering if I was successful in adopting, which by impressions of centre where she will come from, I will have no problems with home visit tomorrow, would you like to read and fol...
Sun, May 05 2013

Things starting to look up
Liz's Deaf Blog WorkI am in a new area from Tuesday. Part of what I did before along with new. I have to accept that I am to be working with someone too. But all of this should not be a problem once I get used to the new routine. End of day, I am where I prefer to be.Communication side of things should hopefully now improve from all that was done since my Occupational Health appointm...
Sun, May 05 2013

Interviewing disabled job applicants - guidance for...
Liz's Deaf Blog You will remember something that turned positive at a job interview a bit back, turned out not to be so positive as made out to be, and in my eyes another employer that did not want to take me on because I was deaf, because I definitely was given the job, but only after checks had been done first. (Checks they never bothered chasing up for.) If you don't you will find...
Sat, May 04 2013

Hello BT
Liz's Deaf Blog Well I have been with BT since 25th April now after giving my notice weeks before to O2 when I found they were selling there home phone and home broadband to Sky. (I wasn't going to Sky as you know.)The change over to BT went smoothly, but I did have to make a phone call to O2 to make sure they had cancelled everything, because one email received did not give me the i...
Sat, May 04 2013

This may help your back if you suffer with tension in...
Liz's Deaf Blog I mentioned how I had a back back recently after my neck pulled. And how after being checked over at A & E that my back went into a muscle spasm after pulling my neck which upset it all. Back at Pilates this week, I had to take it easy with moves given. I certainly was in no predicament to do same exercises as others were doing, as they would have aggravated the condi...
Fri, May 03 2013

Xpressive Handz: Inclusive and Accessible
Liz's Deaf Blog Xpressive Handz : Inclusive and Accessible: Captions don't have to be projected onto a screen. They can also provided on the wall of the auditorium just off to the side of the person who is speaking.This is part of a post I read today reminding us how captions should be accessible for all, and how simple it could be by just projecting the captions on the wall. See...
Wed, May 01 2013

Evelyn Glennie: How to truly listen
Liz's Deaf Blog Evelyn Glennie: How to truly listen. I found after searching the internet today, just by accident. Evelyn Glennie, someone I have enjoyed watching since a child and before I had hearing loss myself, and I know some of you like her too, and find her an inspiration, hence I wanted to share this here on Liz's Deaf Blog. And I think it is a good follow on post from when I...
Sun, Apr 28 2013

Looked after recently at work this week
Liz's Deaf Blog Tuesday at work, just over half way through my shift, while doing a job my neck pulled. Now when this happens, I cannot do anything for about a minute because of the pain going in my right ear, back of my eyes which affects my vision, as well as the pain in neck. After I could move, I had 5 minutes rest, then continued finishing what I was doing.I noticed that things ...
Sat, Apr 27 2013

Deaf Miss India UK
Liz's Deaf Blog I did not know about this today until a friend from Pilates class, Janet, emailed me today to let me know about this story she read, and wondered if I seen it.Nehal Bhogaita, 24, who is profoundly deaf, is the reigning Miss India UK, and travelling to Malaysia to compete in Miss India World.She wants to be a role model for people like herself who are deaf or disabled....
Sat, Apr 20 2013

Recently does your tv sound quieter than normal?
Liz's Deaf Blog Warning. This post has a little humour in it. Something I have not had in me for a while until today. So I wanted to share my thoughts with you. So if you don't feel like smiling or laughing. Look away now. ;-)Getting my hearing aids checked outToday was my appointment at audiology to have my hearing aids checked out. Before Christmas, my hearing aids were both cuttin...
Thu, Apr 18 2013

Giveaway for my followers who follow via email or Google...
Liz's Deaf Blog To thank my readers who follow Liz's Deaf Blog by Google Connect or via the email option. (Both which are available to the right of this blog.) I plan to put you all in a giveaway automatically, which I plan to draw at 10pm UK time on 18th May.If you are not following yet, but like to follow, it's not too late to follow to be entered in this giveaway. (Deadline 17th M...
Wed, Apr 17 2013

Spreading a little deaf awareness in my local paper........
Liz's Deaf Blog As you know since this post Just because I don't hear you does not mean I am ignorant. It also does not give you a right to push me as you try to get by. I have wrote that article for my local paper with a few more words than written here. The title I gave, I also did different to here on Liz's Deaf Blog so it would be shorter. That article appeared in today's Reader'...
Wed, Apr 17 2013

Music
Liz's Deaf Blog Yesterday I went to The Ear Foundation for Sound Advice Adult Days, which was Musicals. There was all sorts of things in this days events that day. As well as listening to Musicals, there were a cd-rom and dvd shown of some listening training programmes made by cochlear companies. I found then both good but was very interested in the one Advance Bionics made, as I fel...
Sun, Apr 14 2013

Fundraising for The Ear Foundation
Liz's Deaf Blog Please help and support our Events to raise vital funds for the services we offer… Ear Foundation Coffee Morning Friday, 10th May – 10.30am The Ear Foundation, 83 Sherwin Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2FB   Chatting, eating delicious cakes, having a cuppa... whilst raising funds for the future: SoundSpace!   ALL WELCOME!   Meet the team, ask them quest...
Thu, Apr 11 2013

Who likes the new Mansfield Bus Station?
Liz's Deaf Blog I seen the Mansfield Bus Station for the first time today, and I thought it was very nice. Something I think like my friend was saying, we could have had something nice like that ourselves in Sutton-in-Ashfield in our town centre, compared to what they actually did with it.I don't have a Facebook page myself as you know, and if you're the same it don't matter, but I h...
Sat, Apr 06 2013

Just because I don't hear you, does not mean I am ignorant....
Liz's Deaf Blog I was feeling a little down today, but I thought a trip down Mansfield with my Mum and a friend would soon perk me up. And it did. For a short time till someone spoiled my day by pushing me as they went by.I did not hear her say excuse me please. Apparently I was told she said it a few times before she pushed me as she went by. I shouted out at her, saying I am deaf,...
Sat, Apr 06 2013

The appointment
Liz's Deaf Blog As I mentioned in previous post, today was my appointment at Occupational Health after being referred there when I had two weeks off work for stress.I have never been to Occupational Health this way before, so I was finding it daunting till I received a letter from Occupational Health telling me what to expect. So this soon put my nerves at ease. It was all explained ...
Fri, Apr 05 2013

I don't love it. BUT I don't hate it either!
Liz's Deaf Blog Regular followers will know that since December due to changes at work, and a few other things, I was really hating work and hating my new area. (With gritted teeth.)This week I found I was feeling a little something different. But I did not tell anyone what I was feeling because I was trying to figure out myself if what I was feeling. I was really feeling. I told my ...
Fri, Apr 05 2013

7 weeks
Liz's Deaf Blog Since me having high hopes for a job that I talked about in this post that was all promising at that time of interview. (You see why in that post.) Which a few days later from that interview the other one that shown an interest me in also, but had not got back to me for some time in prior to this when I queried something, which I turned a possible interview with later...
Thu, Apr 04 2013

Bye bye O2 and hello soon to BT
Liz's Deaf Blog Well as I said in this post Bye bye O2, I am leaving because they are getting rid and selling their home phone and home broadband to Sky, so they can concentrate on mobile internet and mobile phones. As I know many others feel through forum on O2, and myself included, some of us don't want to go to Sky. Some are hanging on a bit, while others like myself of finding an...
Tue, Apr 02 2013

Hope you had a lovely bank holiday weekend
Liz's Deaf Blog My bank holiday weekend has been busy. Friday I met up with a new friend who came to the last hard of hearing group for the first time. She met up with me while I was down Nottingham taking some photos in a park. So Friday was chilling out and having a fun day. Relaxing when I was back home.Saturday was another relaxing day. Had time on the Xbox on a dance game. While...
Mon, Apr 01 2013

Photo a day challenge
Liz's Deaf Blog Starting in April I will be doing photo a day challenge on my other blog ;Through Liz's Eyes. My beginners photography ended 25th March, and so I was looking around for something that would keep me busy with my camera, and to keep in practice what I have learnt by using my camera. So after coming across this blog Fat Mum Slim, where there is already photo a day happen...
Thu, Mar 28 2013

My wellbeing continued
Liz's Deaf Blog Tuesday was another session with my Psychological Therapist. This was my second session out of three, but I decided to discharge myself after that session rather than go to last one in another 2 weeks after chatting about my progress with her.Filling in another sheet with a load of questions that are the same as before to see how I have been the last 2 weeks, were all...
Wed, Mar 27 2013

Winner of the book giveaway....
Liz's Deaf Blog Winner of the book giveaway George the Pavilion Cat by Judy Pennigton, is....Ruth.Congratulations and your book is on it's way to you. Thanks for playing along, and I hope you like it. :)
Tue, Mar 26 2013

I will be removing my RSS feeds on 4th April 2013
Liz's Deaf Blog As I announced in right hand side column of my blog sometime ago, along with a post on 15th March 2013, RSS feeds are going to be inactive from 1st July 2013 after I came across this on their blog. I have updated my post I wrote on 15th March, but announce it here too, that I have now took the decision to remove my RSS feeds earlier from my deaf blog. I will now remov...
Tue, Mar 26 2013

Photo updated on About Me page
Liz's Deaf Blog I thought it was time for me to update my photo (mugshot) on my About Me page, as my hair is much longer than my old photo. So after my tripod arrived today, several mugshots later, this was the best I could come up with. (Regulars will know what I am like when it comes to my photo taken. I never seem to like half of them that are taken of me, as I don't seem to smil...
Mon, Mar 25 2013

Bye bye O2
Liz's Deaf Blog It's a shame, and i am really disappointed, but bye bye O2.Why?Well if you don't know, which I only find out this past month myself after reading this, that O2 have made the decision to sell their home phone and home broadband to Sky, so they can concentrate on giving their customers the best mobile experience, including next generation (4G) services.From my time with...
Mon, Mar 25 2013

Snowy scene from my garden today
Liz's Deaf Blog How many of us thought we seen last of the snow? I know I did, and looking at weather report near beginning of week for weekend, it only shown rain. Snow started yesterday. Fine at first with mixture of rain then started getting heavy. With the wind we had it caused drifts.My garden is covered in about 2 inches snow. This is not counting drifts. I had to knock the sno...
Sat, Mar 23 2013

Are you using RSS Feeds to follow Liz's Deaf Blog?
Liz's Deaf Blog I have found this today here at Google Official Blog regarding A Second Spring of cleaning, and from what I have read of their latest updates there that they are doing, one of them will affect you my readers of Liz's Deaf Blog, if you follow my deaf blog using RSS Feeds.On 1st July, 2013 they will retire Google Reader. There are alternatives for users and developers,...
Fri, Mar 15 2013

Update on my own wellbeing
Liz's Deaf Blog Well when I had my counselling assessment some time ago with Wellbeing what I answered on a paper and at meeting, it turned out I wasn't depressed enough for counselling. Well I did have 2 weeks off sick from work which revived me more than expected, and day before appointment I had a job interview that went positively well. (Have not heard anything since that intervi...
Wed, Mar 13 2013

Reminder of this book giveaway still going - George the...
Liz's Deaf Blog This post is a reminder of this book giveaway still going - George the Pavillion Cat by Judy Pennington. Giveaway closes 25th March 2013, 10pm UK time, in which hopefully there will be a winner announced as no one as entered yet, as this post is written.If you want to enter this lovely giveaway, then please see this post to enter, and for further details.
Sun, Mar 10 2013

Book review: Hear Through My Ears by Tara Chevrestt
Liz's Deaf Blog I have first heard about this book here on Lipreading Mom in this post. I downloaded it not long after on my Kindle, ready to read at some point.This book is her story of challenges growing up with a hearing loss in a hearing world. Stories from encounters with bullies at school to work related restrictions. But refused to let it stop her in doing things she wanted to...
Tue, Mar 05 2013

Connecting your Phonak hearing aids to your iPad and...
Liz's Deaf Blog Looking behind the scenes of Liz's Deaf Blog I see I am being found when someone wants to look for the following answers, as title of topic says. Until now Liz's Deaf Blog never really discussed this, with the exception of Skype. So hopefully those who are looking for these answers and find them here now, which I hope you will find useful.If anyone has anything else t...
Sat, Mar 02 2013

Birds in my garden
Liz's Deaf Blog This is a short video. Apologies for camera shake, this is my first time filming since having this new camera. I was also making sure I would not scare off any birds filmed at the time. It was just by chance at my window I noticed activity so carefully got my camera as quick as I could.
Wed, Feb 27 2013

Book review: George the Pavillion Cat by Judy Pennington
Liz's Deaf Blog My book review this time is George the Pavilion Cat by Judy Pennigton, illustrated by Julia Pannett-Sexton. I bought this book last year while on holiday in Brighton from a gift shop.This book is 30 pages and is a true story of Brighton's most famous feline, George, a stray who walked into The Royal pavilion one day and became the palace cat. George stayed there for a...
Mon, Feb 25 2013

That time of year again
Liz's Deaf Blog It's that time of year again, where another year has passed and so training refreshers are due again at work. I had to attend one recently, the one out of all that contains a dvd. Before I sat down, like last year, (which those who read that post will have remembered the ordeal I had), I asked if it had subtitles. Supervisor did not know. So I said well if it don't ha...
Sat, Feb 23 2013

Book review: Miranda Hart - Is It Just Me?
Liz's Deaf Blog If you have watched Miranda on BBC1 and have enjoyed it, then I recommend this book. If not. Watch Miranda first then get the book to read after, so you will have Miranda's tone of voice and behaviour in your head as you read her book.I started chuckling to myself after only a couple of pages, then really laughed by page 4, and all through the book. I found it hard to...
Fri, Feb 22 2013

Book review: 4 Ears, 4 Eyes: Misadventures in Deafness
Liz's Deaf Blog After taking the opportunity to download this book for free on my Kindle after Cindy announced it on her blog I follow, (blog link end of post), it only seemed right to leave a review. I have also left this review on the Amazon.co.uk website where I got this from, for my Kindle. But even if I had bought this book. I would still have left my review.This book is good fo...
Wed, Feb 20 2013

Tortellini Tomato Spinach Soup
Liz's Deaf Blog Here is my Tortellini Tomato Spinach Soup.  I adjusted portions suitable for me as I was only cooking for myself when I did this, and also due to what I could only get my hands on, which was the Tortellini. I had to settle for four cheese ttortellini. But it was still really nice. I made this after first seeing the recipe on Kym's blog at Deaf in the Kitchen, which ...
Tue, Feb 19 2013

Possible new job
Liz's Deaf Blog A bit back I started writing to quite a few nursing homes near me to see if they had cleaning vacancies. In under 2 weeks of doing this I heard from two of them. It give me hope. Long established readers will know why.The first one who contacted me I knew some details. I queried back on something as so I knew what would be required of me regarding flexibility of cover...
Mon, Feb 18 2013

Book review: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge
Liz's Deaf Blog I have had this book about a couple of years, and finally got round to making time, and sitting down to read it. A present from a friend. A book called Deaf Sentence by David Lodge. A fictional book, with exception of a couple of characters that are sources from narrator's own experience. Due to nature of book in parts, this is an adult reading book. Whether you are ...
Fri, Feb 15 2013

Liz's Deaf Blog will be taking no more Guest Posts
Liz's Deaf Blog No more Guest Posts on Liz's Deaf BlogI have decided to take the decision that Liz's Deaf Blog will be taking no more Guest Posts from now on. I have many requests this year for guest posts that were good, but when it came to checking them out, I found that although I made it very clear on my deaf blog what I was only going to accept, and what should or should not be...
Tue, Feb 12 2013

Lipreading Mom launches her You Tube channel for Show Me...
Liz's Deaf Blog Lipreading Mom has launched her own channel and her video is up for Show Me Your Ears. See more about it from her blog and continue from there to her You Tube channel. :)
Tue, Feb 12 2013

Poem in film: That's Not ALL Me
Liz's Deaf Blog Original video can be found here.
Sun, Feb 10 2013

Nexus 7 or iPad?
Liz's Deaf Blog Both Nexus 7 and iPad have excellent reviews. I have been looking at what apps are available online for Nexus, but I know that there is more for iPad at the moment.I know through a conversation via Twitter, that apps for Nexus are free, where iPad you have to pay. But both Nexus 7 and iPad were good, and they were happy with what they use it for.Which did you go for, ...
Fri, Feb 08 2013

Avoid The Bradford Exchange like the plague
Liz's Deaf Blog Last year there was a necklace I really liked that I seen in a tv mag. The necklace advertised was from The Bradford Exchange, a large company not just based in the UK. The one I shopped with was the UK one which are based in Stoke-on-Trent.Now I have seen this company advertising for years in glossy mags including a tv mag I seen advert in. So I thought this company ...
Thu, Jan 31 2013

A few updates regarding me
Liz's Deaf Blog Today I received a letter from Wellbeing for counselling sessions. I go for counselling assessment on 15th February. I also received a letter from work in regards to a meeting I must attend on Monday regarding my absence, and to confirm that they have referred me to Occupation Health for stress. I am gathering by this letter in understanding that I am to accept referr...
Thu, Jan 24 2013

Where is the fairness?
Liz's Deaf Blog I first heard about this on At The Rim. Further cuts which affect children. It's bad enough when the adult world is tough, and fighting for your rights to have fair access, but when it affects children education, after cuts are made, just where is the fairness of it all?You cannot say this child who currently has an hour each day with a teacher of the deaf, so she can...
Thu, Jan 24 2013