Re: The Creature From Planet Med-El

November 7, 2004

Cassandra,

If someone is making fun of you, and mimicking signing and LAUGHING AT

YOU, then the comment, " You ignorant SLUT " is usually a good one to stop

them. Or my favorite, " Well you cesspool of ignorance " . " Grow up "

sometimes works.

Yeah, some people never grow up and are mean adults just like they

were probably bullies as children. If someone isn't exactly like them

(perfect in their opinion) then they are to be ridiculed.

But it's hurtful and they know it. Too bad there are so many insecure

people out there, who have to raise their own self opinions by mocking

others.

The reason I said Creature from Med-El is because at the moment I was

angry about a person who tried to mimic signing while talking to me and

she and others around were laughing about it

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November 7, 2004

Scrapbooking stores are a good source for stickers. Sometimes the craft

section of your local WalMart will work, too.

Cassandra, please just cut and paste the section you are replying to (if

necessary to make sense of the reply) and don't send 4 or 5 other

messages with each. Hard on the deafblind members. Thanks,

Where did you find decals? I'd like to put ATL Braves on mine or music

symbols or a Taurus symbol. Something racy would be good too!

Cassandra

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May 26, 2009

I have had the implant for 22 years and yes people notice it as I wear my

hair short.

People look at things that are unfamiliar in attempt to understand. In

this society, so many people have been taught not to ask and so they end up

staring instead. As soon as I see the eye contact I take it as an

advantage to teach and educate. I have told my story thousands of places,

from the grocery line to a social gathering, because of the invitation of

this " eye contact " . I even have a business card that I share which on the

back side has the criteria, links to the online manufactures and a link to

my story that is on line (http://www.ciafonline.org/ruthfox.html). I

invite people to make contact if I can provide more information, help or

support when they share with me that their mother, father, sister, brother,

aunt, uncle, cousin, friend or even co worker or neighbor has a serious

hearing problem. I have also watched the implant population grow from the

3000 world wide when I was implanted to over 150,000 now. Part of that has

happened because of people like myself sharing our stories. I don't know

where you heard about the implant as an option to facilitate hearing, but

there are thousands of people who could benefit, who don't know about it

yet.

I now also live my life in a wheelchair, and the same happens. I don't have

as enthusiastic of a story to share, but I try to put people at ease by

making a light reply about my chair giving me my freedom, independence, or

in the case of children, I just ask if they like my wheels. This opens them

up to chatting about other things after their curiosity is resolved. People

soon don't see me as the person in a chair with a strange contraption on my

head. They see me as the person I am because we have gotten past the

differences that made a barrier for them in their ability to be at ease with

me.

Ruth

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Subject: The Creature From Planet Med-El

I had decided to go job hunting. Yes, even with this economy! I approached a

clerk for an application and her eyes immediately went to my processor. She

shrank back and looked at me as if I had a 3rd eye in the middle of my

forehead! I simply smiled, filled out the application and upon returning it

she was still giving me that strange look. I'm a little tired of the looks

and treatment I've gotten so I explained to her that I am hearing impaired

and the thing she was staring at is a hearing processor that allows me to

hear sounds she probably takes for granted. She responded that she didn't

mean to stare but she'd never seen anything like it. Even if that company

calls me I'm not interested! I'm sick of people staring and treating me like

I'm slow. I'm going to start saying what I feel.

Have any of you gotten the creature treatment? How have you handled the

situations?

May 26, 2009

I had the honor of meeting Ruth at the first Cochlear Celebration. She is an

amazing woman. We can all learn something from her and teach others as Ruth has

done.

Happy Hearing!

Carol

Boca Raton, FL

N24C - Sprint then 3G left ear -12/11/01-upgraded to Freedom on 2/19/08

N Freedom- right ear- implanted 3/01/06 activated 4/6/06

The Creature From Planet Med-El