re: Tom Ridge and Hearing Loss

[Guest guest]

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss?

Wow LuAnn! Nothing gets by you. I hadn't noticed it, but I'm glad you did. I

could only

find one small article that mentions it

http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/rothenberg/00/roth0508.html

" The fact that he has a disability - he suffers from hearing loss in both ears,

has had

three ear operations and wears a hearing aide - is also an asset. "

But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's wearing an

ITE one, but

this one shows him wearing a BTE.

Hugs,

Kay

[Guest guest]

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss?

Wow LuAnn! Nothing gets by you. I hadn't noticed it, but I'm glad you did. I

could only

find one small article that mentions it

http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/rothenberg/00/roth0508.html

" The fact that he has a disability - he suffers from hearing loss in both ears,

has had

three ear operations and wears a hearing aide - is also an asset. "

But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's wearing an

ITE one, but

this one shows him wearing a BTE.

Hugs,

Kay

[Guest guest]

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss?

Wow LuAnn! Nothing gets by you. I hadn't noticed it, but I'm glad you did. I

could only

find one small article that mentions it

http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/rothenberg/00/roth0508.html

" The fact that he has a disability - he suffers from hearing loss in both ears,

has had

three ear operations and wears a hearing aide - is also an asset. "

But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's wearing an

ITE one, but

this one shows him wearing a BTE.

Hugs,

Kay

[Guest guest]

I heard one of the news commentators making reference to his hearing loss during

the swearing in ceremony.

Barb

Tom Ridge and hearing loss

Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a BTE

hearing aid on his left ear and just assumed that it was some sort of media

thing, fm or whatever...but today I looked further and he actually has a

significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

ear infection and got worse in Vietnam. I have not found a really good link

to info about it so if anyone finds something, please post it to the list.

LuAnn

[Guest guest]

I heard one of the news commentators making reference to his hearing loss during

the swearing in ceremony.

Barb

Tom Ridge and hearing loss

Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a BTE

hearing aid on his left ear and just assumed that it was some sort of media

thing, fm or whatever...but today I looked further and he actually has a

significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

ear infection and got worse in Vietnam. I have not found a really good link

to info about it so if anyone finds something, please post it to the list.

LuAnn

[Guest guest]

His ear mold isn't nearly as pretty as my daughters.

Seriously, maybe these two men will help educate the public on hearing loss and

deafness.

Barb

But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's wearing an

ITE one, but

this one shows him wearing a BTE.

[Guest guest]

His ear mold isn't nearly as pretty as my daughters.

Seriously, maybe these two men will help educate the public on hearing loss and

deafness.

Barb

But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's wearing an

ITE one, but

this one shows him wearing a BTE.

[Guest guest]

I heard a commentator too - The statement was that he has a congenital

hearing loss. The commentator said that rumors were circulating that his

loss worsened due to an injury in Vietnam but stated that was not

true. That's all that was said.

Martha ( 10, ha and 5 ci)

At 06:43 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I heard one of the news commentators making reference to his hearing loss

>during the swearing in ceremony.

>

>Barb

> Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I heard a commentator too - The statement was that he has a congenital

hearing loss. The commentator said that rumors were circulating that his

loss worsened due to an injury in Vietnam but stated that was not

true. That's all that was said.

Martha ( 10, ha and 5 ci)

At 06:43 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I heard one of the news commentators making reference to his hearing loss

>during the swearing in ceremony.

>

>Barb

> Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I heard a commentator too - The statement was that he has a congenital

hearing loss. The commentator said that rumors were circulating that his

loss worsened due to an injury in Vietnam but stated that was not

true. That's all that was said.

Martha ( 10, ha and 5 ci)

At 06:43 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I heard one of the news commentators making reference to his hearing loss

>during the swearing in ceremony.

>

>Barb

> Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I thought you couldn't serve in the military with a hearing loss. Anyone know?

-Jen

Borhegyi

jborhegyi@...

Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a

BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I thought you couldn't serve in the military with a hearing loss. Anyone know?

-Jen

Borhegyi

jborhegyi@...

Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a

BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I thought you couldn't serve in the military with a hearing loss. Anyone know?

-Jen

Borhegyi

jborhegyi@...

Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>

>

> Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed a

BTE

> hearing aid on his left ear

> significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

> ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> LuAnn

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, I thought the same thing when I heard that! It's all a little

confusing.....Martha

At 08:13 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I thought you couldn't serve in the military with a hearing loss. Anyone

>know?

>

>-Jen

> Borhegyi

>jborhegyi@...

> Tom Ridge and hearing loss

> >

> >

> > Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> > Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I

> noticed a BTE

> > hearing aid on his left ear

> > significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with

> childhood

> > ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> > LuAnn

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

, I thought the same thing when I heard that! It's all a little

confusing.....Martha

At 08:13 PM 10/9/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I thought you couldn't serve in the military with a hearing loss. Anyone

>know?

>

>-Jen

> Borhegyi

>jborhegyi@...

> Tom Ridge and hearing loss

> >

> >

> > Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

> > Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I

> noticed a BTE

> > hearing aid on his left ear

> > significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with

> childhood

> > ear infection and got worse in Vietnam.

> > LuAnn

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Remember when we all found out Bill Clinton had a hearing loss? He wears in

the ears.

>

>Reply-To: Listen-Up

>To: <Listen-Up >

>Subject: Re: Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:53:08 -0400

>

>His ear mold isn't nearly as pretty as my daughters.

>

>Seriously, maybe these two men will help educate the public on hearing loss

>and deafness.

>

>Barb

>

> But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

> http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

> I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's

>wearing an ITE one, but

> this one shows him wearing a BTE.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Remember when we all found out Bill Clinton had a hearing loss? He wears in

the ears.

>

>Reply-To: Listen-Up

>To: <Listen-Up >

>Subject: Re: Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:53:08 -0400

>

>His ear mold isn't nearly as pretty as my daughters.

>

>Seriously, maybe these two men will help educate the public on hearing loss

>and deafness.

>

>Barb

>

> But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

> http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

> I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's

>wearing an ITE one, but

> this one shows him wearing a BTE.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Remember when we all found out Bill Clinton had a hearing loss? He wears in

the ears.

>

>Reply-To: Listen-Up

>To: <Listen-Up >

>Subject: Re: Tom Ridge and hearing loss

>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:53:08 -0400

>

>His ear mold isn't nearly as pretty as my daughters.

>

>Seriously, maybe these two men will help educate the public on hearing loss

>and deafness.

>

>Barb

>

> But, I found a picture of him and, sure enough, there it is!

> http://www.icdc.com/~lynch/Photographer/Publ/Ridge.htm

> I found an earlier one (he's much younger in it) of him where he's

>wearing an ITE one, but

> this one shows him wearing a BTE.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>Has anybody else picked up on the fact that the new head of Homeland

>Security, Tom Ridge, has a hearing loss? At his swearing in I noticed >a BTE

>hearing aid on his left ear and just assumed that it was some sort of >media

> thing, fm or whatever...but today I looked further and he actually has a

>significant hearing loss. Evidently it has something to do with childhood

>ear infection and got worse in Vietnam. I have not found a really good >link

>to info about it so if anyone finds something, please post it to the list.

>LuAnn

I knew he had hearing loss, because he was the governor of Pennsylvania, and it

was one of the first people publicly I noticed that used a BTE Aid, when

le was born.

I contact his office when my daughter was born, because we hit so many walls

trying to get things working in the early intervention system, and trying to get

signs up on our street. His office was a big help to us, in directing us and

giving us the names of the people I needed to talk to, to get the ball rolling

with her.

I " believe " he was also the person that developed The Special Kids Network, a

free organization in Pa to help parents of special needs children find help and

support.

Take Care,

Colleen

Mom to 7 year old (hearing,asthma, and allergies,)

Mom to le 3 year old, (moderately-severe hearing loss, etc)