When I lived as a hearing person, it limited me. When I lived as a Deaf person, it set me free.

Philip Mecham (@deaf258) joins me in an experimental podcast.

Philip is deaf, is non speaking (at least publicly). I am not. Let's see if we can talk via skype and record it.

Leaving in just a bit of our pre-show struggles. We struggled for over an hour before we got going. We tried to get a male interpreter, so Philip could have a male voice for the show, but it didn't work out.

I have attempted to edit out the interpreters when they give their operator #'s (I thought it best). I tried to remove all the dialing that was going on.

No Music this episode.

Show Notes:

Being born deaf, testing, diagnosis
EHDI hearing test
Audism Free America- AFA's 5 Demands of EHDI
Growing up in an oral world
Life altering decision- made at 5 yrs. old!
Bilingual, Bicultural Dr. Joseph Valente - Hearing The Unheard
ASL = American Sign Language
Differences in deaf schools
DBC Deaf Bilingual Coalition
AFA Audism Free America
Not Autism- AUDISM!
Audism article on Wikipedia
Cochlear Implants
My Fair Lady
Ipods and hearing loss
Audiologists and The Cochlear Dilemma
Baby Sign Language
Communication
Trouble with Dad
Dropped Call
TTY vs. VRS
ConvoRelay
ASL Inside
National Association of the Deaf
Registry of Interpreters for The Deaf
Social Networking
Communication