Check out this talented singer! You can preview selections from her CD at her site below.
From: http://www.mandyharveymusic.com/about
Sometimes you know…you just know! The instrumentation is tight and crisp. The songs are classic and timeless. The vocals are rich and captivating. And you know why a simple CD can comfort, entertain and inspire. It just makes you [...]
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Posted in Encouragement, Fidos For Freedom, HLAA, Meniere's disease, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged hearing loss, assistance dogs, deafness, cochlear implant, working dogs, service dogs, HLAA, Fidos For Freedom, hearing assistance dogs, disability, Meniere's disease, dAp, brain injury on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My “morning chore” this morning included cleaning up the porch and putting patio furniture up for the season. Each Autumn I accomplish this task, I’m reminded how desperately our deck needs replaced. I haven’t been out on the deck in about a week and was startled to find more Zinnias in full bloom. Don’t they [...]
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Posted in Meniere's disease, assistance dogs, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged hearing loss, assistance dogs, working dogs, service dogs, hearing assistance dogs, Meniere's disease on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After FOUR DAYS of drizzle and rain, we have enjoyed SUN. I forget that not being able to go outside can affect our furry family members as well. I was very lucky to not have any errands to run during the days of rain with the exception of running my husband to the airport (whom [...]
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Posted in Fidos For Freedom, HLAA, Meniere's disease, Nucleus Freedom, assistance dogs, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged assistance dogs, cochlear implant, deafness, Fidos For Freedom, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, Hearing Loss Association of America, HLAA, lip reading, Meniere's, Meniere's disease, Nucleus Freedom, reading lips, service dogs, speech reading, working dogs on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Having a hearing assistance dog has its advantages when I do not hear “surround sound”. I have trouble with directionality as I only have one cochlear implant (and due to my balance problems very likely will not ever have a second). I have learned to pay attention to where Chloe is looking in order to [...]
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Posted in Nucleus Freedom, cochlear implant, cochlear implants, deafness, hearing loss, tagged cochlear implant, deafness, hearing again, hearing loss, Nucleus Freedom on October 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Who would have thought even five years later I am still picking up sounds that I hadn’t heard the year before? I have had my cochlear implant for close to five years. I am only mapped once a year now at Johns Hopkins. Whatever my audiologist did this past May enabled [...]
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Posted in Fidos For Freedom, Meniere's disease, assistance dogs, deafness, dog related, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, service dogs, working dogs, tagged assistance dogs, balance disorder, deafness, Fidos For Freedom, hearing assistance dogs, hearing loss, Meniere's, Meniere's disease, service dogs, working dogs on October 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chloe turned five-years-old on Thursday, October 1st. According to one source, that makes Chloe about 36-years-old in human years. No wonder she is perfectly fine with a Sunday afternoon nap now!
History in a Nutshell
Chloe came to Fidos For Freedom in January of 2005 as a three month old puppy. Chloe was puppy raised [...]
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