these products work quite awesomely to help me communicate with ease.
A Different World
I dream, for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired communicators alike, of a world where teletype machines and cell phone texting and Yahoo Instant Messenger reign as commonplace.
Texting
The complement that my friend Joel has given me from day one is that I express myself so well in my writing. Hmmm. Thanks, dude, for introducing me to the medium that allows me to do that on the telephone!
Dormant Hope
At age 14 (1980), I was evaluated for teflon injections into my vocal cords. But that’s when it was found out that I do have slight movement in my left vocal cord (and full movement in my right). This disqualified me 35 years ago. And by 2014,teflon was rarely used because it too often causes inflammation. But injections of Radiesse voice gel into the Adam’s Apple or Cymetra from processed cadaver skin are commonly-used temporary fixes today. There are also more portable voice amplifiers on the market today.
Shaky Smiles
This poem was written to vent my frustration about people who pretend to understand me when they don’t. To me, it means unwillingness to be patient, when I’ll repeat something a zillion times as long as my listener is respecting me enough to try again too. It really is like opening my arms to someone, and he/she turns and walks away.