Moderator • ProCap Switzerland
Dear readers, some time ago I wrote here that I give workshops as a moderator for an organisation of and for people with a disability or impairment. Among other things, this organisation organises awareness projects for adults and also at schools. In the…
Dear readers, in my career as a hearing-impaired person, I have experienced a lot and also read about many experiences shared by you as a reader. That situations still shock me means something. Yesterday was such a moment. In Switzerland, the shops have…
Sometimes in life you get a premonition of something that might happen, but you ignore it because you cannot and do not want to look too far into the future. Things go the way they go and all too often you have no influence on the way. It's no use…
“No, no, no, and no!” In disbelief, I stare at my empty hand, which until just now contained a small, button-shaped, silver battery. I, a middle-aged woman and a hearing aid wearer since the age of 18, a veteran of changing hearing aid batteries, have dro…
Hyperacusis, hypersensitivity to noise, is less well known than tinnitus, but there are many people who suffer more or less severely from it. In this section “Marga hears too much” Marga van Hintum blogs about her experiences with Hyperacusis reg…
Reading Fay Vietmeiers post BREAKING FREE recently, immediately an association came to my mind. In 1984 The band Queen launched a hit with the single «I want to break free». This song talks about someone who feels trapped in a relationship and wants to ‘…
Dear readers, the last few weeks I was not online and there was a reason for that. My mother has moved from her senior home to a care home and I was with her in the Netherlands for 2 weeks to help. The preparations and the move itself and also the time…
In 1964, in the musical «My Fair Lady» professor Higgins tried to teach his female student Elisa a more civilized pronunciation and way of life. In a conversation with his friend, Colonel Pickering, he asked him «why can't a woman be more like a man?» He …
