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New House - Week 3 by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The house is still coming along in leaps and bounds. Brian from G J Gardeners is sending me weekly updates and photos which makes it really exciting. As you can see the fram ... Read on »

My New House - Week 2 by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'll be living here in no time! No time at all! After my neighbour sent me the photo (last one in the previous blog entry), I got another two from G J Gardner's - the people ... Read on »

My New House - Week 1 by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness My house is progressing.... From the blog I wrote on the 5th November, the day it started. I went back the next day on Friday, and was disappointed nothing more had happened ... Read on »

Robyn Carter - In Concert! by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I have been partaking in some Cochlear Implant research in conjunction with Auckland University. The research is being done to find out if people with Cochlear Implants can l ... Read on »

The Farm by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'm staying down on the farm in Blenheim, way down in Waihopai Valley, near the spy station. It's a stunning time to be here because of all the spring growth. Everything is ... Read on »

My House Started Today :) by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Yep - that's right. Driving from the farm up towards Renwick, I noticed some 'dust' billowing in the air and I said - Hmmmmm I think my house has started. So Carol drove me ... Read on »

Honesty Rules in Blenheim by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I'm so pleased I'm moving to Blenheim. Its such an honest place. As I got out of the Landrover today at the library, I didn't notice that my cellphone fell out onto the pave ... Read on »

6 months post switch-on - Cochlear Implant Review by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It's now been six months since I was switched on with my third Cochlear Implant. Things are finally starting to go back to what I was used to with my first one, which worked w ... Read on »

Vintage Camera #1 by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I was given 3 vintage cameras last week. They had been sitting in my mother's wardrobe for nearly 40 years. Having sold her house the time had come to purge things she didn' ... Read on »

I knew there was a reason... by Robyn C. Patient Expert

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Tsunami! by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness While I'm housesitting, I do not have wireless broadband, in fact, at present I only have dial up. Very painful. Which is why I'm sitting at Takapuna library using their bro ... Read on »

Booklist - My first 50 Books since 1 March, 2009 by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Books I've read sice 1st March, 2009... I'm using a rating of 1 to 10, where 1 is bad and 10 is great! 1. Marley and Me by John Grogan - Non Fiction My rating - 10 2. Don' ... Read on »

Reading....... by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I've always read a lot. And somehow, I learnt to speed read. This was apparent when I was about 11 years old and read the Lord of the Rings in one weekend. That was the who ... Read on »

Word Mispronunciations! by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I've always done it. Right from when I was young. I still do it now. Mispronounce words. You know as soon as the word has left your mouth, and people look at you with that s ... Read on »

Audio Visual - My Very First - On You Tube! by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I attended our North Shore Photographic Society's monthly workshop last week. It was on a subject that I've been interested in for a while, and one that I have dabbled with i ... Read on »

A Blonde Day by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I think I should go back to bed before I do something so dumb that I won't ever be able to show my face again!! I'm at present housesitting and looking after two cats. One i ... Read on »

The House Plan for my Section by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness While I've been living at my mother's place, I've been in talks with G J Gardners in Marlborough over my house plan. Originally I had hoped to have a particular plan called t ... Read on »

Where Am I? by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I've fallen off the internet! Let me tell you the whole story. It's quite simple - I sold my house. It was a lovely house and I miss it heaps - very sunny and warm, centra ... Read on »

CI 3 month Review - Hearing Like a Bat! by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Just been to my three month review. Very little changed, my map is staying very stable which is really nice. After tweaking the high pitched electrodes in a very minor way, ... Read on »

Akaroa - in the Rain by Robyn C. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness With the Southerly hemming us in and the weather terrible in Christchurch, there was no real point heading over to Mt Hutt and the Alps as there would simply be nothing to see ... Read on »

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