<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi all<div><br></div><div>I’ve been blind since I’ve been six months old, and I started losing my hearing when I was about 11 to 13 years old. My mom‘s daughter was teach me sign language. Then I stopped because I was upset she got married and never came back. But when I was 16 years old I went to the school in Saint Augustine Florida the Florida school for the deaf and blind. From ages 16 to 18. And I had a friend she lived in Tampa she was totally deaf and she taught me sign language and so did my deaf boyfriend let me find language. I do not have issues syndrome. My blindness stems from being left in the car at six months old and beaten in the head by my father would make me lose the rest of my vision when I was little. My hearing loss we believe they came from my birth mother. But without hearing aids I am totally down. And I got new updated hearing aids that vocational rehab pay for they are Bluetooth compatible with my iPhone. And they have to be Turned up all the way for me to hear a little bit and some voices. I just got 3 or 4 months ago A Borrell focus 14 braille display that is linked up to my iPhone. And about 3 or 4 weeks ago I got a brand new updated braille note touch 32+. And I got both of them from I can connect for free for those who are different levels of deaf blindness. And I was trained on both of them.</div><div><br></div><div>Always </div><div>Ineko <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 7, 2019, at 8:52 PM, jmail201586--- via NFB-DB <nfb-db@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yes my message did get cut off. No what I was going to say is that I’m a hard of hearing individual and that I’m glad that there are a multitude of ways for people struggling with hearing loss to have ways to improve their hearing loss. I-mean, I’ve always of asl when I was growing up, but the implant, no I never knew about the implant until 11 years ago. I’d rejected the implant and still use a hearing aid to this day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFB-DB <nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Westbrook via NFB-DB<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 7, 2019 2:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Chris Westbrook <westbchris@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-DB] cochlear implant article in this month's Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I think your message got cut off mid message, and I'm dying to hear what you have to say about my article lol.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 11:50 AM jmail201586--- via NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yes, I read the article in the braille mon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marsha via NFB-DB<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 6, 2019 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:marsha.drenth@gmail.com" target="_blank">marsha.drenth@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-DB] cochlear implant article in this month's Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks Chris for posting! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am proud to say that Chris lives and is involved in the Pennsylvania DeafBlind group. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">MDrenth<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Westbrook via NFB-DB<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 4, 2019 9:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Chris Westbrook <<a href="mailto:westbchris@gmail.com" target="_blank">westbchris@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-DB] cochlear implant article in this month's Braille Monitoritor. It was good. I myseld am hard of hearing and I’m thankful for the information you provide to persons who are apart of the <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">i don't meant to brag, but I am posting her a link to an article I wrote that appears in the December Braille Monitor. As always, if anyone has any questions/comments, feel free to reply on list or email me privately at <a href="mailto:westbchris@gmail.com" target="_blank">westbchris@gmail.com</a>. Hope you enjoy the article.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm19/bm1911/bm191106.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm19/bm1911/bm191106.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>NFB-DB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-DB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">NFB-DB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFB-DB mailing list</span><br><span>NFB-DB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>