collection of memories and things that my mum kept

This photograph shows all the collection that my mum kept since i went to osdal house school for the deaf, and i have them all now and keeping them.

It was impossible to submit all of these as it would be overflowing and lot a to show!

Graphs

it also documents the hearing and speech tests involving boring and time-consuming visits to hospitals, which were a regular feature of my childhood. Not something I had any pleasure doing.

Living in a Goldfish Bowl

This goldfish bowl with all my items inside, it says a lot

about my life and my identity - what I have endured

since I was a baby.I have always had to wear hearing aids

and these have affectedmy sense of ‘self’ throughout my life.

Hearing Aids and Phonic Ear

These are leaflets and magazines on Phonic Ear HC455, there were big, bulky and heavy to wear but we had to wear them at school every day but not at home, boy was I glad about that! When I got to my teens, I started to rebel about wearing these things even though they were doing their best for me try get best education etc. The other is magazine from RNID on hearing aid and other technology that could improve deaf life's.

technology - deaf - changed since 1985!

These are the technology that most deaf people use, it is changing fast now. As we now use mobile sms messages all the time, before the mobile and internet came out we had to go to deaf club to meet friends and find out what events were happening also relied on British Deaf News, which we still use today. But now deaf club is not a place to meet as we communicate via email, facebook, sms messages. But however we still need minicom, to communicate with hearing peers like sorting out bills etc. Telephone flashing light to let us know the phone is ringing. Vibrating alarm clock to wake us up, which we now have a few choices to have. also smoke alarm which is installed by fireman, to ensure that our lives are safe. This is linked to vibrating pad and flashing light also noise for other people to hear. Only downside of this is we cannot hear very well when it is time to change the batteries!

need to keep this up to date

Will be putting up some more images and about my identity over the weekend.

This is something i must do over the weekend and get it sorted also do some photography work and get art work ready for submission.

Photos of hearing aids

These are my old hearing aids. i am practising taking photos in photography studio or should i take them into natural environment like in garden, forest etc... something to think about.

They are kept in the box since I have been little girl. The box is very old now, don't see these boxes anymore maybe there are around.

Sam