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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:57:52 CST
From:         Roy Miller <GE0013@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      How Am I Doing?

Esther recently asked about how I was doing.  Given that I haven't
poked my head into the discussion on DEAF-L for awhile, I will take
this opportunity to again "make my presence known."

My summer "vacation" has been a very busy one.  On May 29th, I gave
a paper at the National Symposium on "Educational Applications of
Technology for Deaf Students" at the National Technical Institute
for the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester, New York.  That paper was entitled
"E-Mail and Computer Conferencing: Aids to Deaf Students and Faculty
Members."  This was my first visit to NTID, and one which I enjoyed
immensely (thanks in no small part to the efforts of occasional
DEAF-L contributor Ross Stuckless who put together a very educational
and pleasant conference).

On June 1st I underwent surgery in Pittsburgh, PA.  We had to remove
the gore-tex supportive sling from one side of my face as my body
had been rejecting the gore-tex for almost a year.  I just got
my act back together in time to attend the SHHH (Self Help for Hard of
Hearing People) 1992 convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during the last
week in June.

On July 14th I underwent further previously unplanned surgery in
Pittsburgh.  That effort was to provide some needed eye protection
and try to find the cause of some nerve damage that had been done
during the earlier June surgery.  The eye work turned out fine,
but the source of the nerve damage was not found.  So, we wait a year
and see if it "fixes itself".

On July 24th I left on an 11-day trip to the Northwoods in far
northwestern Ontario, Canada.  This was a fishing trip, and a very
special one as I took my two sons with me to fish a lake that I first
fished over twenty years ago.  The trip was made even more enjoyable
by the companionship of two other deaf people.

I returned just in time to do my laundry, repack my bags, and leave
on August 6th for an 11-day trip to Israel, where I gave three
presentations at the 4th International Congress of Hard of Hearing
People in Jerusalem.  One of those presentations was about the
Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), and the trip enabled
me to make new deaf/HOH friends from all over the world.

I just returned home last night, and have been suffering eye strain
from reading all the mail from DEAF-L that had piled up while I was
gone.  As always, the DEAF-L discussions were quite enjoyable,
especially the long thread about our use of words/labels, such as
deaf/Deaf/hard of hearing/hearing impaired.  On the other hand, sorting
through the over 100 files that had been returned to me by LISTSERV
because of delivery problems to DEAF-L subscribers is something that
I could have easily done without.  But, that comes with the territory
in keeping DEAF-L up and running, so I can tolerate the inconvenience
for the rewards that DEAF-L brings.

School starts here in one week, so I will be spending some quality
time in preparing for my class this semester.  Then on September 7th
I will again climb abord the big bird and head for Boston and the
4th annual convention of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults,
ALDAcon 1992.  The ALDA convention will be held from September 9-13
at the Park Plaza Hotel, and I will post a more extensive description
of the program here on DEAF-L in a couple of days.

So, Esther, as you can see my summer has been a busy one.  I have had
little time to do much other than pack and unpack my suitcase (and
keep up with the discussions here on DEAF-L).  As I said, I'll be in
Boston next month, and would like to arrange a get together with
all of the DEAF-L readers in the Boston area.  If anyone is interested,
please drop me a personal note and we will see what we can put
together.

Esther, I hope that this provides a satisfactory answer to your question.
Now I can once again "shut up" and enjoy the DEAF-L discussions for
another couple of months.  Thanks for thinking of me, and I look
forward to meeting you in Boston next month.

-- Roy Miller, Owner of DEAF-L
   President of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA)
   GE0013@SIUCVMB     or     GE0013@siucvmb.siu.edu
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