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Nga mihinui ki a kotou katoa Big greetings to you all

Nga mihinui ki a kotou katoa Big greetings to you all. Our senses are a gift given to us. Titiro mai-Look at me Whakaronga mai-Listen to me Korero mai-Talk to me are the three cornerstones of my world. Remove one of these and it feels like my life lacks balance.

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Nga mihinui ki a kotou katoa Big greetings to you all

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  1. Nga mihinui ki a kotoukatoa Big greetings to you all

  2. Our senses are a gift given to us

  3. Titiro mai-Look at me Whakaronga mai-Listen to me Korero mai-Talk to me are the three cornerstones of my world.

  4. Remove one of these and it feels like my life lacks balance

  5. I have a hearing impairment. It is like living in a world without colour

  6. Impaired not imperfect

  7. In Gisborne we are re-creating colour with a Hearing Impairment Support Group.

  8. There are 14 of us-a small but focused few. We will never be a large group as many are unwilling to publically admit they have an impairment

  9. The aims of our group are: • To find people who have stories to share to help make our adjustment to hearing impairment less traumatic and easier to deal with in our day to day living. • To find those hidden people who have a hearing loss and bring them into our group • To provide each other with support, information and skills that can make our life richer. • One of my personnel visions for this group is to break barriers, push boundaries and now and again get a little uncomfortable!

  10. We are quite structured and organised • We meet regularly • Our meetings are always focused on dealing with having a hearing impairment in a hearing world

  11. We have guest speakers on many issues: • Working with deaf children • Hearing Therapist • Disabilility awareness and management • Grief and Loss • The ripple effect on whanau, friends, and work colleagues • Technology • Audiology • Hearing Association availability

  12. We are from all walks of life professional, manual, full-time, part-time, at home. Most of us are middle aged but we love it because we are known as the “youngies” by the more traditional members of the Hearing Association!

  13. Hearing Loss is not just about the elderly or specific to only one occupation,gender,or culture.

  14. Hearing loss does not discriminate

  15. We are blessed to live in an age of txt, email, captioned TV and relay phone systems. This is our language and a great leveller for the deaf and hearing impaired

  16. What keeps us going? Is it the home baking and coffee??

  17. Or is it the: • Fun and humour • Sharing(Manaakitanga) • Information • Feelings • Innovative ideas • Commitment • Believing • Deep listening

  18. Often when I am struggling I remember the words quoted by members of Alcoholic Anonymous. God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change Courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference

  19. For me acceptance is the key

  20. Thank you for the wisdom and foresight of our Hearing Association whose support has been unfaltering. Without them this would not have happened.

  21. I would like to leave you with this whakatauiki which I think sums up our group and the Hearing Association of Aotearoa

  22. He toa takitini taku toa Ehara te tao takitahi My bravery was the bravery of many not just one warrior

  23. Acknowledgments • Thank you to Bryn my daughter who simply said “you can do this". She suggested the idea of a road less travelled supported by the strength of the bush. These scenes are very much like the bush on the farm I was bought up on in the Waitotara valley. • Thank you to my two boys Max and Api who gave up much of their time on the computer for me to complete this.... they were my best critics! • Last but SO not least thank you to my man Ron whose patience and unconditional love has seen us both live through every one of these slides. Kia Kaha,kia toa,kia manawanui. Be strong, be steadfast, be of big heart. Wanda Gower-James.

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