A little of this and a little of that.

What has Hearing Dog Cher been up to since the last post? A little bit of everything.  

While staying with one of my sisters (I have three) in Sunriver, Oregon, Cher worked the microwave beep, let me know when the oven timer went off when my sis Ann baked cookies and when I was timing hard boiled eggs.  I did not want to end up with eggs that I could bounce across the room!  She alerted me when she heard my cell phone vibrate as it sat on my sister's kitchen table.  Not even "normal hearing" Ann heard that!  It was a message from my husband saying " Call me".  Thanks to our girl I was able to call him very soon after he had messaged me.  

OK I know a few of you may be saying " If you can't hear well how can you call someone on the phone?" Excellent question.  When I had a land line phone and Internet I used a caption phone that paired the phone with high speed internet.  The caption phone company used a combination of voice recognition technology and transcription service to provide written captains of what the caller said. These captions were displayed on the phones's screen which was about the size of the small iPad screen. But alas, since we live and travel full time in our RV, I no longer have a landline or an Internet provider.  What 's a HOH (Hard of Hearing) gal to do?  Fortunately there is a company called "ClearCaptions" that can provide captioning service for outgoing calls that I make on my iPhone. Sweet! That is now how I make phone calls.  If only it could be done for in-coming calls on the iPhone. 

Maybe some time in the near future?

Since Monday Cherelle has found herself with me and Larry at a RV park in Tualatin, Oregon.  We are attending the national convention of the Hearing Loss Association of American (HLAA) which is being held this year not too far from here at the Portland Convention Center. Today was the first day of the convention. Cher and I are both wiped out tonight.  She saw a number of other Hearing Dogs and a few other service dogs today.  I will admit that she got off to a rocky start by barking at the first service dog she saw. Color me red faced! However once she realized that she had to share the convention center with other dogs she kept her cool for the rest of the day. She ended her busy day with the two of us doing a short presentation at a Dogs for the Deaf reception held at McMenamins-Kennedy School. (A former elementary school that has been converted into a hotel, movie theater and eatery.)

We will continue with more posts about our HLAA convention experience and any other side trip happenings over the next couple of days. 

Good Wishes to All from me

and Tail Wags from Cherelle