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Angie Aspinall: The great outdoors – New adventures with Tilly the Wonderdog

January 21, 2013

When we got Tilly, our rescue dog, she’d gone from five years in a cage at a puppy farm, to a period of living on the streets of London, to seven nights in the pound on Death Row to five glorious months with her wonderful foster carers. In all that time, she’d never been outside […]

Angie Aspinall: Tilly the Wonderdog

January 3, 2013

Twelve short weeks ago, I was preparing for my first ever dog to come and live with us – a rescue dog called Tilly. I promised you all an update on how we got on so, here goes… When I lost my hearing suddenly in 2011, I became convinced that a Hearing Dog would help […]

Angie Aspinall: Can you relax at a spa when you’re deaf? You can at the Explore Spa by Méridien, Mauritius

December 5, 2012

On a recent trip to Mauritius, I had the opportunity to indulge in a few days of spa experiences whilst my husband was scuba diving. It can sometimes be tempting for us new deafies to become a bit withdrawn without our ‘translator’ but I was determined to make the most of being a ‘dive widow’ […]

Angie Aspinall: The Moors Inn – a perfect ‘quiet’ pub in Yorkshire

November 28, 2012

You know how people use the expression ‘a quiet country pub’? Well, I found one that was really was: The Moors Inn at Appleton-le- Moors in North Yorkshire! Carolyn, one of the current owners told me, “My Mum insisted on having it quiet – with no music – when she ran the pub and she likes […]

Angie Aspinall: Some more things people have said to me since I started losing my hearing

November 1, 2012

Angie Aspinall started going deaf in one ear at the age of 30, then suffered total sudden onset hearing loss in her ‘good’ ear in 2011. Here she has listed some of the things people have said to her since she started losingher hearing… Last week, I listed some of the things doctors have said […]

Angie Aspinall: Things that doctors have said to me since I started losing my hearing

October 25, 2012

Angie Aspinall started going deaf in one ear at the age of 30, then suffered total sudden onset hearing loss in her ‘good’ ear in 2011. Here she has listed some of the things doctors have said to her since she started losing her hearing… The ENT doctor who diagnosed me with the progressive condition […]

Angie Aspinall: Planning our first holiday with Tilly

October 10, 2012

So, we’re soon to become a ‘dog-owning household’ and one thing is bound to change as a result – and that’s the places we stay when we go on holiday. Now, we’ve always enjoy self-catering holidays and camping trips in the UK anyway so, the type of holiday won’t be different but the actual accommodation […]

Angie Aspinall: The Year of the Dog

September 28, 2012

If you’ve read my first blog post for Limping Chicken, you’ll know that after sudden profound deafness in my ‘good ear’ last year, I started to long for a dog. I thought it would help me feel safe and secure and would give me something on which to focus my attention while off work with […]

Angie Aspinall: Finding a world of my own

August 7, 2012

Today, I did something I’ve never done before… I woke up with a pounding headache. My tinnitus was wailing like a Banshee and I knew I had a training course to deliver. I dragged myself out of bed, took some painkillers and the first of my daily betahistine dihydrochloride tablets and got myself ready for […]

Angie Aspinall: Up and away – a traveller’s tale

July 31, 2012

As a traveller with a hearing loss, there’s always a little extra nervousness attached to any long journey: will I hear if there’s a platform alteration announced or hear the call for boarding the plane? But I’m happy to say that these concerns were unfounded in regards to my latest journey. The journey from Huddersfield […]

Angie Aspinall: Out and proud

June 14, 2012

I have a friend who has recently suffered sudden hearing loss similar to mine. She was already a hearing aid user with mild to moderate hearing loss in both ears. Reading her email telling me what happened brought it all back to me about my own sudden deafness a year earlier. Like me, she wasn’t […]

Angie Aspinall: The year of the chicken

June 7, 2012

It may seem a bit late to do this now but I’m declaring 2011 to be ‘The Year of the Chicken’. In April 2011, I suffered a devastating blow: I suddenly lost almost all of my hearing over the course of a few hours. You may wonder what this has to do with chickens. But […]