A brief introduction

Hello everybody! *waves*

For those who don't know me, I am Gavin Songer and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears. I wore hearing aids in both ears up to the age of 11, until the hearing levels in my right ear began to decrease. In October 2001, I had an operation to have a Cochlear Implant in my right ear. Since then I have continued living a relatively 'normal' life.

I thought I'd create a blog, because a friend of mine has done one about the progress of her young daughter, who is also deaf, and I thought it'd be a good idea to do one for myself, especially as I will be starting an independent life at University in September this year. It's all very exciting, but at the same time, incredibly frightening!

I'll try to update my blog regularly with relevant things about the life of a typical deaf young adult and I hope you'll find it interesting and will consider deaf people more carefully in the future!

Bye for now!