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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Let's help Wael Renzo to hear the world!

I got a message from Princess Bendecio a couple of weeks ago. She has a child who is deaf and is in need of a very expensive cochlear implant. I promised her to post her letter on my blog, so here it is. Please read and share this with everyone you know.

KCAT CAN: Leading an extraordinary life

Leading an extraordinary life
by Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza
November 12, 2012

It really does feel great whenever people tell me that I have touched their lives and influenced them in one way or another. Actually, I am not really doing anything greater other than enjoying my life and living it the way I want it.

I accept whatever life gives me despite the odds and enjoy whatever comes out from it. Some may complain that it is easier said than done, but it’s not really the case. Yes, life is hard, but doing the things that you can is not really that hard. It all depends on you and your attitude.

KCAT CAN: The gift of hearing

The gift of hearing
by Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza
August 6, 2012

Despite being deaf, I am still so much grateful because my hearing loss did not occur from the time I was born. I was still able to hear the sounds of the world for 22 years.

KCAT CAN: HELP KATRINA HEAR

I wrote about Katrina Rambongga and her fund raising campaign today.. I really wish for little Kat to hear & say the words 'I love you'.. soon!

She has cochlear implant device now, thanks to your help! and she can speak a few syllables.. But she needs continuous therapy & schooling in order to hear clearly and speak more words.. And she needs our help..

HELP KATRINA HEAR
by Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza
September 6, 2010

Way back in 2008, I received a message from a concerned father through my Multiply account, Kuya John was searching for something to help Katrina, his two year old only daughter, the youngest of his three children. Kuya John and his wife Ate Karen wished they had a little girl and after four years of waiting Katrina was born. A dream came true.

Mae Loves to hear from you again

For my friends in the dessert (Middle East) ;P Let's help Mae raise funds for Cochlear Implant in order to hear the world again..

I learned about Mae through Jen's blog..

Storyline Damdamin (Abs-Cbn) - Kcat Yarza

aired on ABS-CBN - August 18, 2010

Storyline Whispers (ANC) - Kcat Yarza

aired on ANC on July 22, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

I am living in silence, but I am not silent

I was thinking about what my topic will be for my next column in MB.. Since my cochlear implant isn't working so well the last few weeks, it's like I'm deaf again. Haha. And then I decided, my topic will be: about me being deaf.

I was recalling what I felt before, when I learned that there is a possibility I might go deaf & when that happened. I just learned that I have increasing brain tumors (tumors, meaning more than one ;P) and now I'm going deaf.. But my reaction was: OK. That didn't change a thing. Just read my column today. Haha ;P

Share your love to Katrina, hug a teddy bear

Ate Karen Rambongga (Katrina's mom) is selling teddy bears again.. Thanks to you Katrina now has cochlear implant.. But she still need to attend a lot of mapping * therapy sessions in order for her to hear & speak clearly.. We can help her so that she could say "Thank you" to us & hear and understand our reply: "You're welcome"

kat, kat, KAT

you made KCAT hEAR..

you made KATRINA (rambongga) hear and talk

(she keeps on mimicking the sounds she hears.. haha)

LET'S MAKE KATRIEN HEAR

THE WORLD AS WELL!

Please visit her site katriencha.multiply.com, take time to browse around her site and let's extemd our hands to her..

KATRIEN is 3 years old.. Her mom is raising funds for her cochlear implant.. They are selling shirt, wristbands, stuffs..

Sabi ng aking ina..

(email from my mom for my doctors & some friends)

Subject: Kcat's progress

Shop & Help

I learned this site through Ate Karen Rambongga.. Visit Anja's online shop. Shop and help.

http://store4anja.multiply.com/

[...]Anja is deaf. She has profound hearing loss on both ears. She wears hearing aids but they are not enough to make her hear everything. Doctors and audiologists suggest cochlear implants but these are very, very, very expensive. (Mas mura pa bumili ng bagong Honda Civic, pramis.) In the meantime, I've enrolled her at the Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf where they use total communication or all modes that can be used for communicating- from made up gestures to lip reading to formal signing. (I've noticed, though, that most, if not all, of the students at this school sign, even if they are able to talk.)

Kathrina & Katrina are both an artist

Katrina is now hearing and speaking a few words.. And she needs our help..

Yun pala yun..

Got this from Armin.. may caption kasi.. and bingi eh..

ang weird lng kasi, Pantene pala.. Parang movie or advocacy commercial tapos shampoo pala.. Hehe.

Monday, April 6, 2009

This is definitely a good news..

Stem Cells Could Cure Deafness

Stem cell researchers have made a breakthrough they believe could someday cure deafness, the Times of London reports. The British team, working with stem cells from the inner ear, have successfully grown early versions of the cells that enable hearing and now aim to create functional cells that can be transplanted into the inner ear to reverse hearing loss. Researchers say a cure for total hearing loss is still at least a decade away, but believe their work can be used immediately to test new drugs and probe the causes of deafness. "This research is incredibly promising and opens up exciting possibilities by bringing us closer to restoring hearing in the future,” said a research director at the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.

-from newser