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		<title>Summer Fun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We BC Hands &#38; Voices folk recognize that parents are often looking for things to do with their children over the summer and thought it would be fun for all us parents who have children with hearing loss to get&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/summer-fun/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>B.C. Hands &amp; Voices Coffee Night!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 27th, 7:00 Starbucks, 104-12571 Bridgeport Road, Richmond (at Sweden Way, across the street from Ikea). Take the Bridgeport Road exit from the Knight Street Bridge.  It`s is also easily accessible from Hwy 99 and 91. Come join us &#8211;&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/107/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bilateral BAHAs &#8211; Is Bilateral Better?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After using a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) for 6 years, our 14 year old son Jesse recently received his second BAHA – he “went bilateral.”  He was born with bilateral atresia (no ear canals or openings on either side)&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/is-bilateral-better/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Son Inspires Torchbearer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story By Alfie Lau &#8211; The Burnaby Now Norman Wong won&#8217;t forget his moment of glory in Maple Ridge on March 10. The North Burnaby man who works as a program supervisor for the Shaw Multicultural Channel won the right&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/torchbearer/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The “Daily Draw”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the age of two, children use spontaneous drawing as a language medium but the potential becomes real only if adult care-givers take an interest by motivating themes. We believe that most children are still innocently deprived of drawing as&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/daily-draw/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Signing Course First in North America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story by Jennifer Moreau, The Burnaby Now The Burnaby school district launched North America&#8217;s first online American Sign Language course last month. &#8220;It&#8217;s about access, it&#8217;s about bridging cultures, all cultures of the world,&#8221; said Karen Taylor, the administrator for the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/signing-course/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/signing-course/</link>
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		<title>BC Hands &amp; Voices Spring Picnic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An opportunity to meet other families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Sunday May 2nd - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Download Printable Invitation Please RSVP by Friday, April 30th to info@bchandsandvoices.com or phone 604-552-2254 Please include your names, the age(s)&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/picnic-2010/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/picnic-2010/</link>
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		<title>Hands &amp; Voices Coffee Night &#8211; Thursday March 11th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for our first “Coffee Night!”   This will be an informal opportunity to get together and chat with other parents of young children with hearing loss.  We are planning to organize coffee nights once every other month, in different communities around the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/coffee-night-2010/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bilateral BAHAs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our 14 year old son has bilateral atresia (no ear canals).  He wore a traditional bone conduction hearing aid for several years, and has used a BAHA for the past six years.   This past November he &#8220;went bilateral,&#8221; getting a second BAHA.  You are welcome to&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/bilateral-baha/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Personal Challenges in Dealing with My Son’s Hearing Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My son Connor was diagnosed with a mild bilateral hearing loss at birth. At the time of diagnosis, I went through the typical grieving process but Connor having a hearing loss really didn’t affect me because I myself have a&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://www.bchandsandvoices.com/post/dealing-with-childs-hearing-loss/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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