Oldenburg delights...!

Hallo...

So as I mentioned today was our first presentation and although there were hitches it went well...First we went to Offis Institute of Information and Technology which has a very big connection to Oldenburg College. At Offis we were given a tour that included a prototype apartment for elder care. The apartment came equipped with a special prototype of hearing aid care. The TV with a special remote could tell you when the phone was ringing, when your tea was ready on the stove and if someone rang your doorbell! The TV could also change the pitch tone of the television speaker to make it easier for a hard of hearing person to understand. It was really amazing to listen to what a hard of hearing person actually "hears". It sounds like they are listening underwater and when you speak louder the underwater just gets louder and painful. Strange...

Next it was Rotary presentation which went very well. We have some kinks, but we will work it out. Kein problem! Thank you Oldenburg-ammerland for hosting us today. We greatly enjoyed meeting all of you.

We had a short break and moved onto the Hortzentrum (hearing center). We were given a tour of the "seminar room" which is where the hearing house does all their testing. They can simulate an opera house, a cafeteria or a train station so as to test out a hearing aid and/or an individuals hearing problem. I got to sing a little bit for the test to see how each room sounds and feels different. We moved onto the hearing garden where there are sculptures to help describe either sensations of hearing or how hearing works...etc.

Virginia getting her ears done...
Does this look like an eardrum? Hello Barbara!
I can't hear anythin'! Hallo Gisela!!

We then had dinner with District 1850's Inner Wheel, the women of Rotary in this district. It was a lovely dinner and a presenation by Dr. Moeller about learning to play the piano without reading notes, "Noten Forboten" (Notes are forbidden). He was kind enough to let me sing several songs with him and I hope that the ladies of the district were entertained.

Das ist alles fur das nacht. Gute Nacht meinem freundshaft!