October 16, 2016
When Ed started his business in the late 1970's his first client had him design a digit version of a device called an Electronic Ear. A doctor in France had determined that even though some people had the ability to hear their brains had problems interpreting the sounds. The Electronic Ear was developed to "train the brain" to understand the sounds. I've really simplified the problem and the process but I think I'm accurate though maybe overly simplified. Anyway back to the present. Earlier this summer Paul (the owner of the Listening Center and user of the Electronic Ears) called Ed and said that there is a fellow in Spain (Christopher) who is working on updating the Electronic Ear and Christopher is planning a trip to Canada and would like to meet Ed and talk about the Electron Ear. So today was the day Paul, his wife, Christopher and his wife came to Walkerton.

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Christopher, Paul and Ed

About two weeks after Paul and Christopher's visit a documentary about retraining the brain aired on television and one of the segments was on the Electronic Ear. It's pretty amazing that something Ed designed almost 40 years ago is still being used and considered a viable treatment.

October 18, 2016
Snuggle time. Caity's getting pretty comfortable and getting me well trained.

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I plumped my blanket up so she had a nice pillow.

October 19, 2016
This morning when Caity got out of bed I told her that her mom and dad were coming home from Hawaii. As she didn't react I don't know if she understood me. About 11 am John and Carol arrived and Caity was beside herself bouncing and jumping around. She went to her toy box and grabbed toys and ran around playing with them.

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October 27, 2016
Snow .... I can't believe there's snow on the ground. I drove down to Burlington today and was surprised to see snow on the ground in towns to the south of us. When I left home Walkerton didn't have any snow.

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Apparently, that changed over the course of the day.

By time I arrived back home in the evening the snow was gone.

In the next few days the temperatures climbed and we were enjoying Indian Summer.

October 29, 2016
A beautiful fall day.

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Guess the fishing is good this year as we've seen a lot of guys standing in the middle of the river.

October 31, 2016
Our cutest tricker treator this year was little Hudson in his cow outfit. Grandpa Rob was happy to show Hudson off.
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Hudson didn't get any treats but his mom and dad did.