I am not sure what or how it happened, but my left BAHA abutment – the bolt drilled into my skull that my hearing aid attaches to – is as loose as a politician’s grasp of the truth. It not … Continue reading →

A package from Johns Hopkins arrived with a programmed set of BAHA sound processors arrived while I was giving a lesson. I won’t turn them on until tomorrow or the next day… With so much time without working hearing aids, … Continue reading →

My BAHA (bone anchored hearing aid) sound processors are nonfictional. I am just about deaf again.

2021 will be remembered, by me, as the year I put down the guitar.  Possibly for good. My hands, racked with old injuries and arthritis,  make playing my guitar a study in pain. Understand, the banjo was just something that … Continue reading →

Patrickcostello.org is a few days away from launch. I never meant for it to take so long to put the bones of the site together, but between chronic pain and post-concussive troubles, work happens as I am able. In other … Continue reading →

The project I won’t tell you about is going well (knocks wood), but it requires dragging my Dobro 33-H out of retirement. Playing guitar again, despite arthritis, is wonderful. Trouble is, I am deaf as a post and my BAHA … Continue reading →

A comment from last night on my wordless Son House bottleneck workshop: Sorry of my ignorance, but what is this no speaking. I love watching from Patrick and learning from him but this bullshit of not talking is both silly … Continue reading →

Remember my BAHA implants? The ones that cost a fortune but do not work? It turns out that the people in charge of Cochlear get paid millions of dollars to deliver a product that basically ruined my life. I wrote … Continue reading →

The Weekly Free Gathering That Will Inspire You To Practice, Play Better and Make New Friends Around The World: The Wednesday Night Banjo and Donut Marching Society Wants You! We meet on Zoom every Wednesday at 2:00 and 7:00 PM … Continue reading →