Karen Therese Putz in Chicago, IL | Hinsdale South High School - Hinsdale High School

Karen T. Putz

Female, 46 years old

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Karen Putz is a deaf mom to three deaf and hard of hearing kids. She's married to her college sweetheart who is also deaf. Karen grew up hard of hearing and became profoundly deaf after a fall while waterskiing on her bare feet. She has learned to turn her hearing aids off when the hubby grumbles about her housecleaning skills and close her eyes when the kids ask for money to go to the mall. Karen bounces back and forth from the western suburbs to Christie Lake in Michigan, where her parents reside. She drives a 20-year old boat and takes great delight in whipping the kids around the lake on inflated tubes. Twenty six years after becoming deaf from a fall while barefoot water skiing, she's back on the water. And this time, she learned to barefoot backwards. Karen is a Sales Manager for ZVRS.com, a videophone company. She provides mentoring services to families with deaf and hard of hearing children. She is a board member of Hands & Voices and runs the Illinois chapter. Karen tossed away her B.S. and M.A. counseling degrees in favor of her first love: writing. She can be found blogging away at Disaboom, Parenting Squad and her own two blogs: A Deaf Mom Shares Her World and Jobs, Careers and Callings. read more ...