Recent content by browneyes106

I was born with hearing loss. The doctors never figured out why. I have 50% loss in one ear and 25% loss in the other.

I wear two digital hearing aids.

I have worn hearing aids since I was five. I don't have a deaf accent but when I was little I was always wanting to hide them because I got teased by kids and sometimes adults look at me weird. Over time I started to ignore the stares and eventually kids stopped teasing me. Most of the time my...

Thanks again for the welcomes

Thanks to all for the welcomes.

I have worn hearing aids since I was 5 and I'm still considering a CI. When I was really little kids were always asking mainly because they had a probably never seen them. Growing up people rarely what they were but people would always ask why I needed them.

I read somewhere about a head set that looks similar to headphones that coves the ear. This head set is very thick and the person wearing them wouldn't be able to hear.

I know I'm late in talking about the topic. I'm a HOH the hearing loss in my left ear isn't too but I'm 50% deaf in my right ear. My hearing loss wasn't discovered until I was 3. Over the years I would deaf kids at audiologist's offices, speech therapy and around my city and they accepted me...

Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy

My speech is pretty good but I wearing hearing aids. I have always had to deal with stares since I was little. I got used to it and sometimes I can see people with weird looks on the faces when they see the hearing aids sometimes they aren't noticeable cause of my hair but if I have my pair...

Hi everyone. My name is Diane I'm 23. I'm hard of hearing I have about 25% loss in my left ear and 50% in my right ear. I was born with hearing loss and it was discovered when I was 3. I wear hearing aids and I learned to read lips.