Recent content by librarylady

Hi, just wondered if the Voc Rehab office have a Roger Pen or Conference room mike you could borrow to try out?

Hi, and feel for you. Are you using a Roger Pen and/or a table microphone to assist with work conversations?

I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing that, it's sad to hear that another kid went through that just like me. Did you finally have your hearing aids to use while you were still in school? The people we love can present us with an amazing mix of challenges.

:angel: Thanks!

Hi, I'm new too. People can say a lot of inadvertent things and just generally don't know enough about hearing loss to say something meaningful. Good for you for taking positive steps to find support

Thanks for showing me that :wave:! Your story is so similar, I was in 3rd grade and had a school screening, 3 times before the nurse and the teacher accepted that I was actually telling the truth. One visit to the old guy "specialist," and then I made do...until I was in my 20's and wanted to...

Thanks, appreciate your kind welcome!!

Thank you for the kind welcome!!

This is so cute!! Does this little person hang out on this website for general use??

Thanks, I am looking forward to being a part of this group. This summer during meetings at work two different times I made big mistakes in hearing/understanding/commenting back about what I thought had been said--and the room burst into laughter. I know it's wasn't meant meanly, it just...

Thanks, you are right! In their shoes, they will want me to be able to understand and help them. So I should not get hung up about just telling people some basics, please face me, get my attention, give me a clue about where you are...behind me, look to your left...etc. Thank you for the...

Hello, I'm a lifelong hard of hearing person from a family that was totally oblivious. As a parent now, I don't want to complain about things that happened so long ago, but my parents were pretty passive about this and I also think they might have been sort of embarrassed about my hearing loss...