Recent content by mimimama

In all my visits to the audi and the CI evals never once was there info given on how I can learn ASL where classes were given or how to meet people who communicate in ASL. So maybe you do have a bit of a point.

To a born deaf person being asked numerous times about CI by people I can see how you would feel pressured. I don't know the details of your experiences but I think it is just that we look at it different. To you who has a support system of people who knows other deaf people and is a part of...

wow, u all need to calm down! Can I just say that I have been to two CI evaluations about 5 years apart and I was not pressured into it. I was asked if I knew what they were and if I would be interested in going for testing. First time I was told I benefit from HA to the point I can...

Not to be argumentive but if she can hear anything at 12 mo then she is going to decipher those sounds not unlike any other child at 12 mo who really can not talk or understand everything they hear. They may sound different than a born hearing but it will be all she knows and won't realize the...

Progressive loss since teenager everyone shrugs and says its hereditary because i have older relatives with loss but none that are deaf. I guess I am the lucky one that got it young. I am 33 now and deaf in one ear and profoundly in the other. Every time I get a cold or infection a little more...

Yeah, it really pisses me off when she talks to my husband like I am not there. And this was the first time I have ever worn an earmold and didn't think about taking them in and out when she put it in until later on when I went to put it back in, I was like oh shit and kept asking my husband...

To me it would make more sense to have the technology to turn spoken words into written words by sound instead of lipreading. But I will try to answer your questions. Alot of times the person isn't looking at you and talking so if you can lip read it is still useless. But I will try to answer...

you also need to file ssi for yourself. You don't have to be disabled to get ssi it is income based (welfare). A child with hearing loss at a certain db can qualify. SS has an excellent site that has answered all of my questions I have had about SS. If there is anything you dont see on it...

Hello, so glad to hear about your son! Hang in there you will be a pro in no time. So glad to hear some good news. Hope he enjoys his new HA.

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yeah, I do get it and my opinion is still the same. If they are in prison then its their own damn fault.

I am not looking for small talk either but that doesn't mean you can't be friendly. I was sent to this office that is 2 hours away for ssdi and then found out from the ENT they sent me to about cochlear and they take my insurance he suggested the surgeon and I havent' met him yet, I will on...

I have a starkey BTE not digital and I hate it. I can barely turn it up or I get blasted but I still can't understand speech real well but I had a starkey on loan while I waited and it wasn't as strong but seemed to help more.

I have had to go to a new audiologist because I am looking into a cochlear and I have to use one of the universities. She seems compatent (sp) enough but she has absolutely no personality and I have absolutely no like for her. Wondered if anyone else has had someone like this. I am afraid to...

fyi, prisoners are protected under the ada unless it is a private facility and not a gov. then they are not. (Don't ask me the difference between the two cause you got me,if you are locked in someones basement lol they don't care!) I just thought I would look it up since everyone is argueing...