Recent content by MsHmcd

Hi, When I'm in the Kitchen with the water running, I do not hear the door bell, or hear my hunny come home from work past couple times he's scared me to living heck outta me. He's tried getting our dog (whose still a puppy) to get my attention turning around t see him there. I've seen the...

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering something I've tried the past couple weeks to get captioning for my tv working but I'm at a verge of giving up. I have the Canadian Rodgers plan (can't remember the brand of tv) I've tried the setting through cable, but hasn't worked yet.I'm tried of having the...

Hi everyone, Just to update, I didn't speak, my friend spoke instead/signed. I guess I shouldn't write respsonses during a middle of an anxiety attack >.> I've talked to a couple students outta the classroom, after the whole thing. Kinda blew up in her face, Les called them all children (she...

I usually save that part about being deaf/hard of hearing until they ask at the end of the interview " Is there anything else we should know about you, " for me, lots of therapy in speech so I sound " Normal voice " unless my hearing aid is switched off. they always say oh ____ (fill in the...

I get some headaches every now and then if I'm in a environment then what I'm use to. When I have a cold, I tend to feel off balanced as well, since I don't really have an ear drum >.>

i have tried working with them for the past 3 courses of ASL ... You know, I'm done reading this for a while, all I asked was whether or not I should go hard or easy on the talk that my proff ASKED me to do. I never go on forums because people tend to not read the ending question, or they say I...

He is one of the most observant people I know for Deaf professors. He just can't tell how loud the students are talking. I'm not influencing his decision into having him let me speak to them. I honest to god thought he was going to do that himself or get the coordinator into it or one of his...

The professor only signs stuff twice on tests. He's faces the front of the room and the chatters were behind me. I've studying for 3 hours a night that week for that test, I'm a great student never gotten below a B+ in ASL yet. The professor e-mailed me saying that he's fed up. If the " Kids "...

The professors at my college are all Deaf. mine is Deaf and can't speak. The rule that they all have is 'no talking' in class, I don't know why that rule is in place. If their talking to one another, their not listening/watching the professor. He doesn't know that their talking during that test...

I'm a third level ASL student. I love learning sign, and I'm a very serious student trying to find ways to practice. Whether its with people, on skype, just in general when I'm talking to my mom and dad I'll sign some things without noticing it. We have 11 students in class. 3 (including...

I do have skype if anyone would like to practice, my name on skype is heather.mcdonald82 :) just when you add me please write the message saying that you saw this on AllDeaf.com :)please and thank-you!

Hi Everyone, I'm from Ontario Canada. I'm looking to find more friends within the Deaf Culture. The past year or so I started taking ASL classes at my college. I'm up to level 3. I am trying to see if who every I talk to in Sing Language has Skype, to help me out with improving my...

Hi, I'm a new student for ASL, finishing off my first semester at college of my sign language class. I have skype/webcam and willing to practice over my break. before next semester starts so I don't loose anything that I've learnt already. Please send me a message if you'd be interested in...

Does Anyone else have a Bone Assisted Hearing Aid? I know there's a couple in my area, my hearing specialist told me, but just curious what people think about the BAHA, its different then CI, my ASL professor thought the two were the same, I explained it was different. ...just curious!:hmm...

Hi There, I'm hard of hearing, I have a BAHA (Bone Assisted Hearing Aid) on my left side of the ear. It has changed my life dramatically. Without it I can't hear anything. I don't have an ear drum, big hole where its suppose to be. Before the ear drum,I have some webbed skin blocking it with a...