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That article was kind of patronizing. While I wear and appreciate a HA, I have a life when it's NOT on, and I will continue to have a life even when I am (potentially) profoundly deaf (at least on one side). In fact, I consider it a blessing if I live long enough for that to occur (I have a...

I don't want to alarm you, but I'd be worried about collapse!!! Talk to the roofer today. I think your condo assc. should have a structual engineer look it over-it's not good when water or snow is coming in. My city has had a major collapse and several structural defecits (in condos, schools...

Our honeymoon (cheap honeymoon, lol) resort in the Poconos had a round bed. It was actually very uncomfortable and I felt like I was going to fall off in my sleep! :lol: My kids all have twin beds. We have two sets of bunks but they are currently being used as regular beds since we have a...

This young man is remarkable. My son goes to RIT and dh and I were at the orientation where this Mr. Pollock gave a talk as part of it. Although we do not know ASL, and relied on the spoken translator (and in my case, the real-time captioning)to understand, he was fascinating to watch. His talk...

Is it possible to try a course of medication, such as Zyrtec, to try to dry up your neice's fluid in the ears? One of my kids had fluid in the ears and our ENT had us do this before progressing on to tubes. It worked, and he never needed the tubes. I do defenitely think the fluid issue has to...

I'm, I guess, late HOH. I'm 39, is that 'late' LOL! Anyhow, some people in my life do know-I told my supervisor at work, who responded by saying, I thought you were ignoring me! I don't want her to think that, nor my co-workers, so most of them know. But just my more immediate co-workers. This...

I noticed some phones say 'hearing aid compatible'. What does that mean? Does it just work automatically or do you have to program it? I didn't have one last time I got a new phone.

I don't have Menieres, I have otosclerosis, and tinnitus. The signs of hearing loss I had were -dh and kids were 'mumbling' -So was everyone on the tv :aw: -I thought I had a 'low-grade ear infection' causing the ringing -I often completely missed co-workers questions or comments and my...

One thing I guess Denmark didn't consider is-as population ages, more people will become deaf or hoh. And probably most of them won't have CI's.

Thanks for the suggestions! I will go to the Verizon store with this info, this week. I was going today but I guess a huge storm is coming, ugh, so I'm staying in today. I'll post what I end up getting!

Please :D I'm overwhelmed, and I just don't know much about them. My situation is, I just can't hear well on my current phone. I have good hearing in my right ear, but a lot of loss in my left (I have a HA for that one) yet, I really struggle even hearing it ring (yes, it's at full volume)...

I'd probably just pay up and not mention it to the employer. I actually bought a extra case for mine and carry it in my backpack (which I keep my personal items in at work) at all times. Sometimes I take it out (I work outside mostly and if the wind is driving me crazy or it's raining badly) and...

I have tinnitus in my left ear, which is the ear that is affected by otosclerosis, which is causing the hearing loss. Mine's not bad, except if I'm really tired or not feeling well, it seems louder then. I totally bluff sometimes-glad I'm not the only one! I do the nod and smile.

Hey everyone, I haven't been around in awhile because of lots of work and having to share a computer with my kids! (laptop is acting up). I was both excited and annoyed to find that my health insurance will now pay $1000 per ear for a hearing aid, starting in 2011. Since I paid $1300 for mine...

The salary quoted here is the average for service-wide (including management). The actual average carrier salary is closer to the teacher one-and the teacher one varies by state. My state is higher-believe me, I'm glad teachers get it! It's just that it's popular to bash letter carriers, and the...