Recent content by Vespertine

As long as you are communicating and getting your point across....being understood and understanding others is more important than being politically correct in terms of what language you choose to use. whether you decide speaking english, signing ASL, or wearing a giant banana suit and...

ahahah ok... I admit, they MIGHT have been right about that part. ;)

Hmm good idea..I might look into that..but at the same time, I'm not too concerned about what I sound like to others..as long as I don't lose the ability completely (though I think that is just me being paranoid and worrying to much haha). I was one of those people who didn't believe my doc...

yeah, for sure about being yourself....good advice :)

Hmm,..I do wear hearing aids, but at this point it's purely because of habit...even with HA, I can't hear myself..but I still choose to wear them because it's sort of a "security blanket" Also, I was told if I choose to not use my voice and only use ASL, I can actually lose the ability to...

Something I find rather interesting has been bothering me lately...Can a late-deafened adult's speech quality change after loosing their hearing? I thought after you learn to speak, your speech quality would remain the same but a lot of people, including close family members have commented on...

my friend who has had the surgery said it was brain surgery... so I was just going with what she said, and her experience. I'm not a doctor, so I didn't know..was just trusting my friend. I'd rather avoid ANY kind of surgery and learn to accept it my new life....I really came here for moral...

yes I have but the idea of brain surgery really terrifies me. also i'm broke haha.

HELLO, I'm 22 years old and I'm severely HOH, practically Deaf ,but still getting used to that word....I was born hearing but had a lot of ear infections as a kid, which left me only slightly hard of hearing...it wasn't HS that I really began to notice a change in my hearing...However, I had a...