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This tinnitus is driving me nuts:dizzy: Ok a quick refresher on me since it has been a while since my last post. about 10 years ago I was a young idiot with a go-kart sized car and a truck sized stereo system.....yes I was one of those guys and I stress WAS. I didn't realize the damage I...

I have not been on AD in a long time as my attention has been drawn to other medical issues. I was nagged by my wife into getting my hearing checked and it turned out that what I thought was selective hearing was actual hearing loss. My first audiogram showed mild-moderate loss indicative of...

That's right I said free. I live in florida and just became aware of state funding that pays for your HAs through a vocational rehab....which just means if you need to hear to work your in. If you have insurance then this will supplement that so you have $0 cost and if you have no insurance...

I just had my appt with the audiologist for a HA consult, going over what would work for me and which aids did what. I am still in shock at the size....not at how big but rather at how small. I remember back in highschool when I would see a few kids with BTEs and they were big. This image...

I had an interesting interaction today. As alot of you know I am new to this community and as such I am noticing things that I would not have thought twice about a month ago. I was at a hallmark store in riverview and when I was at the cash register the lady behind the counter greeted me and...

What are the Db levels of hearing loss that define the categories, mild/moderate/profound. I know that Db levels are different for different frequencies depending on the person but if you isolate just one frequency and look at the loss at that freq. the db level would fall into a specific category.

I want to take some sign language classes but my local colleges are not starting a new class until january and even the local deaf/hoh community center doesn't have it's next class until then. I would like to get a head start but aside from the internet or dvd's I don't know what to do. Even...

I don't know where to start, so if I jump around a bit please don't hold it against me. Also I am sure I will be saying things that offend different people, not because I am trying to but because I am totally ignorant to the deaf/hoh community. I am not trying to offend anyone, so please...