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No matter what if you get SSI or SSDi it still isn't enough to live on. I get SSDI cuz I have vertigo with the hearing loss. Some days it just makes me so sick I can't walk. I have problems in the car and driving when it's raining or the sun is too bright and also at night. I have BFA and I...

I just lost my Hearing last year. I have a BFA. I lost my hearing because I have Autoimmune Ear disease. My balance problems became really unmanagable right before I lost my hearing. When I could hear, people accepts what I said as what I meant. Now they all try to talk for me. I am on SSDI...

Since I wasn't born deaf, I understand Why I cannot relate to that kind of deafness. I have been partially deaf for 20 years. I have been experiencing negative things since then. Then a year ago, I totally lost my hearing. I knew that deaf people could drive, or do just about anything anybody...

LMM, What do you mean "TRY TO TELL THEM" what do do or change them. I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER. I just want to be accepted somewhere. Instead of being ignored. I do not know any other person here that is deaf. I joined ALLDEAF because I do not know any other person that is deaf. As far as...

So I guess because I only lost my hearing a year ago and still trying to learn ASL, I cannot even be accepted into the deaf culture even though I am 100% deaf? So I'm stuck. Hearing people ignore me and the deaf culture won't accept me either ? BULLCRAP. I'm trying to understand all of this. Aliboo

Hi GrandmaBarb, I am a new grandma. I am newly deaf. So I'm learning too. Welcome to Alldeaf, Aliboo

Lucia, Yeah when I asked they told me to write my Congressman. I was told that it was due to the FDA saying it had a high failure rate. It could be just my State. I live in Ohio. I beleive that each State might have different rules. But Medicare here will not pay for a CI, Hearing Aid, Or any...

I am not married. I live with my boyfriend. His mother is really nice. I still haven't had the chance to get to know his parent's really well yet. My EX is another story. His mother is the Bitch from hell. We call her MOMMY DEAREST she controlls or tries to control everything. She thinks that...

It will Be OK Lucia, I'm sure everything will be fine. I lost the hearing in my right ear 15 years ago. I thought i was gonna loose my mind with the ringing in my ear. Then the other ear started. Finally last year I woke up from a nap and all of my hearing was gone. The ringing noise is always...

Would love to meet any of you I live in Southwest Ohio. I don't know one single deaf person. Even at the Clinic that I go to, there is nobody there that is deaf that I know of. It would be nice to meet at least one of you. Aliboo

Right now I am on SSDI because of the hearing loss and Mild to severe vertigo. I wear magnifying reading glasses. I had my eyes checked they are fine except they bounce to compensate for the dissiness. It really makes me sick sometimes. I cannot bend over to pick anythin up. I have trouble...

I Need Something That translates This is exactly what I need is something that translates in real time. I will check out all the programs you all have suggested. So far the icommunicator is the most advanced of technology. Most people have never heard of it. I saw it on Extreme makeovers home...

Sorry Everybody. I am Just having a realy bad time. That's no excuse for taking it out on the people who do care. All of this has been so overwhelming. They were going to put a cochlear implant in until they realized I was on SSDI. Medicare does not pay for that stuff. It's been very...

Thanks Everybody for your suggestions. It's all been so overwhelming that I can't think. I've had to learn to ask for help. So Thank You All, Aliboo

Is there some sort of criteria to get somebody to talk to you here? Hardly anyone answers any of my posts. Does anybody know of a web site where I can actually talk to somebody. It reminds me of high school. I thought the point of this website was to get support. All they seem to care about are...

I just lost my hearing last year. It's been a real challenge. I am also an artist. I have always been very visual. I see things that other people ignore or don't pay attention to. But I know an awful lot of people who can hear but don't believe until they see it too. Before I lost my hearing, I...

I understand what you mean. I left for a while. But I left cuz I didn't have time for games. A couple times I needed Real Advice and Support. I did get some but not as much as I thought or expected. We all have our special problems. Sometimes I just really need somebody to talk to. You can PM me...

I just lost my hearing last year. I am trying to learn sign language. But no one around me everyday knows it. My boyfriend was just diagnosed with lung cancer and it becomes very difficult to communicate when he is in pain. I've been looking for a product that would translate speech into text...

I did it. My daughter just started kindergarten when I started back. I have a BA in Fine Art. I want to go back and get a teaching degree. I wish you luck. You'll be glad you did it. It will show your kids that anything is possible. Aliboo

A Geat Big THANK YOU and :hug: :hug: To you all. We go to the hospital today to pinpoint the cancer and talk to the doctor. Tommorow he gets the radiation. They say hopefully it will shrink the mass and reduce the pain. I will let you all know more later. Love to you all, Aliboo