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    I don't have an accent... GRR

    I dont mind having a deaf voice I cant hear it lol. If it offends anyone then tough.
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    I don't have an accent... GRR

    I was hearing for about 20 years and believe me a deaf voice is a deaf voice, when people tell you it sounds foreign its just not true, The deaf voice is flat and mono. My parents were profoundly deaf along with my brother and sisters so I was brought up in a houseful of deaf voices. Now I am...
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    Annoying ignorant hearing people stories

    I was in a Macdonalds with friends and my young daughter, one of my friends is fully hearing and told me that the people across from us were pretentding to sign and making noises this is the second time we have been mocked in there for being deaf. I can take it but my young daughter gets upset...
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    I know exactly what your taking about I was born into a deaf family as the only hearing one, I had to have speech therapy as I learned to talk with a deaf accent from my parents and siblings. At 18 I started to lose my hearing and now at 40 Im profoundly deaf. My B/F told me that my speech had...
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    Speech/Accent in HOH Late Deafened/born deaf

    My own experience is that I was hearing until my late teens I am now 40 years old. I have no hearing at all and Im told that my voice has changed a lot in the last 2 years. I realise that stangers sometimes look perplexed when I speak to them so it must be worse than I thought. I am now losing...
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    The Talking Deafie

    I was born hearing to Deaf parents and Deaf siblings, I didnt start losing my hearing until my teens. I am now profoundly Deaf as is my daughter, I use sign with her and with other Deafies but am oral with hearies. Most can tell Im Deaf as my speech skills are deteriorating fast.
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    Is anyone with a hearing impairment considered "deaf"?

    I cant hear speech so guess Im just plain old deaf
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    I am new

    Cornwall england?
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    Sign in if you're proud to be Deaf

    Proud to be Deaf and proud of my Deaf family
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    HA's

    I always had the NHS analogue ones but now I cant hear speech I dont bother too much I would rather not have any. I dont get sore ears anymore. I just use sign and lipread mostly.
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    I was brought up in an all deaf family I was the only hearing member in it. When I was 18 I lost a whole lot of my hearing over about 3 months its genetic and I had expected it but maybe not till I was older. I had been brought up in the deaf community and learned BSL at an early age. My...
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    Guess it's time for me to give up on dating women who can hear well

    Im female and have the same problem, I lost most of my hearing in my teens, I only dated hearing guys and eventually married one and had a daughter who is Deaf. Since my divorce Iv had many bad encounters and a couple of relationships with hearing guys. The problem being communication ie they...
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    Another Q' about hearie familys communicate....

    we all sign in my family as everyone is Deaf, when I was married to a hearie his family used to exclude me, I lip read well but nobody seemed to want to include me in the conversation I guess they couldnt be bothered including my husband. He never attempted to learn sign or finger spelling. It...
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    a bit of a rant

    you are so lucky that she is now out of your life, you dont need friends like her.
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    what cause you to become Ddeaf/Hhoh?

    All my family are deaf, I started to lose my hearing in my teens and now age 40 Im severely deaf in both ears, also my daughter is profoundly deaf as are my nieces and nephews they have different degrees of hearing loss.
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    international AD members

    Im in England
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    what does everyone else do?

    I am also in the UK, services are free mostly here, take yourself off up to social services they are good. what about your local deaf club you will get support there and make deaf friends as well. You said you are hOH do you not have hearing aids? again free in the UK. I agree I would be lost...
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    How do you deal

    I dont think my 9 year old is ready to flip the middle finger not yet anyway:fingersx:
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    who's Ddeaf,Hhoh and hearing here on ADforum?

    Deaf cant hear speech but lip read and sign. Deaf accent
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