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Thnaks for the response ! I'm going to try a direct call on Wenesday, hopefully. The other Vp We were going to use was in use last week :( I'm wondering about the vision/Brain stuff. I have NO Depth Perception but actually thought that would make it easier to use the VP, lol. I do watch...

Help! After losing my TTY and a few years of having DH make phone calls for me I finally broke down and got a PurpleSmartVP. Hallelujah, Free at last ! :roll: Erm, or not L All of a sudden I can't understand any ASL ? I learned ASL and a good amount of SEE while I was still HoH as...

Today's song is "Chitty Chitty bang bang" brought to me by WTNT Tinnitus radio, it will likely be playing all day. I've had this since I was a kid, if I Really really want to I might be able to change the song, by forcibly recalling another one from the same period of my life. I can Radio...

Update: Several emails between the lawyer and my husband later I'm still not sure how to handle this. The last email said in part: "It is strict company policy to receive payment beforehand, especially when we have to book any type of translator. (If the client does not show up, we are...

Thank you Reba ! I had all but the last two links. It's good to see that I appear to be on the right track. I've had a stack of business Cards from one of the local interpreter groups ever since they helped me convince the local sheriff's office that yes, Deaf people do go to neighborhood...

My hearing tanked about 5 years ago now. I am Deaf. I do Deaf things. I have Deaf habits, I participate in Deaf events. I think what you call yourself is up to you, but it's not totally about how much you can or can't hear, it's more how you live your life and feel about yourself. I do...

It's only been relatively recently that I realized I really do need an interpreter at all and anytimes important information is being passed to me. For some strange reason, I kept trying to handle things like Doctor, Dentist and other situations without one, by using paper and pen. I think I...

Hullo from Tampa ! Welcome to AllDeaf.

Too true ! I've found it easier in some situations to not use my voice. I've found that if I do use my voice people automatically respond by voice. THAT can be a bad or annoying thing. Often I will turn off voice when I am tired, or specifically need people to understand that I can't...

Please forgive if there is a post on this and my search missed it ! Are any other Deafies doing NaNOWriMo This year ? I've done it a few years and it's a hoot ! For those unfamilar with it, you get to write a 50,000 word novel... in a month. You'd be surprised how easy it is...

Do not pity me. I've had the good luck to knew as friends some of the greatest people in the world. Including a few legends. I've been in some places people only dream of. I've seen some things in this world that very few people have ever seen. I've Run in the middle of a herd of...

I'm not gonna brag, 'cause it's just way more fun to do things in stealth mode and be sneaky about it, especially if you can arrange for someone else to get the blame for it. Especially if they have NO idea they are gonna get the blame for it. :P But it's really cool people posting 'cause it...

Excellent ! I'm glad you will be getting them. At least one place I lived even put a sign that there was a deaf person in the area. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. It was sposed to make people more careful driving and warn them that someone wouldn't hear them if they honked the horn. I...

LOL Dang, I can't find a cheerleader icon :( Glad I'm not the only girl here who plays. I've worked in Comic stores too Juli, itsa hoot ! Especailly when ten years later your leftover comics manage to pay your rent. I recently took a collection over to poor store where they had never...

I am so thankful for this place and the people who share their experiances so that others can have a clue what to expect ! And of course the chance to rant is ALWAYS a good thing :) One of the things I was taught by my religious leaders was to never believe what I was told, simply because...

Anij - I'm glald you didn't have any problems ! I didn't expect to have any here. I asked for a keyless deadbolt because it said in my LEASE that I could. I didn't ask for a special one, just the normal type that has a bar that slides across the you pull down into that little hole and it...

I'm having a little trouble connecting to the other Deafies in my area, but that is likely because I've only been here for a little more than a week, lol. Still, if I can't connect because people are too far away or something, I will just start my Own Deaf.. Something ! Deaf coffee chat...

My hearing husband is a good example of why MCE's are used. My husband, among other things is an English teacher. My husband thinks in Engllish. I speak Mulitple languages, I do not always think in english. I Code-switch alot. My husband does NOT code-switch well at all. I had to teach...

If I go to the hospital I need an interperter ! Not someone who learned 5 words of sign launguge 20 years ago, a real certified honest to goodness Interperter. If my Husband goes to the hospital, I need an interperter too ! If I go to the Doctor and my husband is with me because for some...

Argh ! :mad: I wish I could say the situation was much improved, but it's prolly worse. They were supposed to come on Monday at 1:30. They were suposed to call before they came. I waited until 3pm. After 4 phone calls to the office, 2 of which were hung up on, I went storming over...