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I'm trying to learn ASL, but my progress (due to having only books and no classes, and no one to practice with regularly) has been slow. Well I just had a very brief encounter with a Deaf man, and we had a fairly successful conversation in ASL. There was however one sign that I didn't...

Hey everyone! The HLAA (Hearing Loss Association of America) is doing their Walk4Hearing (funds raised go toward captioning, hearing aid assistance programs, etc) in Dayton, OH on May 19th. I know there are a few people in here from OH and was wondering if anyone might be there? If you're...

With all the scientific evidence out there that homosexuality is a biological construct, and the fact that members of the LGBT community themselves say that their sexual orientation is a part of who they are, why do some still claim that it's a choice?

:wave: Everyone! As you may or may not know, I'm a grad student studying to become a counselor. One of my classes at the moment is Child Counseling, and I was assigned to do a project on the child counseling topic of my choice. So I'm giving a presentation on counseling d/Deaf/HoH children...

I know there are various ADers in my region, and I'm having a hard time finding events or meetups. I live in the Dayton area, am HoH, and really would just love to meet some people I can connect with regarding these issues, learn more about the culture, and practice ASL (I'm trying to learn but...

HoH and was just on the phone with my (hearing) boyfriend. As usual, I was having to ask him to repeat himself a lot. We were in a bit of an argument, so he was in a bad mood, and out of nowhere he added that it really doesn't help matters when I'm always asking for him to repeat. As though...

I'll be getting my hearing aids soon, and I need to decide what color of casing to get. I'm between a few, and I'm just interested to see what other people think. Which would you get? Think of it as an informal poll :) :ty:

I was engaged. I thought everything was fine. My fiance was acting a little odd for a week or so, but when I asked- repeatedly- if he was sure that everything was okay, he said yes, that he just wasn't feeling well. We'd been living together about a year and our lease was close to running out...

I wasn't sure where to put this thread- hopefully here is okay! :) I was just wondering, who else here has tinnitus? Is there anything you do or use to help deal with it?

I'm getting married in November, and we haven't decided yet where to go on out honeymoon. I'm looking for advice everywhere! It'll be late Nov/early Dec. We live in Ohio, and unfortunately can't spend a lot of money (we decided that in an ideal world we'd go to Australia or NZ, but we can't...

Hey everyone :wave:, I just wanted to introduce myself- Call me Ildri :P I'm 24 and a grad student. I'm losing my hearing; a recent discovery, actually. I didn't even realize I had hearing problems (just thought people mumbled a lot...) until about a year ago, when I got my hearing tested...