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  1. Sabiya

    Why do I still feel like a fraud?

    It's been awhile since I last posted here, almost 4 months. I've reached the breaking point, and decided to go for Supplement Security Income. I do not qualify for SSDI because I've only made $23,000 in over ten years (some jobs paid as little as $1.75 an hour), I'm in the USA by the way. For...
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    How do you do hearing tests?

    After some thorough research, I finally realized what I've been denying all along: I have tinnitus. But it's only affecting me when it's too quiet and when I'm anticipating certain sounds. Like if I think someone's gonna knock soon, I'd "hear" a knocking noise about four times before a REAL...
  3. Sabiya

    Speech Regression?

    Maybe it's because I'm fatigue more often, stressed or it's all in my head... but for HoH and other deafies that went through Speech Therapy, do you find that after so many years without it, you start slowly regressing? I can still communicate effectively, but in the past 2 years I have...
  4. Sabiya

    Auditory Memory?

    I heard this term a long time ago. Basically it's when you hear music or a song playing one day, and over the years even in an empty room with no radio or anything, you can still hear the music/song as if it's clear as day. It's different from remembering a song, it's actually HEARING the...
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    What do I need to prove I was discriminated against?

    About two months ago I was hired at a call center, everything was hunky dory and I was in the middle of training. A hiring manager came in and said that this was a hard position to fill because while there's a lot of us, he's going to have to weed out some people. He asked all of us to state...
  6. Sabiya

    Hi, this is Sabiya.....

    I'm 27, and live in AZ, USA. I was born a hearing person but I was premature. I had to have heart surgery at 18 months old to save my life, doctors back then weren't that familiar with the surgery since it was still kind of new (I think). They pumped me with a buttload of antibiotics, and...
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