Originally Posted by Scarlet

Alright, Thanks Bottesini..
I'll manage to understand all this asap.

If I asked a Q like that is it rude or something cause that's the last thing I wanna be!

Originally Posted by Scarlet

Yea, I have difficult understanding all that
But I'm not concerned if I can understand you cause I'm gonna be able to do that one day!
But do you find it easy communicating with me?
By the way Travis. I find you really cool

Originally Posted by Bottesini

It's ok to ask Smithtr, and he just asked me to tell you if it's too hard for you to understand.

And you are right, soon you will understand him .

Originally Posted by Smithtr

no worry it is happened, I have native language english also sometimes I am native language ASL aslo< I am experience oral also and Als i tell you I am experience to you I can tell you I hope be you find communication easy fast! that is correct!

Originally Posted by Scarlet

Maybe a little but so what?! I will understand .. he is patient which is very nice!
As long as he doesn't find it hard to understand me?

What about you Bottesini?

Originally Posted by Bottesini

What about me? I am the mother of two and grandmother of four all of whom are under age five. I am deaf, and I understand you are Smithtr both just fine.

And yes he is patient, and he is also one of the nicest young men you could meet.

And if he doesn't understand you, I translate that also!

Originally Posted by caz12

the audiologist told me that deafness different from unable to listen.unable to listen was a brain disorder due to illness or brain damage even mental,what ever it very real problem

Originally Posted by Anij

Fluctuating Hearing Loss (like we were talking about in the FHL thread) is actually very different, an entirely different condition than pycho-symatic or conversion disorder hearing issues.

Conversion disorders are psychological in nature - it's a way the brain deals with stress but there is actually nothing "wrong" with the ear or processing.

With fluctuating hearing loss is actual changes is ones hearing loss caused by environmental or physical changes - the person has a confirmed physical hearing loss at all times though.

APD - is a different neurological condition which is also "physical" in that the brain actually incorrectly processes sounds (more obvious in noisy backgrounds, but there all the time).

APD, like SNHL & CHL doesn't have a psychological component at all. In contrast conversion disorder hearing issues are psychological in nature.

For this reason conversion disorder hearing issues aren't treated with hearing aids (because there's nothing wrong with the actual hearing) , instead it's treated with therapy and medications which treat the underlying mental health causes of the conversion disorder (anxiety, trauma etc).

Originally Posted by Reba

I think conversion disorder is what in "the old days" was called hysteria, manifested in hysterical blindness, hysterical mutism, hysterical deafness, etc. In fact, I think that was the idea behind Tommy.

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

Welcome to AllDeaf!

Sounds like you've got selective hearing and it's affected by your mental status.

In this case, it sounds like anxiety and stress that leads to your "loss of hearing".

Next time you feel stressed out, stop what you're doing and calm down... then count to 10 while thinking of positive things.

You can always experiment with different stress-relieving approaches. I'm sure you're find something that works.

Originally Posted by Bottesini

What about me? I am the mother of two and grandmother of four all of whom are under age five. I am deaf, and I understand you are Smithtr both just fine.

And yes he is patient, and he is also one of the nicest young men you could meet.

And if he doesn't understand you, I translate that also!

Originally Posted by Scarlet

ASL is not as hard though right?!, but I'm ready to learn
Though I hope you go easy on me at the beginning until I get the whole picture!

Originally Posted by Smithtr

Thank appreciate high support to Botti! effort to awesome skills aware I am proud of you respect to your accept, I am glad of you fix on my language!! Thank



Thank appreciate, assistant to question tom I understand difficult! I am pretty on pleasure to I am really on effort to wise on how on best to kindly, I do, I want to help, I want to love ASL really support to ASL, I can offer to ASL students, Many people troubles difficult to hard to understand struggle on ASL, I can support to give on teach you learn how on copy my sign language I am sign language experience on high doubt skills on my many times deaf community and interpreter lots of skills visual! I am aware , you new on first time here, , Thank Botttis translate to me adjust I do adjust to me grammar ASL,

no worry we are help pleasure to tell you! hope be question happy enjoy day fun happy

Originally Posted by Scarlet

Are you an ASL teacher in life? And why do you do it for free in here?
This is amazing you like it so much so you're trying to help people to understand it?
Did you find it hard when you 1st started asl?
I find it very nice of Bottis to try and translate to me..

Originally Posted by Scarlet

No it's kinda interesting I understood that you struggled at the start! but you had a good teacher!
you're telling me that Asl grammer and Engllish grammer are two different things
and starting asl was a challenge at the start
and in the end you asked me if I understood !

How did I do?

Originally Posted by Smithtr

American Sign Language (ASL)


American Sign Language (ASL) I can tell you translate to Grammar also how do different!

two different to!

Originally Posted by Scarlet

Reba conversion disorder is not hysteria

Originally Posted by Reba

Not now. I said it used to be, in the past.

Conversion disorder: the modern hysteria