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05-01-2005, 04:42 PM
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HOH EMT
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
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NEW here from Texas
Howdy Ya'll
 Hi...my name is Amy. I'm new on this forum and it looks cool. I'm 33 years old, mother of 2 children, from Texas, and nearly divorced. I have hearing loss since birth (oxygen deprived and ototoxic). I am a certified EMT and hoping to find others that have worked in the medical field with the hearing loss like me. Both of my kids are hearing. I have never learned to sign as I have being oral all my life. I just know the alphabet sign. I am a fluent lip reader since I was 2 years old. Hoping to find some friends here. Take care...Amy |
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05-01-2005, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Hi Amy,
I'm sorry to hear about your divorce, and it is nice to hear you're a certified EMT , do you work in one now and what do you do? and glad to hear you have 2 children, we have a parent forum here too in case you would rather to discuss about anything related to your children and I'm a divorce mother of 3 boys and they're hearing as well too....Great to have another parent here!... Btw, Welcome to Alldeaf, and I hope you'll enjoy your stay here... 
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05-01-2005, 05:15 PM
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HOH EMT
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
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Thanks
Thanks Punkywolfy...
Thanks Angel...I am still certified and can go back to working on the ambulance anytime. Right now, I'm in a hard spot as my husband left me and I have two children to take care of (son is 5 and daughter will be 3 in June). The hours in the small town that I just moved to requires 24 hour shifts. I can't work that as I don't have a babysitter. I admire you having 3 kids and being single. My husband doesn't see them much as he lives in Massachusetts and we are in Texas. In the future, I plan to go to paramedic school. Thanks again for the welcome here. |
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05-02-2005, 02:17 AM
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SAC Class of 05
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Starship Enterprise... WISH!
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Another Texan
Hello from San Antonio. Welcome to AD. I've been posting since January and this is a pretty good bunch - most of them most of the time.
 Give me a yell if you're close to SA and I'll let you know about any events coming up. The biggest one I know about is NAD (Nat'l Assoc. of the Deaf) in Austin June or July. |
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05-02-2005, 09:11 PM
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HOH EMT
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
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Thanks...
Arkiegal, Fly Free, HiBluE01,  mlkshkgrl, ITPjohn (hey Texan! I appreciate it...I was married in San Antonio so I know the riverwalk, my fav place), Tamara, Liebling (spreken zie deutsch?) and BullymOm.
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05-02-2005, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Welcome to AD!
Hi Amy,
Welcome to AD! I was born in Los Angeles, CA and I live in Orange County CA. I'll be 51 on May 19th, I've never been married,never had any boyfriends or girlfriends,and I don't have kids. I work at workshop here in Orange County for 27 yrs. Also, I'm Dir. of Commuicaition Services (interpreter) for OCDAC. I've know sign language for 30yrs.(ASL) Enjoy your stay! Margie |
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05-02-2005, 09:58 PM
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Where is my car ?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: somewhere in Missouri
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You mean TAD (Texas Assoc. of the Deaf) in Austin -- in 2 weeks of June. I am former Texan, too. My old childhood friend is director of pageant for TAD. |
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05-02-2005, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Ohio
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Hello and welcome to Alldeaf Amy! Interesting to see that you're an EMT, just wondering if you use any special modified instruments to compensate for lack of not being able to fully hear? Anyhow, hope your stay here will be a great one!
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05-16-2005, 07:55 PM
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HOH EMT
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 9
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Hey Roadrunner and everybody
Hello. I had computer problems lately so I wasn't able to get back to this site...Ugh.
Well, to answer your question Roadrunner...I didn't use any special equipment as my good ear can hear highs and lows in a regular stethoscope (lung sounds and blood pressure). I just train my partners that I have problems with the radios...I can understand numbers over it but not all the words. I used a hearing aid in my bad ear to pick up sounds around me but not for speech. I am a fluent lip reader and there are plenty of background noises in the truck depending on if it is old or not. The new trucks have less noise which I like the best, but I don't have a choice in the matter. Great to be back on this site! |
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here and enjoy urself here! 
