ToriGlass82

I am deaf and i talk sometimes people say i do talk great but I dont agree! I cant hear myself talk and i!Want to stop talkin! Iam thinking about surgery to stop talk...do you have any advice or suggestion?
Thanks...

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Bottesini

You mean have your vocal cords cut like a bad dog?

I can't imagine a doctor will agree to do that.

You might find your voice handy someday to scream for help if you are being murdered.

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rockin'robin

Ummmm.....this is strange! Don't believe any doctor would be willing to "debark" ya like a dog!...(Cut ur vocal chords). If you don't want to talk, then don't! Just sign or write....Besides, there may come a time when you might need to scream....in danger, things like that.

I talk, sign and write, my choice.

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Lighthouse77

people say the same thing to me, but I think the only reason they brought it up because I really do talk different from them.

But other people have told me that they never knew I was deaf by the way I talk. But they have asked me where I'm from because my accent sound too different.

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Less Talk, More Action.

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Lissa

Okay this is weird.... just sign and don't talk.. NOBODY will remove your vocal cords just because you do not want to talk. I talk AND sign

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whatdidyousay!

No way should you do that! I hate my voice too , I can't stand hearding it , it took me a long time to get use to hearding myself . You'll be really sorry later on in life if was some way to hear better and not be able to talk! And it against the law to stop a dog from barking by removing his barker in my state! Run the other away real fast if a doctor agree to cut your vocal cord!

shel90

You can learn ASL and interact with other ASL users. I dont use my voice with them but when I go out in the hearing world, I use it but it doesnt bother me as it used to. Try that?

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JClarke

Voices are usless in the deaf world, but useful for some reasons and the hearing world too. Dont be embarrassed if they think your talking is bad, it is their loss - they need to get used to it. I have a deaf voice, my friends got used to it - so what?

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KristinaB

I am using my voice less and less. It's quite liberating at times and frustrating at other times.

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rockin'robin

I use my voice everyday, never stopped talking and have been totally deaf since my teens, since I interact more with hearies than I do with deafies.

xsuperchick

I know this option will freak you out but, what about... NO TALKING? I can bet it's easier and cheaper than cutting your vocal chords

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DeafCaver

I learned a long time ago how not to talk during signing and just talk when it's necessary. My gf has good oral skills *ahem* and uses them when she has to ... other wise she just shuts her mouth and lets her hands do the talking...


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Sorry hunny...

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lovezebras

hahaha lol

VamPyroX

That reminds me of an episode of The Twilight Zone where this guy made a bet that he could go a year without talking.

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Bottesini

Wow! Only in fiction.

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LDNanna

Vow of silence?

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Trappist nunnery.

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melissa

I couldn't go 10 minutes without talking! When I'm around people and can't interrupt or say anything (eg laryngitis) I feel so frustrated and un-noticed.

I don't think anyone should have surgery to stop them talking.

an2net

Back to you, Tori

I only hear some sounds but I love to talk. Reminds me of the first time I tried to talk with my hearing aids on. I was shocked to find out I cannot pronounce an "s" the way I though it should be done! But that was years ago - now I cannot hear my "s" with hearing aids...

Sometimes its the voice and not the other sounds that attracts people. Can you wisper? I cannot hear myself wisper, and is often forced to in order not to wake people up. And I cannot lipread it! Its like a blind person who still have a nice face to show off. Its appreciating being appreciated for something you cannot share in appreciating. In a way all of us have something personal others "see" that we cannot share in seeing.

I think nobody should be forced to talk! What about exercising something funny to say when you are forced to talk?? Or to sign something that hearing people can understand?

KristinaB

One of my classmates from my ASL class will be going for his 3rd year of no talking and this time it may become permanent. Not by any request, but due to cancer. He is having throat surgery for the 2nd time. The cancer came back. He can hear very well, but after the surgery he will not be able to speak for approximately 1 year and then there is that slim chance that he will lose his vocal chords during the surgery. They won't know until they are in there. He's going back to Canada in 2 weeks and the surgery is scheduled for May 15th or so.

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