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    Sign Language

    I posted a quick search for Deaf schools in New Mexico. Hope this helps.
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    Sign Language

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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    Someone asked about dentures. Here was my advice: First: be sure. Be VERY sure. Once teeth are extracted they are gone. And not everyone can wear dentures tolerably. If you absolutely hate how you look, if you suffer with tooth pain, if you have frequent or constant infections, if your...
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    I listed a few of the innumerable reasons why people who take absolutely marvelous care of their teeth may, nonetheless lose their teeth and need dentures. HIV and cancer, diabetes and liver disease, drug addictions, physical injuries, acidic saliva, dry mouth, osteoporosis: you're passing the...
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    Be blessed. There are people who, even in this modern era, begin having tooth decay in their teens and who need dentures in their twenties. Highly acidic saliva can do it. Dry mouth can do it. Diabetes can do it. Chemotherapy can do it. Medications for certain serious or chronic...
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    I would post a photo but your system isn't designed to resize or reformat photos to post to the forum.
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    A generation ago, most adults (70% by some estimates) had dentures before 50. And most men were deceased before 70. 57 isn't especially young.
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    I'm HoH, and I won't be "mute" but I will have to learn to say certain sounds differently with prosthetic teeth. As a Deaf person with advanced arthritis or some sort of tremor or palsy might have trouble signing. Of course, being HoH means I speak a little differently anyhow.
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    I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

    Natural teeth are very bad. I am having 16 teeth extracted and getting immediate dentures. Learning to talk with dentures is supposed to be an adventure in itself. Most people start out sounding like something betweeen Sylvester the Cat ("Thuffering Thucotash!"), and Tweety Bird ("Thot I taw a...
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    Any hoh/deaf freemasons here?

    Freemasonry is a fraternity with a 300 year-old public history. It purportedly had roots in stonemasons' guilds (professional craftsmen's associations) of the Middle Ages. Stonemasons began accepting honorary members perhaps a century prior to the public formation of a United Grand Lodge, and...
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    How to address a coworker faking her hearing loss

    I was going yo suggest auditory processing disorder along with who knows what stew of emotiona and/or behavioral disorders. Does this workplace exist primarily to provide a safe working environment for those with disabilities? Might explain why human resources and management tolerate a very...
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    Slowly Losing Hearing...

    Welcome!
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    Hey All :)

    Welcome!
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