shel90

My doctors say that my hair cells just simply dont work...nothing about them being too short or missing.

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Babyblue

I had that one said to me also... That when they said I have nerve damage.

Frisky Feline

Interesting, all i remember was that I have a nerve damage and dead hair cells. Nothing about the size.

TXgolfer

Me grouchy? Now that's worthy. That being said I didn't request your opinion on the cause and I prefer to stick with the Drs I see face to face rather than some guy on a forum. I think that is good advice for everyone.

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TXgolfer

I was told my hair cells were dead or on their way.

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lilybear

Please people, let's not forget our manners!

Jiro, your advice is very welcome, but TXgolfer has the right to use it or not.

TXgolfer, Jiro was only trying to help, not bug you in any way I think.

There there! (See? I'd be perfect as a teacher! Or an ambassador to the UN)

TXgolfer

. Again. Good luck.

The cause for that big drop years ago was actually vascular. Most of the hearing came back after meds. So basically I had 2 different causes for the loss at that time. Meds corrected the vascular problem but the Menieres continued on slowly.

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Jiro

yep. still butthurt, I see. good luck with whatever your situation is

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KristinaB

Please, can we keep this thread more on topic and not have any in0fighting or anything like that? This thread has been so helpful to so many people, myself included and I would hate to have a problem with it.

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Jiro

lol you're too nice but I wasn't helping him cuz I ain't a doctor. Just saying what I think.

it's funny how he got all bothered like that. lol!!! oye I better not lol too hard cuz I ate too much pho soup.

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glickchick

Yep, at U of M. Definitely we'll be enemies when they play! Starting my sophomore yr there and I love it.

sallylou

Don't make me pull this car over!

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Beach girl

You might be a Michigander ...

This is just for glickchick. Everyone else, read at your own risk. You probably won't understand most of it.

Be sure to scroll all the way down. The final joke (not from the one-liners, but the last of the two jokes at the end) made me laugh out loud.

Jiro

when my mom does that... shit ain't good!

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glickchick

Hehe that's great! While I'm relatively new to Michigan, surprisingly I get many of the references. Big adjustment going from NYC to Ann Arbor, but I love everything about the school and the area.

Jiro

yep. you were right. just skimmed thru. I'm sooo lost

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TXgolfer

I agree. This is one of the first threads I visited when I joined up. Lots of good info.

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Cheetah

Bad hair cut Jiro?

Actually you would need an electron microscope to see the hair cells in the Cochlea. Not exactly practical. There is a lot of debate about why the hair cells stop functioning. Seems a lot depends on the balance of fluids in the cochlea, perhaps genetics, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps... We know so much but understand so little.

RachelRene

Anybody else have anxiety about groups?

My birthday is just around the corner, and my gf wants to throw me a party. That's awfully sweet, especially because she knows that my birthday is pretty much always overlooked. And I *love* my friends; they're an awesome, amusing, lovely group of people.

But the thought of it makes me almost sick to my stomach. The last gathering we had, I ended up crying after everyone left. I missed everything. My gf tried to interpret for me, but would start signing half a sentence and then get caught up talking... not to mention it made me feel on the spot.

It keeps going back to them being used to the way I heard before, and them thinking that hearing aids are the miracle cure... How do you deal with group situations?

lilybear

Personally I avoid group situations like the plague... For the same reasons.

I went to a housewarming party 2 weeks ago and ended up leaving because I couldn't follow a single conversation. So I guess to answer your question... I don't deal with group situations.

Cheetah

I used to have a bit of claustrophobia when it comes to groups. I used to feel overwhelmed with all of the chattering and noises and trying so hard to concentrate on one person at a time. I have finally come to accept that I will never understand everything in such a group. I just focus one one person at a time and if possible pull them aside for a better chat. People often forget that I cannot hear well and so it gets tiring to keep asking people to repeat. But I've slowly come to accept my limitations in a group setting so I'm not nearly as upset afterward as I used to be. I also eat a lot at these kinds of gatherings... must be a coping mechanism.

RachelRene

I think one of the reasons I've always talked a lot in group conversations, why I've always been known to entertain the crowd, is because if *I'm* talking, then I know what's going on.

I hate feeling isolated, surrounded by people I love. I hate getting frustrated at the one person who's *trying* to help, because she is making me feel self-concious by making an issue out of my lack of hearing, and because she gets distracted mid sentence.

You know, even with forgetting most of the ASL I once knew, I felt much less left out when I went to Mayfest this year. My one and only Deaf event--I was terrified to go. Felt like I didn't have any right to go. But I understood more of what was going on that I ever do when I'm around my pals.

*sigh* Can I just skip my birthday again this year?

lilybear

You shouldn't skip your birthday!!! When is it? I might actually be going to Ottawa next weekend so we never know!

RachelRene

Ooh, if you come to Ottawa we MUST get together!

My birthday is Sept 7, my kidlet's is the 17th. Two potential parties, close together, I don't think I'm up to it...

Maybe I am just cranky today, and will be back to my more positive outlook tomorrow.

Beowulf

That small? Interesting. It was always my understanding that the ear contains only a certain number of hair cells, about 40,000 of them or so, and that they are irreplaceable. That is why people lose their hearing around loud noises: the hair cells are destroyed one by one until you cannot hear anything.

lovezebras

don't skip your birthday! ...i know how you feel ..i went to my cousins bday sunday and I wanted to die..i ended up sneaking away to my cousins room and napping for an hr cuz it was SO noisy..19 kids and 22 adults..FML

lilybear

Apparently I won't be coming to Ottawa... I have ball practice and my ride wouldn't get me back on time.

lilybear

Something has been bothering me lately...

I've came across several people (friends/family members/co-workers) who don't know about my hearing loss yet. The problem is that I don't know how to tell them without attracting pity and being embarrassed about it.

Tips anyone? I did make a massive "coming out" on facebook but apparently it didn't get to everyone.

AJWSmith

The worse my hearing gets, the more difficult groups become. I've basically given up on being part of a group anymore. What I do instead is look for opportunities to talk one-to-one with someone. In a large gathering which has more than one conversation going at the same time, I can usually find a single person to talk to, relying on my lipreading skills. But if it's a smallish group with everyone contributing to a single conversation thread then I'm lost and isolated. My only tactic is to be the one that introduces a fresh topic or tell a new joke instead of reacting to somebody else's contribution which obviously I can't hear enough to do so. Sometimes I'll memorise some new jokes to tell in a group or I'll remember some controversial piece from the news and offer it when the conversation pauses. It's embarrassing if somebody has already mentioned it though...

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AJWSmith

Same here. A couple of times I've drunk too much as a coping mechanism which I feel embarrassed about afterwards. A double embarrassment of being deaf and drunk

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