First let me begin by saying yes she is my girlfriend and sure I'm gonna stick up for her as any GENTLEMEN would do.
That is very nice of you.
Now as you keep asking the same question about weather it helps her hear and understand speech. If she didn't answer you the first or second time what makes you think the third fourth or maybe the fifth time.
Tho she said that she still has to read lips with the CI on one indicate that NO it doesn't help.
Obviously, I was hoping at one point she will give me a straight answer I was hoping for.
After all, I didn't ask anything dishonest or dirty.
I asked a simple question that required equally simple yes or no answer.
Tho she said that she still has to read lips with the CI
That however wasn't my question.
Being deaf myself, I know the difference between lip-reading with or without hearing aids.
For some deaf or H-o-H it doesn't make a difference at all
or much of a difference. For some it does.
I simply wanted to know what was the case with your girlfriend.
If she didn't have a hidden agenda, why wouldn't she simply answer my question?
She also hasn't always been completely deaf but gradually became deaf rather quickly at a young age would help her to remember some sounds of speech.
Similar to me, except I was losing my hearing slowly.
Thus I too, remember many sounds rather than truly hear it.
She also stated that the CI has caused side affects such as vertigo. Do you know how vertigo affects someone or do you know someone with vertigo and been with them enough time to see the effects. With that being said im sure that the cons far out way the benefits there for it not helping.
Yes I do.
I know people with vertigo, and occasionally due to my migraines,
I was affected with a few seconds vertigo myself. Granted, it is nothing comparing to what your girlfriend suffers from but the point is, yes I know what vertigo is and how unpleasant it can be.
This however has nothing to do
how effective can CI be sound-wise.
Vertigo or not, the CI still enables to hear.
Whether or not one choose vertigo or ability to hear, is another matter.
Like I've stated before, it's personal choice, and I respect that.
So, if your girlfriend chose not to use CI because of vertigo, I respect that.
But that does not negate the fact that CI still helps her to hear sounds better.
With CI, she simply can hear better
and has vertigo (sadly).
Now if that hasn't answered your question. Please do me and everyone else here who gets it and stop being so RELUCTANT to DROP IT.
Like I've said before, I see no reason why Shoshana couldn't have answered my simple question herself - not that I care anymore.
It was -again - a simple question that she and everybody else ridiculously ballooned out of proportion.
As to the respect issue to me and I'm sure everyone else i don't see where or how she was disrespectful in anyway, and unfortunately i can say you haven't been rather respectful your self by constantly nagging and going on about the same question. Im most cases if a woman doesn't answer the question the first few times the way you wanted it to be answered you give her the respect and stop asking.
So, in your opinion this is polite?
If you love the CI so much go ahead and have one put in your butt,
I wanted definite answer, is all. I wasn't getting it.
A person who has nothing to hide has no problem simply giving out an answer,
instead of causing a few pages long pointless arguing and hiding behind others back.
Thank you for seeing this from my POV
Fuzzy
