Recent content by azlady

Call it a gene or tendency to have hearing loss in various degrees. None of my family members were born deaf or with hearing problems except one niece. My yougest sister was the youngest of all since she lost hers at 6 months so was prelingual. I was 7 and the high fever I had at age 5 that...

Hi Lily, It might help if you remember that ASL is not English therefore English translations often are confusing. Years ago people said AS was "bad English." While we know that it has been proven that ASL is NOT English but rather a language of its own I wonder sometimes if that old idea is...

Same here. Hubby is hearing but there are times when he can't communicate. On the other hand, Maybe his lack of communication skills is more of a male charcteristic. LOL We have been married 25 years and communication is more than just speaking or signing. I hate to put limitations on people...

To me,deafness is something to accept. I might not like it but it isn't the worst thing in the world. If I had been born deaf then I too would be shouting "Deaf Pride" and Deaf Power because being born with it is different. Just like people of different races and cultures, they should be proud...

Definitely isn't. You forget that the deaf culture is like being in a foreign country and having to learn their customs. On top of that, you have to deal with the pyschological and social aspects of it. No, it isn't easy but it has to be done.

Mom lost the last of her hearing at 32 years old and I was seven when I lost all my functional hearing overnight. It took years for me to accept my deafness and to stop feeling I was sitting on a fence and not belonging anywhere. I am luckier than my mom who never master signs and still feels...

Careful kiddo, LOL My mother is late deafened. She was slightly hard of hearin until 32 when she lost all of it. One story she used to tell us was that a man came into the dry cleaners where she worked when she was 22. Mom waited on him and in the course of the conversation he asked her what...

Hi am new to the board and like what I see. I am sure I will be a frequent visitor. Take care everyone.