Recent content by ciuser

That's part of what made me want to ask other people what they do at their jobs. I was hoping there was some new technology maybe out there that I didn't know about. Or learn about/from others' experiences. I'm trying hard to get past being really negative about who would possibly hire me if...

I fully agree that it doesn't make sense! It's not really external stigma that I worry about...perhaps stigma was not the best word. It's more what I carry from my childhood that does it. A hearing aid still represents something that is broken whereas a cochlear implant is an attempt at fixing...

Hi, everyone, my name is Lisa and I had/have severe sensoneural hearing degeneration all my life -- grew up hearing, then HOH, then after many years of that finally came to terms with the fact that I was deaf but was not part of the deaf world. Before I had a chance to do that, I married my...

But... The Captel phone, people still need to call you through the 1-877 number, right? Your employer didn't have a problem with having to make people do that?

Hi, Alicia, you are right, it was rude of me to post before introducing myself so here goes...Hi, everyone, my name is Lisa and I had/have severe sensoneural hearing degeneration all my life -- grew up hearing, then HOH, then after many years of that finally came to terms with the fact that I...

I was implanted two years ago and am now looking for a job and want to know what others use at their jobs to make their jobs accessible. For example, using Captel or TTY/VCO phone, internet calls, instant messenger. What type of job do you do, too? Did you bring up what you needed in...