Does anyone else deal with anxiety when they put their hearing aids in? Everyone is telling me I need to wear them, so I’m safer and they don’t have to repeat themselves every time they talk to me. The last time I put them in I had a panic attack… so now I’m scared. There are so many sounds I...
Well I’m finally dating someone who doesn’t make me feel bad for being Deaf. He is even willing to learn ASL for me, it’s nice to not have to hide all the time.
Okay I’m hearing impaired, and I was wondering if anyone could put me in the right direction to a Deaf club or event? I live in Alabama and I only found one person like me… Deaf. I just feel alone and would like to meet more people.
I’m so scared that I’m going to upset my family we are meeting for the first time and I don’t know if I’m going to be able to understand them. I don’t won’t to upset them if I need them to repeat themselves.... any advice?
Does this happen to anyone else?You go to a restaurant, sit down, and start telling your order; But the person who is waiting on you looks down or turns when talking. You'll ask them to repeat and they do the same things again. So you ask again, they notice your hearing aids or you tell them I'm...
I have a question for anyone who has an CI... After talking to my audiologist, she brought to my attention that my hearing aids can go no higher, and that its time for me to start thinking about a CI. Anyways my question is if anyone went from a hearing aid to a CI, how is it different with the...