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This thread may be useful to you. http://www.alldeaf.com/threads/my-coclear-implant-surgery.129287/ and here: http://www.alldeaf.com/forums/hearing-aids-cochlear-implants.8/

Time to get off the computer and out into the world to make friends with a deaf or hard of hearing person. Lots of elderly people with hearing aids wiling to talk to young people.

Uncanny. That is an interesting challenge you present and I think you will benefit most from your own unique approach. Since you can hear, you present the advantage of being able to understand coworkers. Any job that allows you to communicate either in sign or with the written word would work...

Home schooling is ok if there is a large group of cooperating parents in their area doing home schooling. Groups like that often offer a pretty rich experience with many shared activities and studies. Public school is a good place to start IF their system has good support in place for deaf...

Do you mean Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensorineural_hearing_loss

But it would only make sense to one of us. To someone who has experienced this. Gosh, I have the same reaction to speech with my hearing aids and it doesn't make sense to me! It is real, but I don't understand it.

Regardless of what better solutions you find, Xela Luna (a reference to Quetzaltenango?) It is always worthwhile to invest energy in accepting ourselves as we are. To hell with picture perfect. It is not my intention to trivialize your problem. Ho we look matters a lot.

As I lose the ability to hear my own voice it is quite difficult to judge volume. I try to ask others at the beginning of a conversation, "Is this volume good?"

It could have been discrimination but making that kind of a challenge takes over your life and is extremely hard to prove. Since you worked in a stable situation for a long time you may not have had much feedback about your speech in some time. Perhaps you can harness that anger and do some...

You may have digestive problems that can be allieviated by identifying the foods that cause you the least difficulty, plus regular use of probiotics. It's not an easy process.

Probably not. It would depend on how fast and how deep you dive. i suppose if you had a weak timpanic membrane diving might bring on a tear that was waiting to happen. have yours inspected by a professional and heed their advice. As a kid I dove a lot and it is normal to feel pressure...

It is not the job of the press to be respectful, their job is to be challenging and reveal things politicians, government, and corporations would like to keep hidden. I don't like the excesses in rhetoric that both media and this administration use, but they do egg each other on.

The burden of proof in our judicial system is strict, which helps protect accused people from rumors and sentiments that run very strong in cases like this. Of course it is awful when people "get away with" sex crimes or exploitation but it is a crime without witnesses. My word against yours...

Well said. The statement" all hearing people would achieve at high levels" is a bit silly for being ill-defined. Think of it as a statistician and refine it.

How I appreciate input from knowledgeable people! What is 'input in L1 and 10% L1 input, if it an be explained briefly?

The research outcome is painful to 'hear' but it is certainly relevant. Curses on Reality.

I doubt any first time parents are ever prepared for whatever or whomever arrives. If they waited until then very few of us would be here.

How lovely you are moving out next month. Some folks on the dole are lovely people just down on their luck. Others are professional hustlers. I don't think they 'assumed' you were dumb so much as they make a systematic practice of hitting on every neighbor who will speak to them. They know...

Surgeons are notorious for horrid people skills. I'm sorry you suffered this and encourage you to write down the experience and send a complaint to both surgeon and hospital. Include a copy of the insurance authorization.

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