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I second the hug. I _hate_ having Meniere's. Sometimes I feel like I'm not just losing my hearing, I'm losing who I was as a person. On bad days, anything can set it off or make it worse. Bright lights, things moving in odd ways, even having some ham in my sandwich (from the salt -- sometimes...

I'm taking an ASL class with another HOH friend. (The school is Deaf-owned and the teachers are Deaf, but the only HOH/deaf students in our class are me and my friend T.) The book I'm using is Learning American Sign Language by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries. The book alone isn't helpful without...

Lucia, that is just awful. What she said was bad enough, but to do that at a concert of hers that she invited you to!

A friend of mine is a huge board game fan, and I've played some really good ones at his house. Some of them are parody games, like Run For Your Life, Candyman! (which is Candyland with combat damage) and Kill Doctor Lucky (which is a riff on Clue, except you're trying to commit the murder...

I like Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. And I love Balderdash! I just got my Dad Fact or Crap for Christmas, and everyone in the family likes it.

Hi Jiro! Two of my friends have a Cornish Rex because of allergy/asthma issues. They got their kitty through a breed-specific rescue group. Here's a website with some Cornish Rex rescue groups: Cornish Rex Rescue - Cornish Rex Cat Adoption

Hey hey! I'm HOH and learning to sign (along with two friends. One is also HOH.) We're looking for captioned ASL vlogs and sites to watch so we can see more people signing. I've looked at Youtube, and found lots of videos by beginners like us. We'd rather watch native/fluent signers. Any...

Wow. *pictures crazy goose man* :lol: That's hilarious! Now I'm wondering if you want to politely say something to the bulletin's writer. I'm not sure what "partially hearing impaired" even means! Might phrasing it like that discourage people from asking about and using the listening...

I love, love, love Byrdie714's way of handling the CC issue! I grew up hearing, and am now HOH. I'm learning ASL now. My aunt is Deaf from childhood. And everyone -- doctors, teachers -- told my grandparents that signing was bad for her. My aunt learned to sign at school. My parents _forbid_...

Some secrets must remain hidden.:giggle:

I'm HOH. I explain it in terms of what it actually means _for me_, like "Could we have this conversation later when there's less noise? I can't understand what you're saying." I don't like the term "hearing impaired" because it's clunky and sounds like a euphemism. And not a good one. Where...

I'm hanging out with dear friends -- we haven't decided what we're doing yet. Then Saturday is ASL class. We're in the same level, and have been practicing together. (Which involves a lot of silliness!)

I'm bi. And I'm 5'3". *waves UP to all the tall people here*

Sorry folks, this will be long :) This semester I had a sudden sensorineural hearing loss -- sloping curve down to a moderately severe/severe loss in the high frequencies on the right side. They're still trying to figure out why. I had an upper respiratory infection, which spread to my...

I love cats and have since I was little. I have two now. A six-year-old gray tabby boy named Bilbo and a 10-or-so (she was a rescue kitty) all-black girl named Rocks. Bilbo was an orphaned kitten, and I hand-fed him KMR (kitten milk) every two hours. Is he grateful? NO! He's a bratty cat! He...

Hi Nessi! Congratulations on having your first baby! Wow, third trimester in Texas heat. You are a strong woman :)

Sometimes this bothers me, and sometimes it doesn't. I like lsfoster's approach, and I've used it. Clearly homophobic guy at work: "Those clothes are so gay." (Said with limp wrist, high voice) Me, polite and pretending to be confused: "Really? My uncle's gay, and he wouldn't wear that." The...

Hello, I'm Nell! I'm a grad student in New York City, originally from upstate. I'm newly HOH -- this semester. So I'm still getting used to it! I'm learning ASL now. I worked in theater tech, but then went to grad school in something else entirely (anthropology.) I like hiking and camping...