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    Deaf Gay in Tampa area?

    Doesn't seem like there is any?
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    SSDI thoughts??

    SeaJenSurf Wow, thank you for that wonderful message...I will try and heed your advice (as difficult as it may seem at times!) It's SO refreshing toi know there's SOMEONE out there that also knows how frustrating Late Deafened can be... I am very glad the CI works out for you----me, I...
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    New here from Florida :)

    Thanks so much for the welcome Bebonang....I agree with you about birds...I also want to be one after I pass (a Seagull lol) and as silly as it sounds, I actually believe that's what birds are....souls that have passed on and looking down on us still here... They have wings just like...
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    One weekend... I found out I was completely deaf

    Really, if she were deaf in both ears, a HA would NOT be giving her all those intricate sounds..and shouting up and down the stairs? Exchanging playful banter?? Yeah, RIGHT! LOL. I think she was originally just hard of hearing as opposed to completely Deaf in both ears. The sounds she...
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    New here from Florida :)

    Thank you smithtr...this seems like a very friendly place to come to and i'm so glad I found it!! :) And if anybody has info on Tampa Florida Deaf meets I am curious to where they are?? And do you HAVE to know ASL to go to one?? This is why I never go out...how to communicate socially...
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    ASL 1 student has some questions...

    About 3 and the music....I had a "Cultural Deaf" friend---he swore up and down he was born deaf and was NOT Hard of hearing in the least. Now I am late deafened, and can't hear music anymore at ALL....I hear squat when music plays..... So, the Deaf friend would always pop in CD's into his...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    How come i'm not able to reply to this thread anymore? It keeps saying waiting for moderator approval?? Why?? Edit: ok now i'm suddenly able to reply here but I left 2 other messages to other posters thanking them and they said wait for moderator approval.... Anyways, I asked Midnight Sun...
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    New here from Florida :)

    Thanks rockin robin, i'm glad to have found this page. :)
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    New here from Florida :)

    Thank you! And yes, I consider myself extremely lucky to have him in my life. Every single day he puts a smile on my face no matter what! :)
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    New here from Florida :)

    I posted already in other thread about SSDI and only now see there is an introduce yourself forum....silly me to jump that and dive right in posting so forgive my rudeness---it is not intentional! :) I was born total deaf in my right ear and no one ever found out why and life was dandy with...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Thank you all for the replies & advice---they are very much appreciated and helpful!! Midnight Sun---the speech to text device---is this a phone/pager or a device you walk around with that captures peoples speech to text when communicating to them in person? I will Google that for more...
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    Who got snow?

    I'm down in Tampa, FL and it's going down to 30 degrees tonite...yikes....Last year I had to scrape ice off my car in the morning it was so cold!!
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Webexplorer--- Do you really believe that the regenerate stem cells are somewhere on the horizon? That is another small reason i put off CI---because if you get CI then they cant regenerate cells because they kill off all nerves that were used for hearing. Maybe it is false hope----but I...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Bottesini-- Thank you for your reply!....I declined the Medicare part B because I couldn't afford to have to $85/month (at the time) taken out of my monthly SSDI to cover it, so I only have Part A which doesn't cover the CI's. And I have done HEAVY CI research and it seems it is a grab bag...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Frisky Feline--- I applied and received my SSDI in 2006---I went Deaf in 2005---My right ear was always Deaf but I never let that stop me...but in one day the left ear just went....all in the span of like 5 mins all hearing vanished. So the first time I applied for SSDI in 2006, which was...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Thank you for your reply MrsBucket....I was VERY proud of my work when I was hearing...my grandfather taught me early on to always have a strong work ethic no matter if you were the President or a Dishwasher---Work is work! This is why I treat ALL workers the same...I don't believe in...
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    SSDI thoughts??

    Hello...i'll get right to the point!! :) I was hearing and went totally deaf at age 35 after working 20+ years full time in retail service. I was making $15/hour and always supporting myself. Then BAM, I am totally Deaf...I hear nothing and my audiogram is well over 90db hearing loss....I...
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