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In Michigan There is an organization that provides free texting for HoH and Deaf for landline phones, but they are still working on it for cell phones. You could check with the HoH and Deaf services in your area for recommendations for you needs.

You should ask in your area or through fb who their audiologists are and go see one. They can and will help direct you to a good dealer for your needs if they don't carry their own aids. As for feeling isolated, yeah that happens, but it does pass to a degree. It is frustrating asking people...

That's what I got now, too. I really am much happier with it. Just have the ongoing problem of sometimes feeling like my ear canal is stuffed up or it will feel itchy. When that happens I pull it partly out to let some air in. Glad it is not an always problem, but the sometimes really...

Welcome, I am sure there are a lot of young people who will enjoy chatting with you. Check the threads for different topics, too. I am a senior citizen - grandma age.

As an HoH person, I rely a lot on the actions to match the wordage, facial expressions and other things. I deem a movie a talkie or one I can view and enjoy. Talkies are harder because they may not face the camera for all the sounds that are really needed.

I haven't been embarrassed but I have been intimidated so I haven't tried for careers I could have done, just because I lacked the confidence that was needed since both were professions - nurses and medical assisting, seemed to rely on hearing abilities. I don't think my lip reading skills are...

That is a huge problem, and you are quite right. Maybe it should be dropped. It could just be a method to defame someone who is not liked, too. Scary stuff.

I wish you were wrong! I really do wish you were wrong! But unfortunately, the government doesn't think our issues are significant enough. Your best bet may be to find a lawyer to fight for benefits, but then again it could be fruitless. Because my deafness was lifelong as a HoH, the...

My son's business does that. https://www.weblaunchlocal.com/

Actually it isn't a matter of not going into friends houses. People in professions that interact with kids also have a better chance to abuse them. We did go to our friends' houses and sometimes played inside. While you are against the registry there are benefits to it, but not everyone on it...

Surely there are groups that meet somewhere in Tulsa. In my old hometown, through the local school, I found that there was a regular group meet in one of the schools after school hours. That provided a nice way to meet more people in the deaf and HoH community which in turn allows for more...

I know you love your partner, but reality can hit very hard and this may not be something that you can truly live with as you get older and communication issues get worse. Communication is essential to any relationship. As for arthritis, there are so many ways to treat it that it should not...

If you are working check with the unemployment agency for handicapper services. I got mine through them -- more than once. Also the lions club helps to finance them. Depending on your own health insurance, some may partially cover the costs.

Ask for classes in it through the deaf community centers/groups near you and the local colleges. Today there is no excuse for not learning it.

I actually dog sit and some of the people I sit for do that too. It is a wiser way to share the internet. Plus it is something that you as the internet provider - have control over so you can change it anytime.

Check with your local city clerk's office, state office for human services, local handicapper services run by social workers, schools, and search the internet to find groups in your area. Some organizations like the Knights of Columbus or Lions Club -- which help with hearing aid costs, may...

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Depends on the person, really. Some deafness is progressive. Others is constant. Mine is supposedly constant, but I am not so sure about that. I think it has gotten worse over the years. Then the hero aid said avoid putting sound on the ear drum in it's info perks and I thought about eye...

That is part of the problem, but the other part of it is that teenagers are having sex before the age of consent per the law in their state and often get busted.

Hugs, honey. hope you have received some counseling to deal with it.