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Life is sometimes not easy. Sometimes things just happen and you just have to find a way to overcome it. I was born with hearing loss in both ears - but it wasn't severe though think one ear was mild. When I was 9, I was in a car accident and 2 months after - my hearing started to drop. It...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this? But. I guess it does relate to disability employment. I am from Canada so not sure what this forum really about other then disability employment so my bad if wrong place. I'm just curious to what some people's experiences have been with...

I had a guy once was trying to talk to me but I was a bit shy and confused, and my teacher noticed and asked him to come to her. She explained I had a hearing problem and then the next day during gym, he literally said in a bit of a loud voice... "how are you". I mean it's sweet that he tried...

I was raised in a hearing world as well, but I'd say I also had spent some time with HOH kids but mostly hearing. I used to be in a HOH program when I was young and attended a Cochlear implant camp for 5 years for one week in the summer. There I have met two friends who are the same age as me...

I never wore my hearing aides to bed when I was younger, and I tried recently with my Freedom cochlear implant and the sound of my own breathing annoyed me haha. Not used to it... but I still like to try sleep with it on someday to see how it goes.

So I was talking to my audiologist on the phone, and in September I am able to upgrade my 2006 Freedom to either a N5 or a N6. I am unsure what to do. I do have bilateral implants in which my right ear is the Freedom and the left ear is the N5. I just wonder if anyone has had a N6 yet, and if...

When I was younger.. I had a tough time fitting in with my cousins ( we all are of similar ages) and now we are older, I talk to them more. I chat with my aunts and uncles fine, they usually speak a little slower around me or if I ask for a repeat, they'll say it again. But dinner...

I hang out with a friend, who is hearing impaired with one C.I, and one hearing aid. Edit: I have bilateral C.I's and another point I should make is I am more oral then she is - she has a translator whereas I don't. We always hang out in a quiet room in the school, but latley I feel annoyed...

It sounds like he does like you, especially if you make each other laugh. I would look for signs of interest from him, if it might help. Or you could ask him about what he thinks of you? If he is not comfortrable being in a relationship, you can mention just being friends. If you feel happy...

So my friend and I was walking in her neighborhood, and we saw an owner with her dog. My friend mentions to her, I have trouble hearing, and the owner explained her dog (I'm pretty sure dog could hear) could understand some sign language. I think she said she found out by accident one day...

Hey, Ok so, I have bilateral cochlear implants and I hear pretty good with the two of them. When I was born though, I was diagonosed with a hearing loss in both ears. My mom felt there was something else wrong, and has fought with docters for years, that I also had auditory processing...

When I was like 13, I started a blog on a virtual world. I did that for two years, part of it with an online friend who helped me improve. (He helped me out with tips, then somehow by luck, when I told him about my condition, he told me he had a online deaf friend, so he understood). For two...

Hey, This is about my experience with having two cochlear implants, and what I think of having two of them. In September 2006, I had my first C.I implanted. When it was activated, I couldn't help myself but to laugh into tears. The reason was the voices I heard, sounded like chipmunk...

Hey, So I never really have been in a relationship before, and there is this guy I like, and I'm pretty sure he likes me as well. I barley know him, but I sit at the same table with him in English. He sits across me, so I feel nervous - I rarley ever talk except to my friend who sits...

I've been single since the 8th grade for now. Though last year I've been asked out but I wasn't interested in him.

I'm curious because I was taught in the Sign Exact English or English Sign Language when I was younger, and was wondering if there is a noticable difference between ASL and ESL? It just feels like people are using ASL alot now. I don't sign anymore though, but I would like to pick it up...

I have 2 cochlear implants and I am oral. I rely on lip-reading but I do have auditory processing so I ask questions to be sure of what I am doing or what i could be doing. The thing is I don't know if I have a deaf accent. I have some friends at my school, 2 is hoh and 2 has cochlear...

I also have the same problem with following conversations - it totally sucks. I think teachers/aides/translators can really help with the confidence, I know for me it has helped me gain some a bit. I remember two guys were trying to tell or ask me something but I was shy so I said I don't...

Hey! :wave: I'm a 18 year old female with 2 cochlear implants - one is a Cochlear Freedom, the other is a N5. I'm loving both though I do prefer the Freedom model over the N5. I was born with a mild hearing loss in both ears - as well being born premature. I also have auditory processing...