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The cockpit voice recorder seems to indicate that one of the pilots left the cockpit, got locked out, and couldn't get back in again even after banging on the door. Maybe not so unlikely after all? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/world/europe/germanwings-airbus-crash.html

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Because I was curious about whether there are any online lessons on lipreading, I googled it, and it turns out there are several (I listed a few below). I don't know how good/useful any of them are, but I just played the first lesson on vowels at Lipreading.org and got them all correct - Hurray...

I live on a dirt road, so mostly what is being revealed by all the melting snow is mud... lots and lots of mud :( It's horrible to drive down my road and get my car covered by splattered mud every day. I don't bother washing it, though, because the next day it would look just as bad. I'll be...

facadepapergirl, I have a few observations about your posts. : You don't know if you're losing your hearing or whether you've just got wax in your ears. You say your hearing is "pretty bad," yet you're not sure if you'd be considered "hard of hearing." You say you've moved to Austin because of...

There are clinics and centers where you can get free hearing tests and other free medical care. Just search for "TX" (or whatever town/city you're in in Texas) "uninsured" and "free hearing test." Just because you've been able to mostly "get by" without hearing aids doesn't mean you aren't...

I wouldn't pull apart your hearing aids without checking first with your audiologist, because you need to be sure that you have the type of hearing aid that you can take apart (I don't know if Siemens Pure has a thick or thin tube or whether it has a wire running through the tube). You don't...

That sounds like it would make a loud racket until the ice cubes melted. If I have wrinkled clothes that can be put into the dryer, I just dampen a sock or a face cloth slightly, add it to the dry-but-wrinkled clothes, and tumble everything for 5-10 minutes. Sometimes it takes a bit longer, but...

We're getting more snow tonight :(

I've been hoh my whole life, but have only worn hearing aids for a year and a half, and unless I tell people I wear hearing aids, most people can't even tell I'm wearing them, so I don't understand why your family encouraged you to hide your hearing loss and not use hearing aids although they...

It's about 14 degrees here and I just shoveled out my driveway. I wanted to get it done before it gets too windy. We got about 8-9 inches of snow in last night's nor'easter. It looks like the snow is finished where I am, but parts of New England are still getting snow and wind for the next few...

I understand that it would be extremely important for interpreters - for ANY language - to be able to understand the culture and perspectives of ANY group they were interpreting for. Cultural sensitivity in general is great, and I'm all in favor of ASL interpreters being advocates for Deaf...

I read the article and I found it a bit fascinating, but probably not for the reason you might think :hmm:... After reading it, I realized that, even though I've been hoh my whole life and may eventually become deaf, and have several other hoh people in my family (so I grew up with at least some...

Well, everybody's different, and what can cause panic attacks in one person may not in other people. Some people go their whole lives without ever having a panic attack. If your panic attacks are being caused by your hearing loss and the stress from that, then they will hopefully become fewer...

Hi, Chris, I have slowly progressing sensorineural hearing loss, and have had a history of panic attacks (although they are unrelated to my hearing loss), so I can relate a bit to what you're going through. Stress - no matter what causes it (a divorce, a health problem, losing a job, moving...

I'm very excited! :)

Well, my job involves child welfare, so that's where I'm coming from. If you know of deaf preschools in your area, is it possible for you to mail or email pamphlets/information about them to the parents anonymously so that your boss doesn't know about it? If you're going to have a career working...

I have a question. Suppose you didn't know sign language. Would you still not suggest to his parents that they send him to a preschool that specializes in teaching toddlers ASL? If you know that it's in this toddler's best interests to go to a deaf preschool don't you have some obligation to...

Yes, growing up I had unilateral hearing loss. My family, teachers, and I found ways for me to do well in school without hearing aids, but I think that because I was told for so long, "A hearing aid won't really help you much - you don't need one for your type of hearing loss," when I started...

Some of the comments at the bottom of the article are pretty funny.