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I remember vaguely when I got my first set of hearing aids (I was three), I heard voices for the first time, and sounds I never knew it existed, it was astonishing for me. I was confused at first, I had a difficult time sorting out the sounds and find out where they were coming from and all...

Well, I am not experienced at all in going deaf since I've been this way all of my life but here goes some help: Learning ASL is a good step. There is a website called www.aslpro.com. It is excellent and I highly recommend it. There are also good YouTube videos on ASL lessons. If you...

What is your opinion on deaf/HOH doing speech therapy and speaking verbally instead of signing? Even if the child didn't get to pick voice or asl, the parents wanted to raise him or her as "hearing"? I ask that because I am HOH and I've been through speech therapy ever since three years old...

Thank you everyone for the awesome greetings!! @deafdyke for the last two summers, I've participated in a deaf camp, which was fun, and which inspired me to learn asl. I am attending asl lessons and I've joined an asl website, and I ask my deafies for signs I don't know. I just need to...

I love Switched at Birth! :D Being deaf and/or HOH isn't hard. Yes, it has its challenges, but that's mostly the people I deal with and technology issues. (If I could have a dollar for each time my hearing aid battery goes out in the middle of class, I'd be rich. :roll:) Yeah, there are...

Hello! :wave: My name is Caitlin, and I am 14 years old, going on 15 (yes, I am younger than most of you :lol:). I have a severe hearing loss in my left ear (somewhere between 20 and 25 percentage of hearing) and profoundly deaf in my right ear (0% hearing). I have a hearing aid for my left...