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I think most people, especially those of us who are varying degrees of deaf, can speech read a little. I've read that only 30% of english speech can be effectively "read" by lip reading. So it's helpful to fill in the blanks of a conversation, but it's not likely going to allow anyone to "read"...

Ha ha. I’ll share an abbreviated version of the worst faking incident (that I know of) that I’ve been involved with. At the grocery I was approached by an older lady who called me by (I thought) my name. I tried to place her but could not, though I thought she looked familiar. She said...

An aside, my wife and I have developed our own sign language. Or rather she has. An index finger to the sink followed by a middle finger in my directions means, "I thought you were going to load the dishwasher this morning, Dear." She's got a lot of signs. Apparently that middle finger means...

Ha ha. That's exactly what I do. After an encounter or event or whatever, I always ask my wife for the 5 minute synopsis of anything that I need to know. Hopefully it doesn't include some incident where I nodded, laughed, and said, "Oh, it that so?" while someone was telling me that they have...

People who simply refuse to speak up. I don't mean random strangers. I mean co-workers that I'm worked with for years. They know I can't hear. Once I've asked three times for them to repeat the same thing, how about maybe putting a little oomph behind it? There are a couple of colleagues who...

Yeah, I fall into that category. Fortunately I was in an established career when my hearing started to go. Officially, my employer is pretty good, though there are individuals who just don't want to play along. Basic things like, get my attention before you start talking to me. If you step into...

Well, I'm not trying to create any false hope, simply pointing out that one can have Sensorineural Hearing and still have a functioning auditory nerve. A comment like "there's nothing that will help you," can mean different things depending on the context. It could mean that "nothing will help...

Phonak's site describes the Roger products and what they do, but that doesn't really explain the distinction between them and what people refer to as FM transmitters and mics, which seem to do the same thing. I can't tell the the Roger devices are simply phonak specific FM devices, or something...

I see reference to FM systems here, which apparently are mics which transmit via FM directly to an HA. What's the difference between these and various external Mic accessories like the Phonak Roger remote Mic, Table Mic, etc? Or are the Phonak Roger accessories just FM systems with specific...

For people I don't know or people who would have no way of knowing my situation I generally say something like, "Sorry, I'm pretty much deaf, but if you speak up a bit I can probably hear you OK." For people who already know that I'm "pretty much deaf" but insist on speaking quietly (or worse...

That is actually a bit disgusting. And I'm hard to disgust. :barf: :)

Obviously this is a question for your doctors. But in general Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) refers to damage/death of the cochlear hair cells, which of course can have any number of causes. But in these cases the auditory nerve is generally intact, which is what is needed for a CI since a...

I concur with deafdyke, get a clarification or second opinion on that. When I spoke with my ENT about CI (I'm not there yet, but thinking ahead) he indicated that there were only a few exclusionary factors there. I know that another new user here has been told that she's not a CI candidate due...

JanieN, I'm new here and this post jumped up to the top. Just want to say I understand completely. My loss is about the same as yours, and occurred over a number of years. I'm quite a bit older than you, I suspect (50's). For you a transition to the Deaf world could be possible, though I sense...

Stephaniep, as to your questions to me...yes. All of it. As far as understanding voices, it certainly has a lot to do with volume, but even with plenty of volume there are some voices I simply cannot understand. Probably due to how they articulate, modulate their voice, etc. And even those...

I use feedback in a dual role here. I visited my audiologist this morning, and had a hearing test. He measured a 110 dB loss in my good ear, in the mid/upper frequencies. 80 dB in the lower frequencies. Speech discrimination was 65% in the better ear, pretty much useless in the bad ear. My...

I suppose it depends on who they are, and their relationship to you. Is it a family member? Colleague? Friend? It also depends on their personality and how they respond to others getting all up in their business. There is no one good answer. Now, in my case it was made pretty easy. After a year...

I kid. :razz:

Hi Stephanie. I'm on the same page as you are. A bit younger (50's) but still older than most of these youngster here. ;) I've lost my hearing gradually over 20 years or so. Without aids I hear almost nothing, except tinnitus or maybe the dog barking right next to me. But nothing useful. My...

I'll probably skip the sparkly ear mold... ;)