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JanieM, I would actually consider moving to get closer to a Deaf community. It’s so important to me to at least occasionally meet people who understand. For learning sign language, I recommend learning together with family and/or friends. It is important in order to get enough practice, and...

Don’t worry about what other people think. It’s not your fault if they have prejudices. You cannot force others to be kind, well-educated and sensible. You can only control if you yourself are nice and understanding towards people. From a more practical perspective, I have focused on getting...

People might start asking you, where are you from? Not really, your brain does know how to speak, but it lacks the necessary feedback that helps it adjust details in the speech. You don’t know if you are too loud or too quiet related to background noise, and you can’t hear when small details...

I assume that it is the lack of communication that speeds up dementia, not the hearing loss. This means you should learn sign language and go out and meet people. There are treatments for anxiety and depression, so go and get help for that. I have not heard anything that would indicate that...

What about writing back and forth? That would be my first choice if I had to ask something brief and couldn’t make out the reply. I used to be hearing, but I still don’t get why some people are so focused on that communication has to be speech. When my hearing started to become insufficient, I...

To me it seems easier to just have a notepad and write back and forth. Or type on the phone. Speech-to-text apps are best if they are trained to your voice, and can be correct enough, but I just wouldn’t rely on them if meeting random people. Don’t be afraid of going out and meeting people. If...

I see. You need to be aware of that things have changed rapidly in society. Find out more about what her upbringing was like. What was her relationship with her parents? Did she experience language deprivation as a child? That would explain a lot, and is hard to compensate for later. Deaf...

Agree, give it more time and try to accept her as she is. When you know her well, it will be easier for you to decide if you should bring something up, and how. Pointing is not rude in sign language, it’s the correct way to reference a person across the room. Showing emotions can be correct as...

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the best treatment as far as I know. There is no cure really, so you need to find strategies for handling the tinnitus. Usually audiologists know too little about possible approaches where I live, and few get the support that actually exists.

Find others with similar experiences. There might for example be support groups for Menière. It helps tons. Well, vertigos are worse aren’t they? You cannot do so much at all when dizzy, but as deaf, you can actually do anything but hear. Ok, so currently you use your hearing all the time. This...

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I’m an interaction designer and HoH. Slowly becoming fluent in sign language. Yes, I agree, most equipment that we would like already exists or is developed by companies already in the field. There are several posts here every year from design students having assignments similar to this. What...

That’s a huge question. I suggest you actually meet with a few Deaf or HoH people to have longer discussions. You should also read a lot about for example Deaf history, since that will really provide important pieces to understanding. Hearing loss and the effects of hearing loss are often...

I grew up hearing and became HoH during my university years. I agree, do learn sign language as a family. Honestly, it makes tons of difference if you have to struggle communicating with your family, or if you can do it easily. Encourage her to find ways to compensate the hearing loss using...

I have some hearing teachers and don’t mind at all, since they are all fully fluent and very skilled teachers. However, I would never recommend only learning from hearing teachers. There are some aspects that a Deaf teacher simply would have better personal experience of, and it honestly is...

The risk is larger, since you have less healthy hair cells in the Cochlea. If a person with normal hearing listens to loud music and damage a few hair cells they still hear pretty well even if they might start to get hearing loss, but if you already have a hearing loss you have much more to...

Family really should put CC on. I would be happy to support and accomondate if something happened to them, and they should do the same. I would simply tell the how boring and lonely it is to watch tv alone. It's really sad when people do not want to be supportive. Here is a good blog post on...

This is the thread I was thinking about: http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?t=125632&highlight=Traveling

I am hard of hearing, and learning sign language, so not really the right person to offer input. The sign languages do differ, but Deaf people seem to be pretty good at communicating at least basic messages. At my local Deaf club, the members taught me some basic BSL signs and Polish sign, which...

I assume it's difficult, but I guess all you need is a little creativity to find a way. There was a german teacher of the Deaf regularly coming to a Swedish two week summer course in sign language that I go to. She just wanted to broaden her skills and learn both Swedish and Swedish sign...