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Ok. :-) I can summarize a little of the current debate in Sweden. There is only one school for the deaf at upper secondary level. It is not really a boarding school, instead the students often live with a host family during the week and go home for the weekends. There are other options as well...

I have never been to deaf school, since I became HOH as adult. However, to me the difference is obvious. I manage fine with hearing aids BUT I usually have no idea what my colleagues are talking about at lunch or coffe break. How could I socialize then? I don't know who has sick kids at home or...

Both Phonak and Oticon are wellknown and really good brands. If you choose one of them the result will likely be fine. It is more important that the audiologist is skilled at adjusting the settings well. Which specific model to choose will be more important when the child is older, because the...

I just can't believe that hearing aids are not available to anyone who needs it in the US. I simply think society looses by not offering some kind of solutions. Especially young people will have a harder time getting jobs and a good education if they don't get access to hearing aids and other...

An interview with the Interpreter: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/16/sweden-falls-in-love-with-the-man-who-signs-for-eurovision-heats?CMP=share_btn_fb

The interpreters were all great. :-) Some of the audience thought he should be sent to Eurovision instead of the singer, since they enjoyed the performance so much.

Thanks for the link Dogmom!

What do deaf people who travel a lot do when abroad? I have heard of international sign, but am not really sure many people know it?

Yes, there are different sign languages in most countries, just in the same way as there are different spoken languages. A sign language arises and is spread in the same way as other languages do.

All phones have a built in video player that also can show captions. Th app should therefore has a setting that turns on captions, and then any phone call made on the phone or any video viewed on the phone should be captioned. This is however likely not possible from a technical perspective...

Hi! I am an interaction designer and unfortunately I would say that no design would solve the issue today. The automatic voice to text translation is simply too poor. See the following article: http://ahearingloss.com/2015/03/07/just-another-day-of-advocating-for-quality-captions/ I have been...

The text in the first paragraph does not assume that ASL inhibits English. I think they did a good try to explain the need for interpreters. Before I became HOH I just assumed that all deaf were fluent in written language. I think many hearing believe that. When encountering poor written...

I like this discussion. I feel as broken and whole at the same time. A hearing loss is a hearing loss and I am a disabled person. I agree with the other HOH and late deafend. BUT - from another perspective there is nothing wrong with me. If I was excellent at customer support or a caring...

Deafdyke, you are dismissing Ambrosias explanations without really considering rhe arguments. The problem is not that you cannot hear, but the effects on communication. When you cannot hear what people talk about, you miss information. (As in my example earlier.) Missing information is serius...

My last reply was likely much too long, so I will give an example to illustrate why hearing become upset when losing hearing. My half-brother and his wife had a baby just before Christmas a few years ago. The day before Christmas he comes to the house where we are gathered directly from the...

Well, the biggest issue for me about becoming hard of hearing or deaf is that you cannot communicate as easily as before, and you often become isolated in some way. I was used to just sittning together with friends and hear what they are talking about and being able to join the discussion. That...

Stockholm is almost the only place in Sweden where there are a lot of deaf people. Just go to "Dövas hus" and join the activiies of "dövas förening". I've heard that they have excellent sign language courses at "Dövas hus", and there are many activities for new signers. Also check the...