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My great great uncle, my great aunt, my uncle and me. All HoH or deaf since childhood. I would love to know of any deaf ancestors before 1881, but that's as far back as I've been able to research our family history.

Using nail polish on your HAs doesn't seem like a good idea. I believe this subject has already been raised on an earlier thread.

I use Rayovac or Power One 675 batteries which last between two and three weeks in HAs worn 16 or more hours a day. I believe smaller batteries, such as 13 etc., tend to not last as long.

Try to explain to your mum and sister that you need to use subtitles to understand the speech on TV. Lots of people don't realise that although we can 'hear' with HAs, it can be quite distorted and isn't as clear as it is for those who have normal hearing. When I was young although my mum...

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Please do not discourage your little boy from showing his siblings how to sign.

If it has been ten years since you used HAs maybe you could try them again, technology has moved on since then and there may be something more suitable for you. However, if you get no benefit from HAs maybe a CI might be more helpful. Are you profoundly deaf in your right ear as well as your...

Becca, I have Siemens SP HAs and, although they work OK for me, they are quite large and heavy and probably aren't ideal for a child. I believe Safaris are smaller and lighter and may be better for your son, perhaps you could ask your audiologist if your son could have a trial with them. I...

That remote control loop sounds like a good idea. I find that sometimes when I change channels on the TV I have to adjust the volume on the loop. With a remote control I could do all that without leaving my chair!

You can get neck loops that plug into your ipod, computer etc. I also have one like the one described in the article, which involves placing a loop of wire around the entire room pinned under the carpet, this is then connected to an amplifier which you can adjust to a level at which you can...

If you have 50% hearing in at least one ear you would not be a suitable candidate for a CI because you have too much hearing. CIs are usually fitted to people who are profoundly deaf in both ears and can get no benefit from the most powerful hearing aids because they have next to no residual...

This is really old technology, they have been available in the UK for at least 40 years. I have one installed at home connected to my TV, it only cost about £70!

This still happens in some parts of the world. During a nursing placement in India I spent some time working in a psychiatric hospital and some of the patients there were only deaf, but had been misdiagnosed as mentally retarded and institutionalised years ago. Having had the advantage of HAs...

As a child I was also told that 'your school days are the best days of your life'. I used to think if these are the best days what on earth is the rest of my life going to be like! Fortunately my life since then has been much better. I have a loving husband and three wonderful children and...

I was mainstreamed and bullied. There were only four of us in my school who wore HAs and we were an easy target. The teacher of the deaf came to see us all once a week and for ages I only wore my HA on the day she came because of the taunting and bullying. That was forty years ago and I...

My daughter and I have been doing some research into our family history. We always knew that my uncle was HoH from childhood, and so was a great aunt. However recently we checked out the UK census of 1881 and discovered that my great great uncle was also deaf. We're now wondering how many...

BTE hearing aids will enable you to use an fm system which could be useful if you are in college, maybe you could investigate whether your college disability office can help you with funding. I used an fm system at university and found it very helpful, it was a Phonak Smartlink and here's a...

Soft moulds definitely are tighter then hard moulds the first time you have them, but you do get used to them fairly quickly. They are generally used to prevent feedback in high power HAs by blocking up your ear as much as possible.

I get this too. Once an old guy at my church was telling me about his new HAs and it seemed to help him because he thought I would understand his problems.

There is a craft shop near me, 'Hobbycraft', that sells all the parts to make these charms if you wanted to do it yourself. I suspect any similar shop selling stuff for jewellery making would have the parts too.