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Forget dictionaries for defining 'culture'. You're into anthropology, so you might understand Raymond Williams' etymology of the word "culture" which he states at the beginning is "one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language". Raymond Williams, Keywords It's an...

Thanks, that was all really helpfulp =)

The earlier the better - the younger you are, the faster you'll learn a second language. If you don't have a second language already, just know that it is always beneficial and it can come in handy in the strangest of ways sometimes. You won't regret learning ASL, just do it already!! Take a...

I don't think it's such a big deal, it's just a way of shortening two terms into one. We already have the capitalized "Deaf" to signify a much larger concept, culturally deaf people who sign the majority of the time. Same idea, applying an abbreviation or a new word to a larger term. For the...

Normally I'd put my phone number (land line) on my resume when applying for a job but I recently discovered this was a bad idea ... haven't used the phone in a while and, surprise surprise, it sounds completely robotic now, and two places where I'd applied for jobs via e-mail (craigslist) hung...

"hearies" = hearing people, "deafies" = deaf people. you could just say "deafs" but some people may actually find that offensive, I guess "deafies" just sounds cuter and more friendly.

I know the feeling. If wants/anyone expects you to stay anywhere, they need to be accommodating. I would have bought just a drink and stayed for about 15 minutes just to be polite. My family and I sort of have this understanding of how I excuse myself from the table as soon as I'm finished...

for me I can't use the word "deaf", because people most often think I'm lying and they say things like "oh... okay... um you hear really well". I just say I'm Hard of Hearing

It is a quality that mostly all humans who have languages share. I don't really know how to put it in other words. Are you trying to overcome it or are you just wondering?

I've only been to 2 concerts in my life, one when I was a little mildly HoH, Spice Girls-obsessed 9-year-old. The second was a Rajaton concert last year. If you haven't heard of them before, they're a Finnish a capella group of 6 (3 men, 3 women, ie. bass, btone, tenor, alto, mezzo-sop, sop)...

Providing that one rechargeable battery lasts for a full day, I don't see what the big deal is. For me it doesn't have to last 3 days like the disposables do. I mean, you recharge while you're asleep. If it doesn't last for a full day, though, then I can understand the annoyance in having...

My CI is 900p/sec and one rechargeable battery probably lasts more than 17 hours, although I've never bothered checking how long it would last since it works as long as I am awake and then I just recharge it. With my map, the three Power One batteries last about 4 or 5 days. I didn't/won't need...

I was a former hearie, and all I can say is that I LOVE having a CI/hearing aid, and being able to shut them off or turn them on whenever the heck I want. Especially when you have one language you can hear and one language you can see. In a nutshell, the worst part about being hearing is not...

Seems like you're wondering what it's like to think in pictures....just thought I'd try and add something that you might find of value, although it doesn't have anything to do with deafness. Hearing people are pretty capable of thinking in pictures, too (and by thinking I mean more like...

I've had brain surgery, when I was still hearing, but I was unconscious anyway. I think procedures like that are very rare. My first job was at an A&W fast food restaurant kind of like JClarke. I had only applied to 3 other jobs before in my life - an art store (which I later discovered doesn't...

my mum would say it's rude for my sister and I to sign if there are non-signers in the room

good to know it's not uncommon! thanks for your replies

my CI operation was in late May and I had it activated mid-July. a lot of times I seem to "hear" these popping noises in my implanted ear, when i'm not wearing the CI. it sounds like a whole bunch of bubbles popping rapidly, and then a few stray pops after that... it's really weird! is it...

one time i was on a theme park ride, the kind that has over-the-shoulder restraints, and left my $5000 BAHA on. obviously, anything that hits the side of my head causes the baha to go flying off, and it did when I was on the ride..! spent about 20 minutes running around the ride/amusement park...

don't i wish my family could sign! my older sister knows about as much ASL as I do but she never uses it unless she knows i'm not wearing my hearing aid, like in the swimming pool or when I'm being woken up.