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Thanks, Lottie! I am new to this site also, it has really helped me already.

Krissy, I don't remember if I mentioned the crackling specifically to the ENT. I was kind of in shock I think because I wasn't phased by the news and didn't ask too many questions during the "diagnosis appointment." I'm not sure the crackling matters one way or another, though. I was basically...

I don't have any children and I only have a little hearing loss so far, but I wanted to add two things here: 1. Hearing parents are starting to teach "baby signs" to their very young, hearing children. It gives them a headstart in developing the language centers in their brains. The babies who...

Glad you liked the movie!

Thanks, Krissy! I didn't know the crackling could be tinnitus. I do have tinnitus in both ears. Mostly I hear a tone and its like someone hit a switch because I can't hear much besides the tone until it stops. It usually only lasts a few seconds at a time but some days will happen over and over...

Alice, the story you are writing sounds a lot like the movie Listen to your Heart. The guy isn't a single dad, though, he's a waiter and wannabee musician when they meet. He falls in love at first sight with a customer and doesn't realize for a while that she's deaf. She reads lips and writes on...

Me, too! Although I hope this one is a Happy Beginning! :D

Guess what?! My aunt received my letter and sent me a nice reply. I'm so happy!! Thank you all for encouraging me to reach out to her. Thank you! Special thanks to Naisho!

Naisho is so awesome and helped me find some information on my aunt. I sent her a letter even though I think her address has changed, in the hopes that the post office will send it to her forwarding address. I am hopeful and nervous. I will let you all know if she responds.

Thank you again, Naisho and Jazzberry! I really appreciate the clarification about SimCom and speechreading (I see why it is called that now!). It is comforting to know there are a variety of ways to communicate. I will check out the ALDS, too. :)

Hi Naisho! SimCom sounds really cool but its hard to imagine that is ever be able to speak in English and ASL at the same time! That must require a lot of coordination. It would be really helpful as a new learner, though. Does the person say the exact name of the sign or the whole sentence as it...

Thank you again! I admit I did not even know there was such a thing as formal training to read lips. I will look into that, too. That ability would go a long way in helping me network, especially in other countries. Do people get uncomfortable when a speechreader stares at their mouth and not...

I wouldn't want to go through surgery just to delay something inevitable. Well, except death, I would have surgery to delay that of course! You know what I mean. The ENT wrote me a prescription for vestibular rehab and gave me a list of places that offer it. That was the extent of the info on...

Thanks so much! I have a lot to learn.

Hi Jazzberry. Thanks so much for the ADA info, I will definitely check that out! Because I am in my 30's, its not really feasible that I'd be able to simply trade jobs with someone else at my company. I would need a whole new career path because most of my coworkers are scientists, medical...

Thanks, Rockin' Robin! I will check out Yahoo groups. I did manage to find a blog on Otosclerosis. Here it is in case someone may be interested: Otosclerosis - a disease of the middle ear.

Hi DeafSkeptic. My fiance has agreed to learn ASL, too, but I hope to find a patient deaf signer who will be my friend. I hope its not all hearing people in class. I chose to register for the one that was held in the evenings at a deaf school.

I am also hearing and don't have any real comparative insight, but I can tell you that my dad and I would "text" my deaf aunt via landline phone (TDD) years before cell phones were invented and mainstreamed. So... it almost seems like you should be asking hearing people how they have learned to...

Thanks, SallyLou. If you have balance issues, did they get worse when your hearing loss progressed? I know no one can predict how it will go for me, I just want to hear others' experiences. I read that Citrical (calcium+Vit D+magnesium) can slow the bone remodeling. Do you know anything about...

Oh. That is disappointing that everyone is so separated. I mean, maybe your native language is ASL and mine is English, but we are both on this forum reading and writing in the same written language. Do I need to start IUSedToHearButMyEarsTurnedToBone.com? J/K about that last part. Thanks for...