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People have been doing that to me a lot lately. They think that because I usually appear to function at a similar level to them but have a diagnosis and HA and use an FM for classes that means they have the same level of loss as I do. The concept of me having been hoh all my life and therefore...

Hang in there. I'm HOH from birth and then developed Meniere's as of more recently. I can go from my baseline moderate-ish to (as far as I can tell) total silence to everything in between from minute to minute some days. The large range of variability is the big problem for me, not the loss...

I had written a long scientific explanation of why the incidence of spectrum disorders is no higher for us than for hearing people, but then it didn't submit properly and I don't want to retype it. The short just-trust-me-I-study-the-brain version: We share many traits with them but we develop...

I'm hard of hearing and I've always preferred music that has a strong beat/rhythm. Little frills and subtleties are lost on me.

Not QUITE the same, but similar... I have to carry my FM system and all its accessories plus my streamer plus spare batteries with me. Usually they are in the internal pocket (where most people put pencils) of the middle compartment of my backpack. When I don't have a backpack on me, I stick...

Can you give me the dimensions? That'd be really helpful.

Could somebody clarify for me, what do you mean by stones?

I can work with that... I'll do a little research and draw something up soon, maybe tomorrow night? Sorry it took me a bit. I'm at the tail end of four midterms two quizzes and a lab report in a short period of time, but once that's over I'm all set until after spring break and can put something...

Yeah... I used to not visit them unless someone could drive me there. (There is no way to get there without at least one really sketchy segment and I don't have a car and wouldn't drive to somewhere I'm likely to end up drinking if I did.) It makes me nervous because at six inches shorter than...

I ran into an issue last night that I was not expecting to. (But probably should have been.) So, typical non-school night in a city with a large college student population. 9ish 10ish PM, young men in varying states of intoxication wandering from party to party, including me. The chicks get...

Big dogs afraid of cats? Ohh boy. My cousins have two big sled dogs. The first time that the older one met our cat, she was sleeping on my bed and he went "ooh, new friend" and bounded over to check her out. She slashed him across the nose and went back to sleep. He's scared of cats now.

I don't think my test results are accurate. Supposedly I'm 'mild' in high frequencies and that's all, but I think there's something more going on. I got retested on that suspicion about a year ago with the same results. But (correct me if I'm wrong) mild in high frequencies should not explain...

My only interview so far (not a big deal, I'm only a sophomore and looking at doing research this summer anyway since that's better for getting into grad school) went well until the end. The last round of papers had a question at the end What are three personal (not professional) goals you plan...

Well first off, I want to applaud you. My parents did not intervene about my hearing as a child, and while I obviously wasn't screwed up too bad by it I definitely resent the lack of intervention. Once I finally got them, I did wear my aids for PE and sports other than rugby and swimming. (dunno...

This thread helped me too. I am medically hoh, but around hearing people (unless I have reason to think they're fairly knowledgeable) I say I'm deaf because that's less confusing for them.

!!! I'm in Troy! Are you? I am so incredibly excited that you're in my area. I literally only know two other hoh people and one is totally in denial and neither one lives nearby. Having (and getting to see) friends who understand the way we interact with the world without us having to...

Below is the email I've been sending around to all my networks. If you'd contribute to this project that'd be great. Hanging around the AD community helped me get my confidence back after a certain audist professor got me to doubt myself, so I'm hoping what you guys submit to this will get the...

Sorry, reuploading it in a different format. Hopefully you can see it now, it's at the same link. If the image doesn't show up, click on download image at the upper right of the page and it should work.

Okay, design posted at phantomfurball on deviantART Like it? If you want to send me the dimensions of your transmitter that I ask for in the sketch (h,d,w,l) I can make you one. I would have to charge you for materials and shipping though, since I'm a broke college student.

I'm envisioning the sort of purse that all the little girls had when I was a kid, but with a pouch for the body of the transmitter and a modified strap that protects the cord and positions the microphone in the right place. ...Assuming your FM is similar to mine, that is, I've really never had a...