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well if you think about ha can kinda act like a swich. that is if you can hear well enough to use ha

mine would say... Sux 2 B U or heres your sign

you know i was thinking last night, there are ways to mimic deafness to a hearing person and i wonder if there not someway to mimic hearing to a deaf person. ya know. it was just a thought.

haha thats cute!!! everythings bigger in texas!

ok i agree and somewhat disagree a little here. being late deafened i know very well what you are saying and can remember some of those sounds. but i have played the violin for 18 years. now when i became deaf i quit playing for a while because i was so heartbroken at not being able to hear my...

isnt it funny how our minds change over time......

very interesting point indeed. i myself was in limbo so to speak w deaf and hearing world at one time when i was hoh. but i wasnt born hoh.

haha thats funny. good point. so ur near shannon hosp right?

ok and why would u choose to be hearing? remember guys this is to find out why you would choose to gain hearing or not as much as it is to find out which one you would accept.....:ty:

ok good point. especially about music. i do miss hearing music myself. but that alone would not make me want hearing back.

how much education is required to become an advocate for deaf and hoh? thanks:ty:

ok why no? i agree w u im just trying to get everyone to express why they would choose one way or the other....

:lol: amen!!! we could all use a genie for many reasons... well heres the thing, i am late deafened and cant say that i would take hearing over deaf. there was a time that i would but now i wouldnt. most people who i know that are hearing or hoh say that they cant understand why i say i...

what about guess what im signing. its a game kinda like charades but with asl. or speed fingerspelling and time them, who ever wins gets a prize. it may be a good idea to make up a game.....

im not necessarily talking about ci. lets say a genie in a bottle says i can offer you hearing, u will just wake in the morning and be able to hear all you have to do is accept my offer.... would you accept or no and why? have fun and think about what being able to hear would be like and if...

i agree... good point.:ty:

haha, yeah were on the same page. gotcha! ok i was just curious. :ty:

yeah i understand you. and i agree w you. i think hearies see things only one way sometimes. not always but sometimes.

yes very well made. my parents want me to get ci and get upset when i get upset that they continue to push it on me. the thing is im late deafened but i still feel the same as yall about the ci. god made me deaf. im ok with it. yes its challenging living in hearing majority but i function fine w...

ok yeah i see what you mean... now lets say a person has two medical disabilities like mine(deaf and migraines), and hasn't applied for ssdi yet, would they be more likely to receive ssi or ssdi than someone who only has one medical disability such as deaf only? do you see what i mean?