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  1. Chris87

    Obsession on deafness or disability?

    If you don’t like the definition that merriam-webster has used for the last 150 years take it up with them. I will though, think about impaired. Impaired - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary : being in a less than perfect or whole condition: as a : disabled or...
  2. Chris87

    Obsession on deafness or disability?

    No, they are not the same. Using: dictionary.reference.com and merriam-webster.com Disabled - crippled; injured; incapacitated. Unable - lacking power, ability, or authority. In other words incompetent. I am neither I have a challenge. As the word is defined, I am not.
  3. Chris87

    Google Plus or Facebook

    I have both of them, Google+ and Facebook, but I prefer fb.
  4. Chris87

    Obsession on deafness or disability?

    Myself being HoH prefer to see it as a challenge. My views and beliefs may change in time but for now that is how I see it. Some people for the life of them cannot figure out how to use electronics, they are technically challenged. There are some things I’ll never hear again, I’m hearing...
  5. Chris87

    Differences in Sign Language

    The Brits have their own way of doing things. lol After I figure out what I’m doing in ASL I would love to learn if their BSL has the same differences as US & UK English. I was corresponding with a friend across the pond and he told me he had a banger and crisps for lunch. . . . US Translation...
  6. Chris87

    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    There are some that just don't care. The ones that "don't think" I feel it is lack of knowledge, they don't know any better. I truly agree with you, it is frustrating. I have a couple of people around me that know to look at me when speaking, I appreciate the ones that do.
  7. Chris87

    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    I am Chris and I am HoH. A year after high school is when I first noticed hearing loss and over the last 25+ years I am losing what's left of it. The tests done over the years show a progressive loss and the doctors have no explanation for it. I do know some ASL, I have been learning off and on...
  8. Chris87

    Hello! :)

    I am Chris. :wave: I live in the middle of nowhere (Joplin, MO). I am HoH. A year after high school is when I first noticed hearing loss and 20 some years later I am losing what's left of it. The tests done over the years show a progressive loss and the doctors have no explanation for it. I do...
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