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Hi deafdyke, no HA's aren't covered here. They were, back long before I was born, but the ammount the govt pays in subsidy hasn't kept up with inflation, so now ony 3-10% of the cost is subsidised. You can see the audy for free, but have to wait almost a year in some places. If you need to...

Thanks fly free, that's what I was wondering. That maybe some of those newer expensive ones aren't always worth so much money anyway. Also that having any aid, might still be better than no aid for some ppl, if they feel they need one. deafscuba, it's a cool thought, but most of these...

Yep! Kiwi here! :D I'm in New Zealand, and this is very cool! BC of this, there are now sign classes in most cities so ppl are learning sign! before, not many knew even little bit of sign. NZSL is not BSL, and we don't use BSL ever here. (Sorry Sabrina, maybe it just look like BSL to...

Hey for those who wear HA's, or have worn them. I have questions. If you've worn lower end price scale HA's or very expensive ones, do you think it makes enough difference to your quality of sound and ease understanding speech to make it worth the expense, or do you think moderately priced, or...

$5,000 USD = $8,484.64 NZD I wouldn't invest in stock, I'd invest in my health. I'm diabetic, so I'd buy an insulin pump so I could treat my diabetes better with no more shots, so I'd have better control of blood sugar and it would be easier working without worry so much about my blood...

I'm a single mother of 4 1/2 year old girl. :D She's my little :angel:

I'm a photographer! :)

My daughter loves Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, The Wild Thornberries, RugRats, The Party Animals (New Zealand show, where each of the 5 characters uses one of the senses and they figure things out together), Hi 5, Little Bill, Hey Arnold, Bumble. She's not allowed to watch a lot of TV each...

Lucky! Wow, some of u don't know how lucky u are! ;) You're lucky to have enough deaf guys around to pick only dating them, no hearies! I've only ever date hearies! If there was a nice deaf guy in my town, I'd be very interested, but there's not... so I date hearing guys. Some of them have...

So far I already do donate $ to &/or my time as volunteer for: Deaf Assn of New Zealand Diabetes New Zealand Juvenile diabetes research fund child flight (NZ air ambulance for kids) SPCA (I got my dog from them too) NZ child health foundation NZ cancer society Women's refuge Insulin...

Never! No, never had a crush on a teacher... but one tried to touch me. :shock: He came up behind me & put his arms around me & kiss my hair, and I almost jumped out of my skin! I screamed and he never touched me again! He tried it with lots of girls before, but I got so scared that it...

You did the right thing, doesn't matter how cute he is, even nice looking guys can be bad! I read this experiment once where they ask kids what a 'stranger' (like as stranger danger) looks like and they all said he is big man with black hood covered his face and has knife or axe or gun and says...

OMG pinkster! You seem so much like me! I had progressive loss too, and was profound deaf by 15. I can hear CD's but only well enough to enjoy it on full volume on though. I can't hear sirens either! I never knew anyone who's so like me before! :)

Hi Motti, I'm new here too, I live in New Zealand, but my cousin Sarah lives in Israel! :) She loves it there. :)

I have 1 credit card. Don't use it much. :) I'm not in debt at all. :)

Thanks WaterRats13 too. :) Hey neighbour! :D

Thanks everyone! Wow! Thanks for the welcomes pinkster, knightwolf68, VamPyroX, DBPowerWCRulez, javapride (ok, I'll go read it!) :D & Tostitos - Oh that's so cool Tostitos! Glad you liked it here. :) Taranaki is in North Island, and Hawera is in Taranaki... about an hour drive South from...

Wow, that was quick! Thanks Fly Free! :D I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone! I'm glad I found this place. :) I feel less alone already! :Oops: Thank you. :)

Hi everyone! I'm new here, and just wanted to say "Hi!". :) It's great to 'meet' you! :wave: I'm from New Zealand, and saw a couple of others post that are from NZ... that's so cool! I :dunno: anyone :deaf: at all around here anymore! - bc I'm in Taranaki, so only cows and a Mountain...