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    What Ticks You Off (Most) About Hearies?

    One that I get a lot is when someone is behind me and i don't hear them and then they decide to tap me on the shoulder to get my attention. Or when my worker is behind me and trying to speak i can hear that she's saying something but i'm not sure what she says. or when me and mom surprised each...
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    Your AD name, why?

    I simply put the two seperate posts together. I like it and i think we could get along good i have Oticon's as well see my signture(has a pic of my HA). Oticon Equoq(according to my signture) For me I'm a HP nerd when HP 7 came out and they talked of Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem(like a...
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    How many of us are Musicians?

    Hi I'm back haven't been around for awhile. But it seems every time I'm around family it makes me wish I were a normal person(But don't hate me, I am proud to be HOH, its just hard sometimes). I started taking guitar lessons this past september. So now I've been going for 9 weeks. I get 1 1/2hr...
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    "Audism Unveiled" Film on DVD

    I wish hearing people would realize were not dumb. and that sometimes there is no cure. My dad said i should get a CI but I know it's not for me and my HA is good enough but since it's getting old i'd like a new one which will never happen i proably have to wait til the HA's are at least 10...
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    CC or Subtitles

    If they have captioners they need to have good typing skills. I wish I could use CC more often. I often forget to put the CC on when watching a dvd. As it distracts me from watching the actual scene. But sometimes its a good tool to have. I want to watch more in cc. And I'm aplauled(srry dont...
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    CC or Subtitles

    I don't want to add another thread into the forum and would like to say something. See every week I watch Duets on Global with CC or subtitles whatever you want to call it. Any ways since the show started going live. they don't have spot on subtitles. It's getting rather annoying. Like in...
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    you can play the music with lyrics by using minlyrics plugins program!

    Thank You!!!!!!!! For this. Never have to worry about singing the lyrics wrong this is a lifesaver.
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    "Audism Unveiled" Film on DVD

    When we saw the DVD they had CC. There was no audio and because this is only a intro course im the only one in my class that knows the most ASL.
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    "Audism Unveiled" Film on DVD

    I just watched this movie in my ASL 1 class on Tuesday we didn't see the whole thing. We maybe say 20-25 mins of the video while our teacher kinda prepared herself. They only told her she was teaching an hour before the first class. I want to see the whole thing I wish it was available online. I...
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    Have ALL your family & friends boycott Netflix

    Just reading the first page Im not willing to pay for Netflix, I'm in Canada and I do not have Hulu. plus on places where i watch tv shows they don't have CC. at least not on computers. When I was watching a show last week I turned CC on and it worked perfectly on my tv.
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    Last Movie You Watched?

    The quote is from the first page didn't relize their were so many pages. The last movie I actually saw was In The Land Of Blood and Honey or U Zemlji Od Krvi i Meda, Angelina Jolie's directoral debut. It tells the love story a Bosnian Muslim and a Serbian Solider. The solider is head of the...
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    Anyone like horror movies?

    I love all kinds of Horror movies. I've seen all kinds of classics and ones made more recently. I hate any kind of remakes like if they were to remake The Ring or The orginal exocists then i won't like it. Here are some of my faves The Ring The Grudge The Hills Have Eyes The Haunting of Molly...
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    Switched at Birth petition

    I agree I think the petition is ridiculous. I'm HOH and because of Daphne I'm more comfortable with telling people Hey sorry but I need to see your lips when your talking. I wear biliteral hearing aids but still prefer to lip read. The show isn't suppose to revolve around the Deaf community not...
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    Does being deaf/hoh make you a bad writer?

    In response to the very first post. I'd like to say it really depends on the person. I did not become HOH until I was 16 I'm 20. Yes as a child i had hearing trouble but it didn't really get adressed until 16. I'm a really good writer. I write a twilight diary on facebook. I write poems and...
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    Can hearing aids cause ringing/buzzing sounds?

    I know with mine that some people can hear this buzzing sound sometimes it's like a whizzing sound. I rarely ever hear it. When I had these beige moulds it happened all the time now that I have these clear moulds it's fine unless I'm taking them out and my hearing aids are turned on I hear it. I...
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    Crepes

    In Eastern Europe: I know of Croatia anad Hungary call it Palačinke it means the same thing. I <3 them. I haven't had them in soooo long though so when I was talking to my grandma last night I mentioned it and she was like I just made some after Easter I was like oh baba why didn't you tell me...
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    Headaches that cause vomiting

    I'm sorry no one has been able to answer your question. I wonder that too. I don't have meniere's or otosclerosis. But in the spring of last year so June of last year. I was eating at a resturant myself I had a headache. I don't remember if I took anything or not, but I ended up getting sick as...
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    Curious about.. Aspys/Aspergers

    completely agrees with you a person with asperger's does have trouble communicating but they don't have to be deaf or HOH. It just that they do have the condition. Also in the DSM V to come in 2013 they hope Asperger's is being taken out of the DSM so if you have the diagnosis. and you have a...
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    Finding a thread to post

    I am having a hard time navigating where to go when i want to ask a question like right now I'd like to find a thread to post where I can talk about how my HOH affects me.
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    i just look terrible in pictures i dont care if people see the HA
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