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I have decided to liveas a HOH person. Today is my "Deaf Birthday." No more "broken Hearing person." Hard Of Hearing and PROUD:wave: I have accepted myself as I am.:D

I am HOH and okay with it No more grieving for me. Toomuch to live for. No time for sadness!:yesway::D

I am HOH Wow, these stories all feel so familiar to me. I have known Sign for 20 years. I have had DEaf friends for almost that long. I have know for YEARS that I had a "hearing problem." The other day, I asked a (full) Deaf person about this stuff. He said, "You HOH." I decided to stop the...

Goes Away When I Use HA Hearing tests make me nuts. Beeeeeeeeep. Beeeeeeeeeeep. I think it makes the tinnitus worse. And STRESS will really set it off. Supposedly, an ENT is going to do something about it. I got a weird test last Wednesday--ABR. Audie couldn't seem to tell me anything about it...

Once in Three Times I just got a new "family doctor." Terp never showed for first appointment. SECOND APPT terp showed up--because I checked on it MYSELF. Third appt, office called me (WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO THE APPT) and told me there would be no terp (In case I wanted to reschedule....) I...

I had to use an FM system when I took some classes at a local community college several years ago. Although no one called undue attention to it, I still felt very self-conscious. I had to show all my profs a paper (explaining about section 504 or whatever) and sometimes explain how to use it...

Thankful For Sign I can identify with feeling less anxious and/or frustrated by having an additional way to communicate. I learned to sign almost twenty years ago. Deaf people taught me. I thought learning to sign was very interesting. But, then, I became interested in the people. They...

Something I Don't Need Boy, I was really DOWN when I last posted. I have done a lot of thinking since then, though. This one audiologist told me not to turn my hearing aid up too loud (or I could damage my hearing). She about scared the living blah-blah out of me. But, she thinks I would maybe...

I have been thinking about some things for several months. I have been asking people, "What did you say?" a LOT. I started having problems hearing people...maybe...2,3,4...years ago. Who knows? My audiogram used to be just about perfect. Well, now it ain't so hot. My loss isn't so bad. Some is...

People with CAPD have trouble "fitting" into a category. Try reading the book, "When The Brain Can't Hear."

A HA can make things clearer, not just louder. An ALD just makes things louder. An ALD can't help me hear better on the phone. A HA can.

I have a condition called (C)APD. I read on the internet that it is a "physical hearing impairment." I scored at the FIRST PERCENTILE on a test battery recently. I also have some conductive loss (seems to come and go/get better or worse). The audiologist who diagnosed me with APD wrote up a...

I have been REFUSED a hearing aid consult after I was told I would get one. I even had a terp come! This audiologist said my hearing was "normal" and said I only had "a few delays" (with my other hearing problem). I thought I was promised help to get at least an FM system, but she did not even...

Can work, but discrimination happens I would LOVE to have good job! I can usually get a job, but I have trouble keeping it. Because of the communication problems. I am NOT lazy, or stupid, or crazy. Yet, I feel that I have often been treated like this. Even when I TELL people that I have a...

My own decisions I wish I COULD get someone to help me make some decisions about how to treat my hearing loss. However, I have been BLOWN OFF by audiologists. They REFUSE to do ANYTHING about my hearing loss. Either they claim that my hearing is "normal," still in normal range, not bad enough...

Bad Experience I had such a bad experience with an HOH terp that I left a church over it. However, it was the way she acted and her lack of professionalism that got to me. We got into a huge shouting match one day after I had walked out of Sunday School. She had totally embarrassed me in front...

Welcome! I am all for friendly Hearing people who want to hang out with us and just accept us the way we are! I go to a Hearing church, and the people there are SUPPORTIVE and kind. We all try to accept each other the way we are. And we help each other.:wave:

T-coil detection Oh, I like the postings about listening for things with t-coil! I do same thing! I can hear rate of data exchange with cell phone tethered to computer! Very interesting! If you have lots of interference on t-coil from devices, you can also use the "buzzing" sound as a cover-up...

HA Consult: Finally! I got hearing tests recently. No HA consult was done. Going back on Thursday for the consult. And to explain results. Said for my hearing problem I should use an FM system. Haven't even got that! Terp is supposed to come this time. I want to use HA's, NOT FM system!

First Time BTE User I wear a BTE in my right ear (really it's an OTE, but it's not a CIC anyway) and I do not try to hide my hearing loss at all. I can be very open about it. In a way, I consider it part of being "out" about my Deafness. I usually tell people that I am Hard-Of-Hearing, but that...