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Pondering a 2-way radio telegraph sort of thing, actually...

Recently, my friend and I went top-rope rock climbing together. It was a lot of fun, but we discovered some challenges with communication on the rock face. My friend is deaf and I have CAPD, which means I'm effectively hearing or effectively hard-of-hearing depending on the situation. On the...

When I started learning ASL, it was because I wanted to learn more languages to communicate with more people, and ASL sounded more enjoyable than trying to learn Spanish again. In the course of my study, however, I discovered that I have CAPD and now am learning for my own benefit, so that I...

:(:(:( Yeah. Absolutely true. There's some perspective... What I am finding a great way to help me with those infreqeunt situations where I can't understand spoken language well seems so much more vital and important for deaf kids, whose access to spoken language is far, far more limited.

I've been studying ASL over the past few months, and during that time, also came to discover that I have CAPD, an unusual hearing disorder that involves the brain's ability to process what might otherwise be a fully intact audio signal. I've been finding that learning ASL has been VERY helpful...

Heh. "Hearing free" definitely doesn't describe folks like me with my rare "central hearing impairment" or CAPD. :giggle: Have to agree that I generally dislike the "impaired" part, even though that's how my audiologist described me. Sometimes I wish I could turn my hearing off like the OP...

Got my test results back from the audiologist today. (Took a while due to the holiday break and some billing silliness.) Thought I'd add it to this thread instead of getting a whole new one to share these bits, especially since I'd love for some of the biology/audiology geeks from earlier in...

:lol: My head is spinning... :P :laugh2:

Sounds exactly like California. Well, during the summer, anyways. Okay, the trees are green year-round, but the grass is brown in the summer, and fall.

:eek3: Uhhh... :hmm: I was just saying that they probably have permission. I have no idea which one of you that supports or whatever. I saw a potential misunderstanding and I tried to clear it up.

I'm fairly sure this group has made prior arrangements, as they've been doing it for 10 years.

Glad to hear you've got some information about what's going on. I hope its nothing like a tumor or anything! Good luck with your ENT!

Yeah, the "I'm sorry" seemed appropriate. There was a situation with a customer that was not going well, and it delayed the ability of another customer to get service. Sure. Totally appropriate to apologize for the wait to me. But to blame it on him entirely, and on his deafness, as if I...

Well, it is a large, multi-hour social gathering, not just a small group meeting or something. I figure any group of that size would need special permission to hold it there, or at least need to communicate with the staff, which I'm sure they've done. They've been doing this for 10 years there.

I sent a letter to the organizer about it, but I don't know anything further. I'm sure all is well. She seems like she's got a handle on things, and expressed some of the same sentiments seen here. My girlfriend, who used to go to this deaf coffee when she was studying ASL, said that the...

Aye. I came in half way through the conversation between the two, and I couldn't follow most of the exchange, as my CAPD was acting up in the noisy, echoey environment. I only caught a little bit, so I don't know what the whole story was on the conversation happening there. I'm just annoyed...

I was disappointed with the behavior of the coffee house staff at the local Deaf Coffee this past Friday. While I was standing in line to buy coffee, the man in front of me was asking the clerk for something. I couldn't make out what he asked her, but she's bringing him, like, everything in...

Mrrr? :hmm:

Hmmm... I think you're correct. It's a hard process. Although, I should clarify that it actually isn't just a revision of how I label it. It's also a revision of how I approach it. Previously, I did everything I could to hide my difficulties from people, but now I acknowledge it more...

I went to my third deaf coffee tonight, and explained to a few folks about my CAPD. I was doing the "kinda HoH, kinda hearing" sign, because I've previously told them that I was hearing. After I explained my experiences, a number of folks that I explained it to were fascinated by my...