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I'm the first one in my family to be born deaf, though my dad has some hearing loss from an ear infection he got earlier in life. I have a speculation, though there's nothing to back it up really, that there might be a gene for vulnerability to ear infections in the family since I also have to...

That's an interesting strategy to get people to repeat themselves without giving up. I should try that sometime. The real obstacle is when you don't get anything at all ... How much practice did it take you to start getting into group conversations? When I try that I usually have to be...

ouch, that looks painful to see someone's ear piercing enlarged like that!

IIRC, they never tested hearing in my driver's test (although they did test vision). I would think that since it's legal for someone to drive with loud music on or while using their cell phone, it should also be OK for a deaf person to drive. During the behind-the-wheel test, the examiner saw...

I think generally people can see my CI which indicates that I'm deaf. Girls with long hair can hide the CI under their hair which complicates matters. Actually I'm kind of interested as to how people would act if I grew my hair out and hid my CI, but I'm a guy so it would look odd :hmm...

I can't really say that I am, usually I just look away when I'm getting a shot and it's over pretty quick.

Actually my math teacher said he was a founder, so you might be referring to the same guy, haha. I want to meet him :D Well, I didn't have that much trouble with the physics thanks to my awesome high school physics teacher, but it would have been nice if I took that guy's differential...

I was in honors/gifted classes in elementary/middle school, and I took like 10 AP's in high school (including an accelerated physics class that combined Mechanics AP and Electricity & Magnetism AP Physics into 1 year). I wasn't at the top of the class though, there were a couple of people who...

Hey Jiro, can you tell us a bit more about "Continuing Education"? How would I sign up? It seems kind of interesting. Is it less formal than the Harvard class? Also, can you give some more details about the DPHH? What day is it? Seems like a good opportunity to network.

I was never in special ed, though I did have pullouts in elementary and middle school. To be perfectly honest, they weren't that productive. I was completely mainstreamed in high school (the only accommodation I used was a FM system) and I liked it way better than elementary or middle school...

Can you tell me a bit more about "Continuing Education"? This is the first I've heard of it. I'm guessing it's more for people like us rather than interpreters who learn ASL to use it professionally? Is it less formal? btw, do you know what day the DPHH is? It seems pretty interesting.

I can't say I know that many deaf people. I did meet some in high school but our personalities weren't really that compatible so we never got to know each other that well. I also met some at AG Bell in 2006 who I sometimes talk to over Facebook (but we also drifted apart over time) One of the...

My experiences have shown that being deaf can impact this, and it does occur pretty much every day for me. For example, there's the issue of not being able to follow a conversation because you missed something, and also the difficulty of hearing others in noisy places. There's also the...

We might be seen as cold or distant sometimes? Because that's how quiet people are often seen. I know I personally have a hard time with not giving off that impression. What are your thoughts? Do you do anything to look more open?

I applied to Harvard and Princeton, but ended up going to MIT instead. I also considered Cornell but dropped that application when MIT accepted me. It's possible Harvard might be a better choice than MIT for pure sciences, math, or humanities. I'm a computer science major so MIT is a better fit...

I just set up an account and wanted to introduce myself. My name's Rahul and I'm from central Maryland. I've been deaf since birth, and I wore hearing aids for the first decade or so, then got a cochlear implant in my right ear. I still wear a hearing aid in the left ear though. I'm a sophomore...