Search results

I think I finally got through to my kids about how it is for me. I put headphones on them (the ones that cover the whole ear) and then spoke quietly to them. They really had to work to understand what I was saying. I'm sure they will still forget from time to time, but they now have a better...

Welcome, Springtime. I know what you mean about denial. I kept avoiding admitting that it was a problem until there was no longer any way to hide it. This weekend I got frustrated and blew up at my mom. Rather than walk 15 feet to me when she wants to talk, she yells through the house...

Glad to see you all posting again. This last week has been both incredible and frustrating. My physics teacher invited me to take part in two projects, one of which is with NASA. I'm actually getting to do some hands on rocket science. I had hoped to get into something like this in grad...

Either no one has posted for days, or the message boards aren't refreshing on my computer.

Thanks. I'll have to start inviting people over more instead of going out.

I'll have to give that a try. I know they want to help and to be understood, they just forget because they don't experience it. I've also been incredibly fortunate to have a best friend who is deaf and is helping me cope with all of this. I feel like such a whiny-butt griping about about my...

I wish there were some way my kids could hear what I hear. Then they'd understand why I need them to enunciate and face me. They're boys, 11 and 13, and are at that age where they walk out of the room still talking, or keep facing the computer/TV while they speak.

Sallylou, I feel for you. I'm nearly 40 and I'm losing the higher range frequencies. I can hear background noise just fine, but voices are a challenge. I hear it, so I know that someone is speaking, but it doesn't always resolve into words. I'm in the process of learning ASL now so that I'll...