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:) I feel like i'm driving in a car with two little kids in the back seat arguing with each other. Let's see if this stops the arguing... If you kids dont quiet down i'm going to pull this car over!!! Gotta wait to see if that stops the arguing here. :) If you need to talk about it...

Yes, thank you, this is exactly what i was trying to say. Remapping the CI might improve things but it won't give me my old life back. I've lost relationships with friends and family because of going deaf. A lot of my life was about going to parties either in college, with freinds, or...

Grendel thanks, I was thinking of trying to find a place too. That way they are not left worrying if the place is too noisy. I guess i was on the right track. Yeah that's exactly what i'm afraid of. I thought you might be an artist when i saw your avatar. :) I'm going to get...

I do 3d animation as a freelancer. Recently i was in communication through email with an artist a couple hours away from me who is interested in hiring me. The artist said i am the best qualified applicant and would like to hire me, but wants to meet in person first. I explained that i...

Ok i gotcha now. I didn't know OP meant the first post. I thought it meant the original poster, meaning the person who posted the topic. I belong to some other forums and OP means the person who posted and not the original post. :) The internet is tricky. :) Learning ASL sounds like the...

You should read the whole thread because i've said more than a few times that i plan on going for another "mapping". Even though at my last mapping they told me i was getting as much as i could out of the CI. You are assuming that i haven't tried what you suggested about confidence, when in...

Are you talking about me?

Yeah that is exactly what happens. I have to fake enjoying things. Its nice to read your replies and see that i'm not the only hearing impaired hermit out there. :) Grendel did you live in china at the time of the adoption? How did you find her?

Seems like there is an interesting back story for your 5 year old. Why was she in china? Was she born deaf? Why did you choose bilateral CI's instead of a single?

Thanks for the suggestion. I have actually told people the same thing. Their reply is to ask why i'm giving them such a hard time. Or, is something wrong? Or, are you mad at me about something? Or assume i am depressed and I should see a counselor, because i don't want to hang around...

Did she get the CI's before or after she learned ASL? I have an interesting story but no real point to it... :lol: When my nephew was 2 years old he was diagnosed with having a communication disorder. He has perfect hearing. He could not figure out what he was trying to say and would...

What do you tell them to make them understand? Is there some kind of reverse intervention that works? :) Where i get everyone in a room and explain to them that they have a problem. Just kidding, kind of.

Yeah i agree. Anyone get guilt trips from friends or family when you decline to go someplace noisy? How do you deal with that?

Yeah i totally agree. I got the CI and started to hang around friends i hadn't talked to for a long time. I figured i could pick up where i left off. It turned out that i really didn't like them as much now. They seemed much more superficial and egotistical than i remembered. Arguing over...

I expected a lot of questions, but its been 3 years and the same people keep asking the same questions over and over. It may seem like i'm complaining but i'm not. Just saying that there is something different since getting the CI. The weird thing is that last year i had a total knee...

It doesn't matter to me. She can be either deaf or CI, or both. I'm deaf until i put on my CI. :) Local would be nice but not necessary. Looking for a place to start i guess. I've looked at other deaf dating sites but they never worked out.

You're right it was a compliment and it could've been said to anyone, but it was said after the fact i was told him about my hearing loss. I"m sure i'm not the only one that notices when people see someone with a disability they give them more praise for something that disabled person did...

That's pretty cool that your city has ASL in all of the school systems. We didn't have ASL when i was in grade school. I started losing my hearing junior year in high school. If we had ASL i definitely would've started it then. I'm not sure if its a state-wide classification, but i hope...

You're missing the point of my post. My point was that ASL is a language and not a communication disorder. Bridgewater classified ASL as a communication disorder and not a language.

I went to Bridgewater State College. In order to graduate you must take a second language. I figured learning ASL there would fill that requirement. I was wrong. ASL was not considered a second language, it was put in the category of "Communication Disorder". That pissed me off so much i...