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I hadn't been to an ENT since I tried to join the ARMY and was trying to get my failed hearing test waived. That was 10 years ago. I went to one last November so I could get help from VR. When I walked out of the testing room she looked shocked. "you are not hearing high pitched sounds...

Wow I have had many opposite experiences. As of yet I do not sign. Never had the money, now I have the money and no time. I want to learn as I have had so many experiences like the following.... Me: "I can not hear at all, I need to see your lips" New Friend or customer service type...

Well mine felt like extremely painful menstrual cramps. It felt like I had to constantly sit on the toilet. I had some Braxton Hix about two weeks before I had my son, they were very mild, just a tightening of my stomach, but not much pain. If I went and drank water they went away. I didn't...

I love my bed shaker, wish I had known about it even before I started losing my hearing. When I was younger if it was a radio alarm I would just incorporate the radio into whatever I was dreaming. If it was a "beep beep beep", I would just dream of a big truck going backwards. The bed shaker...

Have you ever seen the "Control Room"? It's amazing how often American Corporate Media mistranslates foreign languages. That said, those (like myself) who say this is about Oil are not saying it's for CHEAP oil, but for control of oil. We Americans have already proven that we are idiots...

It might be your cable. When we had Knology (company in Florida) many of the higher digital channels, and ALL HBO channels did not CC. We knew it wasn't our TV as when we had Dish Network, there was no problem. They didn't do anything to fix it and we switched to Brighthouse. All channels...

Really? You think every carjack gone bad deserves national attention? Every rape? I live in Florida, second only to the state of Texas, for horrible news (seriously every weird/horrid story seems to come from those two states) and if the national news talked about every single one nothing...

Not that it matters, as these two souls were still murdered, but maybe the corporate made national media did not pick up on this story because it WASN'T as horrific as was first reported. via snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages: Murders of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian

I've noticed a similar sign at my PO. But it said something like "No dogs except for assistance dogs".

It's late, so I may not be reading this right. If you want universal health coverage (which means insurance companies are still involved, still deciding what is covered and what isn't, still making a profit off you) then vote for Hilary. If you want Universal Health CARE (which is also...

Went to go find my favorite Howard Zinn quote and realized there are three by him. "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Howard Zinn "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." (my favorite Zinn quote) Howard Zinn "If the gods had intended...

hmmm, both my children are hearing and I don't use ASL (though my daughter is learning, smartass), but I always thought the sign for "I love you", was pretty universal in America. My kids and I always have done it.

Welcome! I'm near Tampa, born in ND and raised in Minnesota, will take the snow over this crap any day! lol

wow! word shel! My maternal side is littered with moderate to profound HOH peoples. They grew up in a time where they were shamed into hiding it. My mother was told by her audiologist that no one would want to marry her and if someone did that she should NOT have children. My mother wasn't...

Interesting paper on Helen Keller. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/Crow/Rethinking-icon.pdf

I don't understand those kinds of people at all! I "hate" not being able to hear for 2 reasons, the limits people place on me (employers mostly) and being cut off from others. When I meet someone from other countries, cultures, life experiences I want to know EVERYTHING! I can't understand...

I agree. I don't discount anything she did either. If anything I admire her even MORE for recognizing that without the $$ she was born with she may not have accomplished all she did. She went further and tried to fight for others to have access to the same stuff she did. She went even...

too funny. Helen Keller was a socialist. She knew that part of the reason she was able to accomplish so much was because she wasn't born poor. Imagine all those poor kids born blind/deaf...what happen to them? Helen Keller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you have to be kidding me. Lets privatize war then! How about our fire departments and law enforcement. Haven't heard cons screaming to privatize the CIA and FBI. I live in Florida, almost everything is privatized and NOTHING works right. DCF here is privatized, and children go missing all...

It really burns my ass that BCBS (the federal program) will pay 50% for eye glasses, viagra, fertility treatments, etc, but won't pay squat towards my aids. I needed new ones, but could not afford even analog. Luckily VR came through for me and I got new ones, but they are analog and tire my...