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I was deafened at age three-just after i had developed my speech pattern. I had good speech my whole life with a moderate hearing loss of 85 db. After I lost the rest of my hearing at 17, I lost the stability i had in being confident and sure of what I was saying. After my CI, everyone...

Yeah... I'm a cashier. Lots of my customers get angry when we can't take expired coupons. Its silly, because grocery stores have rules and regulations to go by from our vendors.

Some customers at my grocery store have been unbelievably rude... Even if they know that I am deaf and trying my best with them. My supervisors are very protective of me, and all will jump at anyone who says anything rude. I'm good at my job... I just can't understand every word said to me.

I didn't even think about the possibility I could die when I had the surgery. I had a complication during my surgery that was due to scar tissue of my inner ear reconstruction surgery 15 and 12 years ago. My CAT scan and everything else was normal and we went through a long thought process with...

All of the time... had one of those moments at work today, like usual. A latino coworker asked me a question inaudibly and he's in training so i thought he asked me something about money orders because the woman had been there earlier asking for one and hadn't gotten it... I was busy so i was...

*snicker* my boyfriend has to tell me to be quieter if we're being completely spontaneous... hehe.

I am 18 and live with my parents. I am about to graduate and go to a community college in the fall. My parents are very religious and very controlling, everything has to be preapproved by them or they punish me. The biggest conflict currently is the man I am in love with. We have been together...

My boyfriend is hearing... He's the best boyfriend ever. He always tries to include me in his life, and does everything so I don't feel left out. Hearing people are not automatically bad partners for deafies.

My fear was trauma from hitting the part inside your head... like banging your head against the side headrests. For the record, I went on the Hulk and it was amazing! BTE and HA were both off...

I met my current boyfriend (who I am hoping to marry someday down the road) right before I got the CI. He was there before and after. We didn't get together until after my surgery for reasons that had nothing at all to do with my deafness/CI. He is hearing (a bit of hearing loss in one ear from...

My best friend and I are going to florida with my mom on sunday. we're going to be riding rollercoasters, at least we plan to. I have a cochlear implant on my left side... is there any real risk?

I want a little cozy cottage with two full baths (a lovely master bath of course), a basement, a porch. Something like the cottage in The Holiday... that is my dream home. Of course it's got to have my boyfriend and our future brats in it.

I have a blackberry curve. I wouldn't know the difference between this specific blackberry and any others, but it is awesome. Great texting, phone quality (the speakerphone is 10x better than regular cells) and i love the camera.

The last book I brought was Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The last book I read was Rant by Chuck Palahnuik. I preferred Palahnuik's Choke but both were very good. Palahnuik is very good at exploring the human physche...

I got the new Blackberry curve for my bday. It really is awesome... I can hear great on it and text messaging is easier. Love it!

ugh so many people are rude to cashiers... Be nice to your cashiers! They're humans too... Stop thinking they're being rude to you every chance they get, their whole job relies on their ability to make people happy. Personally, I think too many customers are defensive and snappy about things. If...

Jillio, you are the one who is extremely defensive and nasty to other deaf posters. She is simply saying that we can rise above our situations instead of wallowing in it. People in wheelchairs don't blame their problems on people who can walk... You know?

haha... yeah it does. It's a whistleblower! He thinks its hot that I'm a "metal head."

Ptsh, your boyfriend is a jerk if he reacts wrongly towards your HA's. I've dated all hearing guys... My current boyfriend loves my HA and my CI. My HA gives feedback when he plays with my hair... it makes us laugh. Don't be nervous. Take some tylenol before hand and communicate with your audi...

I am profoundly deaf, but grew up HOH. I was mainstreamed (put with hearing kids) all through my school years. I will be attending a mainstream college this fall. I never knew what deaf culture was until last year when I was 17, and I lost my hearing at 3. I knew some deaf kids through a field...