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Tintin. Not superb, but pleasing to watch. Directed by Spielberg, reminds me of Indiana Jones.

I have never been insulted for being deaf, I think. At least not explicitly. I experience general difficulties that come with a disability, but life is manageable to me.

What is worse? Silence or the wrong kind of attention?

I drink too much coffee. I never sleep during workdays. Then in the weekend: zzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

I am a PhD candidate, my research is in bioinformatics, similar to genetics. At work, I engage with computers, not people (I don't have to talk).

I had to correct my post. The peripheral vision gets better. The foveal vision does not.

I would not call The Economist, or any other social sciences magazine, authoritative. It serves the role of an amplifier for highlighting some piece of news. It is a good complement sometimes, but not a substitute. And they are good at clarifying things for a general audience which is lacking in...

I cannot believe my eyes. Someone else has discovered the same thing that I did a while ago. If your hearing gets worse, then those cells that were used for hearing get occupied with other tasks. The brain is said to be 'plastic' meaning that cells can be reprogrammed. I have always liked...

It is a shame. The world ought to do better than that.

A few years ago in a psychological experience, there was some example of people watching a video of a basketball game and then there was a guy dressed up as a monkey walking across the screen. But the audience did not notice him. The reason was that they were too busy watching the game and some...

Welcome. Our pleasure to have you here. I have lived in Bristol, but I am not English. In the future, I hope that you manage to find employment and enjoy your job. I was unemployed for several years after my first degree (economics) and had to go back to university and get another degree...

To be honest, I think that it works like this. Some diseases and disabilities are visible, others are invisible. Our culture is visual and people make lots of assumptions subconsciously when first looking at someone. This is the 'first impression lasts' thing. People expect a deaf or HOH to...

I did not know that. Thanks a lot for telling me. Fewer colds if my psychological state mind is positive and stable.

The Economist is an all-purpose paper. They write about all sorts of things, but mainly politics and economics. Another positive thing is that the editorial has the guts (not shy) to criticize people in the right wing camp if need be, although the political profile is right wing itself. I...

Hello Hannah Louise! :wave: Welcome to this forum. I live Ireland too by the way, but I am not Irish. I work here. I have 50% hearing in one ear only. I used hearing aids in the past but not anymore. I have never had CI. That is 'odd' in a sense. But what is more important is...

I like people who stick to their opinions, so I will try to respect you. I suppose that there are different cultures and subcultures within the HOH and deaf communities. I am not aware of all the differences yet. But I am trying to learn. I have never known or made acquaintance to another HOH...

To correct my previous post, cancer cells are detected by the immune system but ineffectively in some cases. Otherwise, cancer would not exist. I can only imagine what it is like having a stressful job with lots of talk with colleagues and/or customers. I am not in that position now...

I 'merely' had bad self esteem, but I know what it is like to feel down for a long period of time. I managed to escape it after a while. I hope that you doing better now. My parents did never try to 'hide' me. I am sorry for that experience of yours. I think that I developed an awkward...

The immune system does not properly detect cancer cells to kill them because they are not 'foreign'. It can detect bacteria and cells infected by viruses and kill those cells (not always, that is why HIV endures). Cancer cells have all kinds of weird mutations everywhere. Mutations occur...

I am following what you are saying. The psychological state of mind of a person most certainly has an effect on various parts of the body, the immune system being one of them. DNA is very conservative and barely changes throughout lifetime (except in cancer cells). It is the gene regulation...