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Hi everyone :) I'm Katie. I'm 17, and I'm hard of hearing. I've had a cochlear implant since I was 8. I've been raised in the hearing world and don't know anyone who is deaf. I have taken an ASL class and I plan to take more as soon as possible.

Does anyone else have really bad feedback on their cochlear implant? Even when I turn the volume down or turn it a different way, it squeals and, quite frankly, freaks people out at school because they don't know what the heck it is.

So, I'm hard of hearing, but I was raised in the world of hearing people. I started taking sign language at the beginning of the year, and I have started to want to learn more about deaf culture and maybe how to go about meeting people who are deaf so I can meet people who I can relate to. In my...

Sometimes if I ask someone to repeat themselves, they'll just stare at me like I'm crazy without saying anything and I'm like "Okay....awkward." This happen to anyone else?

So, I'm hearing-impaired and my mother made me get a baha implant (hearing aid) when I was 8 years old. I didn't want it at all, but I guess she felt she was doing what was best for me. I'm 17 now and we are constantly arguing because I can't keep up with it and don't wear it while driving. She...