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Parents/Children Hearing I'm hard-of-hearing. I lost some of my hearing due to holes in my eardrums. The holes were grafted over, it didn't help much, just keeps water and other stuff out of my eardrums. All my family is hearing as far as I know. I was raised as hearing. I did not speak...

You know what, I've never even seen or known anyone who is transexual, except my dad works with a fellow or used to work with a fellow who was born a girl and then became a guy. Only time I've ever seen a transsexual is in the movies and on TV.

Christmas List My dad and I were having a problem with my Christmas List. I told him I couldn't find anything in catalogs (except 1 item), wouldn't find what I wanted in stores, so tonight I've been revising my list. I made one section into What I Wanted Him To Buy Me, and the other section...

I am HOH. I can usually hear alright but there are situations where I just can't hear-- like I'm in a crowd or the speaker is talking too softly. I have been thinking about learning to at least understand sign language so I can watch the interpreter if there is already one provided for the Deaf...

Deaf Group I have known at least one Deaf person ever since I was 11 years old. I like Deaf people! I'm a bit on the weird side, and Hearing people don't always understand me. Deaf people don't care what you're like. They just want to be friends!

Speak and Lipread As Hard Of Hearing, I speak and lipread. I do not know much sign language, just a few signs, and I can fingerspell. Nobody taught me to lipread...I learned out of necessity when I was very young. The way I learned was because I was always being told to look at people when they...

What is your name sign? Mine is "H on the Lips"-- my name is Hilary and it's on the lips 'cause I talk all the time! I acquired it when I was around 11 or 12 years old at a camp for the disabled where there were a lot of Deaf children. I have used that name sign ever since. One Deaf lady at...

Who here lipreads? I do when I have to. Nobody taught me how, I learned a long time ago out of necessity. It's especially useful in noisy situations or when people talk too softly. I don't often like lipreading 'cause it sometimes makes me tired. I've thought about learning to at least...

School I was mainstreamed most of the time except when I was in 4th through the first half of 6th grade and I went to a private school for the learning disabled. I always went to a public school after that; it's where life is and you learn how to deal with all kinds of people. Since I'm...

Born Hearing but became hard of hearing due to holes in my eardrums, which were surgically repaired, but didn't do much for my hearing. I also have a sound frequency disorder, which is more due to Asperger's (high-functioning Autism) than to Hearing. There are no Deaf in my family that I...

Hearing Families I can hear pretty well, but I sometimes cannot hear how loud I talk and it drives me nuts when I am in a restaurant with my daddy and he keeps saying, "please lower your volume!" I also have a bad habit of starting over what I was saying when someone tells me to lower my...

Fingerspelling I am good at fingerspelling, but I don't sign very well. When I talk to a Deaf person, I either spell, speak, write, or have the interpreter sign for me.

Hearing Children Although I am Hearing, I did not speak until I was four years old. There is evidence, as reported by my mother that I had some Home Signs, but she felt that signing was not an option for me. I once asked her why, and she said, "even though you're Hard-of-Hearing, you heard as...

About the only time when I am really Deaf is when I am in a noisy crowd, then I can't really hear at all. I also have difficulties tolerating excessively loud noises, such as stereos. I can lipread, but I don't like to have to rely on it if I don't have to. I would also prefer to be treated as...

Hello! I am a Hearing girl age 27 from Texas in the US. Ever since I was about 11 years old, I have always known at least one Deaf person. I am Hard-of-Hearing (I hear well enough to use a regular phone). I do not sign very well. I lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for two years and knew LOTS...