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I was activated in June on my left and just activated today on my right. I am told my progress has been much faster than others, so please keep that in mind. I have a Naida by Advanced Bionics. MUSIC OMG! Well right now I can only really enjoy music I had listened to before I went deaf. But...

Take your audiologist up on her offer!!! I am late deafened, married for 12 years now (together 16). My hearing (really HEARING, we swear he can hear dog whistles!) husband is the most amazing man I know. I know he loves me more than his own life. We have an amazing marriage. Nobody gets me...

Actually I would LOVE to see this happen. Then all the fundies can move to those states, and when the majority of the rest of us leave those areas we can let the fundies rot like they do all others (except the "poor little babies with the evil witches as incubators"). There is a reason red...

Exactly. If they are going to go down that route and start placing certain value on different fetuses, I'm surprised they don't start advocating that abortion also be allowed for deaf fetuses. It's the exact same thing. Somehow, by their reasoning, "death" is ok in less "desirable"...

Yeah, just "plug your ears", close your eyes, and then sit in front of the Boob Tube for the next 4 years. Then when the GOP comes out you can start screaming about God, Guns, and Babies, the rest is SOL.

Are you for real? What about all the IRAQI children that have died thanks to Bush? Afghani? Katrina Children? Children here in America that have died of treatable diseases/infections because they made the poor choice of being born to poor parents (which is what it boils down to)?

What does "normally" mean? If you can talk, it's normal for you. I lost my hearing as an adult. I guess I talk normally, but I think people from the south talk funny.

We are all connected, whether you want to admit it or not. Helping to keep birth rates down in other countries helps us all. Helping to educate others helps us all. We have birth control and sex education here, it's called Planned Parenthood, unfortunately the fundies drive cars through the...

Wrong. It funds groups/clinic/health providers in other countries that provide many many other services beyond abortion. Contraceptives, family planning, prenatal care, labor assistance, etc. Many women would die without these providers. But since the fundies in this country like to punish...

lmao!! I swear people think I am faking it "oh you speak so well", "well if you are deaf, why do you wear hearing aids". Doubled over reading the last part of your post. That has NEVER happened to me, but if it does I really think I would fall down on the floor laughing uncontrollably!

I'm making my own world! The only people who will be excluded are arrogant self-involved jerks who feel their time is to valuable to understand others. pfft to them.

Honestly I've never had any real problem. I work with the general public (or did, I just had a baby, so a SAHM for now). I usually don't say anything unless the person was mad I was "ignoring" her, or if the person keeps turning his head or covering his mouth. I can count on one hand the...

1: Class war 2: Stupidity of those unable to see this.

ha, she is the whole reason I'm voting for Obama! I was so disgusted with Obama and Clinton that I was going to write my hubby's name in. Then came Palin. PUKE! It's insulting!

What tripe. I've belonged to a union, and see no need for them, but your argument is a bunch of BS. We are talking NYC. Do you know how expensive it is to live there? $63,000 wouldn't go very far. Yeah those poor corporations, yelling at us to spend spend spend, but then get pissed when...

I'm sure there are many local groups who already do this. I know a group of my friends is in the process of starting their own collective. I don't know where you are, but here where I am in Florida there are tons of farmers markets. Locally grown food. The food is far superior to the GM...

SO TRUE! Nurses more so. Although I did see one Doctor last Oct. Turns out his kids had started a new school, and one of their classmates had deaf parents. He was so curious as to how I "hear", as I seem to have no problems understanding him (which shocked me, as he was from India and I...

I'll be honest, I hate the Impaired label. I don't know what is so wrong with everybody just being called deaf! HOH seems to imply to the hearing world that with hearing aids I must be able to carry on a conversation no problem. Hearing impaired seems to be telling me that I must be fixed in...

wow, I'm sorry to hear this. When I wear my aids I have kind of a similar experience, but I know it's because my brain is tired listening to all the noise. If I've been wearing my HA all day I'm too freaking tired to have an in depth conversation, but things like reading comprehension are...

Dixie, You post made me sad. I enjoy reading your posts and think you are a cool person. Don't let this stop you. One of many things I enjoy about being deaf is how it immediately separates people for me into "your not worth my time" and "wow your someone I want to know" groups. Someone...