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Thankyou for your story. I have HOH in my family but its a side to the family that I only met this year and i'm learning from them to. My natural father is very very HOH. He adjusted his working life considerably to try and suit himself and has made a real success of himself. I'm trying to do...

Ok I’m going to take the time with you. It might not help but I’d like to think that it will. Firstly let’s start with feel free of denying answers. If you deny answers you are already doubting yourself, agreed? I am not uncomfortable about speaking about it I am uncomfortable about the facts...

Ok taking my time to answer all of your questions. bare with me because i'm replying now. I'll respond once I've written it

I'll help you if you like. I find this whole deaf culture thing new and strange tho. I'm completely deaf in one ear and very hard of hearing in the other. I wear a strong hearing aid in that ear but I don't yet feel like part of a culture. Maybe I'm resisting. People tell me learn sign language...

Fair play if lip reading is that difficult and 30% is far to low to be effective. It sounds like the best solution tho as if it was effective it could be used in almost any situation providing the person speaking to you faces you. I'm at this stage where I am relying on one powerful hearing aid...

I get what your saying but almost everyone around me can hear. My natural father is very hard of hearing. My grandad was when he was alive but my hearing loss is relatively new so I do know what it was like to hear and I do know how life changing it is when you lose your hearing. I'm yet to...

Yes but my point is, no one knows sign language. It would be like learning Japanese. Great thing to know but who speaks it. Apart from the obvious of course but you get my point. If I walk into work knowing ASL no person could communicate with me because they don't know how

You make a really good point DOD. Its hard to know what to do for the best. I'd love to learn to sign but no one around me knows it. I cant expect them to learn it aswell

wow you know sign that's amazing. I really need to learn it although i'm thinking lip reading would benefit me more. I'm deaf aswell. I've got some hearing in my left ear with a hearing aid but my right ear is dead. It died completely about 4 months ago and what a struggle it has been

Hey. I just joined this site and have written a similar message on here myself. I hope you have a read of what I said as I have experienced a very similar thing to you. It is really hard isn't it, people not understanding or being accommodating. My whole world changed with my hearing loss. I...

Hi. What a fantastic career choice. Have you considered teaching lip reading? I thought about learning sign language but decided that unless I was around people that could also sign then it might not benefit me. Lip reading however would be something of great use and maybe people might even be...

Hi my name is James. I am new to all this. I have been hard of hearing for several years now, I've been wearing hearing aids for about 4 years but this year I suffered SSHL in my right ear. The loss was so profound that I have had to slowly come to terms with only having moderate hearing in my...