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It's probably too late for you to use, but Sam Oates played football for the Texas School for the Deaf. Played college ball at Hardin-Simmons University (TX) and was drafted, but cut, by the Houston Oilers. He played pro football for a couple of years in Canada. You can find more info about...

I've resigned myself to the fact that I will probably never be a fast fingerspeller, expressively or especially receptively, because I could never spell quickly in English. I hated spelling bees and other times when I had to spell words out loud. I had to break the word down syllable by...

I agree that it's probably a fluke, especially since the "loss" keeps switching ears. It's more likely that the ear is a little stopped up. Up until children are 18-24 months old, their eustachain (sp?) tube -- that tube between the ear and nasal passages -- is straight across; it doesn't...

What they have for Texas is true for high school. I'm not sure if the same rules apply for foreign language credit in college. My degree didn't have a foreign language requirement, so that doesn't tell me anything. But my son will have to have 4 semesters of foreign language for his degree...

I was born hearing and now deaf, but mine was a slow, gradual loss. I didn't know I was losing hearing until sometime around age 30, but now I can remember certain events that make me think I probably started losing it in my teens, maybe earlier. The loss started in the high frequencies; now I...

I love to garden, but haven't had one in several years because we lived in an apartment. We moved to a house last May, but it was already too hot to get much to grow. This summer I planted tomatoes (celebrity and sweet 100s), cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, black-eyed peas, and...

I took a cruise when I was in college (the 1st time). It stopped in the Virgin Islands, San Juan, and St. Thomas. It was beautiful. I was really impressed with how clear the ocean was. Having grown up in Texas, the only beach is along the Gulf of Mexico, and the water is not clear at all...

A cold beer would be fine, unless you happen to have a margarita around somewhere... Thanks.

My top choice would be a Caribbean cruise, but I'm pretty happy anywhere there's water. As long as I have an air mattress and water to float on, I'm happy -- even in my own backyard.

I ran into the same resistance when I requested CART for some of my classes. I don't know where you go to school, but it's seems that smaller colleges like the one I attend just don't have enough. TX Woman's Univ only has 3 CART interpreters that I know of and during the last few weeks of the...

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Texas Woman's University in Denton, actually. TCU does have a Deaf Ed program, and I would have loved to have gone there, but it's a private school so they do not have to accept the tuition waiver for the deaf and blind, and I'm too poor to afford their tuition without it. UNT has a program...

Things kept happening. The first time I went to college was right out of high school. I didn't really know what I wanted to do, kept changing majors, started to party too much, and finally after a couple of years, I quit. Got married, had kids. By the time the youngest was ready to start...

My hair is medium-to-dark brown, depending on the light. I still think it looks strange. All the time I was growing up, I was blonde, really light blonde. But after high school it started to get darker, now brown. Starting to show a little gray too; I'll probably have to start thinking about...

Hi, loveofwine. Welcome to AD. I'm relatively new here; not around when you were here before. I'm also forced to take long absences sometimes if I get bogged down with studying. But I look forward to getting to know you now.

I like most kinds of music -- even some of the Rap my son listens too isn't too bad, just kind of monotonous. I find myself listening more and more to oldies stations, though. I like to sing along, and I knew all the lyrics to the older songs before I started losing my hearing. Now with new...

Hey Heath, Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner; life called. I'm familiar with Dr. D'Adamo name, but I haven't read any of his books. I would ask your doctor about them; he'd be the best source. Just from what I could gather from reviews and things online, it sounds like the Blood...

I'm pre-diabetic also; in most cases, it doesn't mean alot right at this moment, but it's a sign that you need to make some changes or it may turn into diabetes in the future. I have no way of knowing, but if you're carrying around a few extra pounds the doctor will probably recommend losing...

I haven't watched it because I really loved the original one with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, and I was afraid I wouldn't like the remake as well. But since you all think it was a good movie, I'll try to watch it sometime soon. In the original version, all of Helen's 10 children were her...

Let's see.... I was 26 when my oldest was born, 27 with my 2nd (15 months later -- not planned, and not fun), and 31 with my youngest. I've always felt bad about having my first 2 so close together because I don't remember very much about my 2nd one when he was a baby. Relatives will say...