Have any of you forgot to turn off the water because you couldn't hear it running? Has it ever flooded your bathroom?
I read in About.com: Deafness/HOH that the guide, Jaime Berke, had this happened to her in this link:
http://deafness.about.com/cs/cochlearfeatures/a/cochlearimplant.htm
Here's her story:
Then I had a near-disaster in my house. I had been washing the dishes; when I finished, I went downstairs to use the computer. About 3 1/2 hours later, I needed to use the bathroom. The bathroom floor was a little wet. I thought it was my son, who had recently bathed his toys in the bathtub. I started mopping it up. Soon it became a flood I couldn't control. I looked around for the source. Tested the toilet and the sink. No leaks.
As the flood got worse, I sought a neighbor's help. The neighbor came into my house, looked around the basement bathroom, and suddenly stopped in her tracks. "I hear something!" She went into the playroom, flicked on the light, and showed me what she had heard - the water was cascading down the wall next to the bathroom and flooding into the bathroom! The source was upstairs. We raced upstairs, and she immediately found the source - the kitchen sink faucet had not been turned off after I did the dishes!
If I had gotten a cochlear implant, maybe I would have been able to hear the water running down the wall.
---> ME: A similiar thing happened to me too....I forgot to turn off the water in the bathroom sink. I wasn't wearing my hearing aid at the time so I couldn't hear anything. I was also tired at the time and going to bed. The next day, I received a note from my mother saying I will be paying her water bill because I forgot to turn it off. I am ok with paying it, but I didn't realize the water was running! I didn't hear it!
What about you?
I read in About.com: Deafness/HOH that the guide, Jaime Berke, had this happened to her in this link:
http://deafness.about.com/cs/cochlearfeatures/a/cochlearimplant.htm
Here's her story:
Then I had a near-disaster in my house. I had been washing the dishes; when I finished, I went downstairs to use the computer. About 3 1/2 hours later, I needed to use the bathroom. The bathroom floor was a little wet. I thought it was my son, who had recently bathed his toys in the bathtub. I started mopping it up. Soon it became a flood I couldn't control. I looked around for the source. Tested the toilet and the sink. No leaks.
As the flood got worse, I sought a neighbor's help. The neighbor came into my house, looked around the basement bathroom, and suddenly stopped in her tracks. "I hear something!" She went into the playroom, flicked on the light, and showed me what she had heard - the water was cascading down the wall next to the bathroom and flooding into the bathroom! The source was upstairs. We raced upstairs, and she immediately found the source - the kitchen sink faucet had not been turned off after I did the dishes!
If I had gotten a cochlear implant, maybe I would have been able to hear the water running down the wall.
---> ME: A similiar thing happened to me too....I forgot to turn off the water in the bathroom sink. I wasn't wearing my hearing aid at the time so I couldn't hear anything. I was also tired at the time and going to bed. The next day, I received a note from my mother saying I will be paying her water bill because I forgot to turn it off. I am ok with paying it, but I didn't realize the water was running! I didn't hear it!
What about you?