BrittBritt
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Hi,
My name is Brittney and I am 32 years old. I was diagnosed as HH in my late 20's. It has been getting worse. I don't know anyone who is hearing impaired. Sometimes I feel so frustrated or have things that no one understands. So I thought that I would look online.
I have been learning ASL for the last few years; but since I don't know anyone who is HH or Deaf, I don't ever get to practice it with other people. That makes it very slow going. I do use ASL signers a few times a week to interprate a few classes for me, but I don't sign myself since I can voice for myself. That makes my own signing very choppy, even though I am starting to understand it when other people sign to me a lot more.
I have gone to some deaf events, but I didn't meet anyone else like me though, plus I feel shy since my signing isn't that great. I'd love to meet some people who are going through what I am going through. People who have spent their whole lives hearing, and now suddenly are losing their hearing in their 20's or 30's. It would be nice to be able to talk to people who understand the things that I go through. Sometimes things get really frustrating and no one in my life can understand.
My name is Brittney and I am 32 years old. I was diagnosed as HH in my late 20's. It has been getting worse. I don't know anyone who is hearing impaired. Sometimes I feel so frustrated or have things that no one understands. So I thought that I would look online.
I have been learning ASL for the last few years; but since I don't know anyone who is HH or Deaf, I don't ever get to practice it with other people. That makes it very slow going. I do use ASL signers a few times a week to interprate a few classes for me, but I don't sign myself since I can voice for myself. That makes my own signing very choppy, even though I am starting to understand it when other people sign to me a lot more.
I have gone to some deaf events, but I didn't meet anyone else like me though, plus I feel shy since my signing isn't that great. I'd love to meet some people who are going through what I am going through. People who have spent their whole lives hearing, and now suddenly are losing their hearing in their 20's or 30's. It would be nice to be able to talk to people who understand the things that I go through. Sometimes things get really frustrating and no one in my life can understand.