willowbaby85
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hi i am willow and i have been HOH all my life, i was diagonosed with a severe hearing loss in my left ear when i was 4 years old, when i was 16 i got my first hearing aid (i had finaly become old enough to overturn my hearing parents dicision that i was normal and wasent wearing no freakin hearing aid) good thing i did to as the hearing in my right ear begain to deteriorte(sp?) i am now 23 and the hearing in my right ear, that was near normal from the time of infancy, has now become severe, the docs say i will loose what is left of it and they dont know how/why, i am getting my 3rd hearing aid tomorow,(the one i am wearing is kuput) and i am trying to decide weather to simply attempt to improve my ASL skills or to get an implant as well when the time comes, i am also looking into a dog for the deaf as there are many sounds i dont hear at all now, and the dog would alert me to those souns, the reason i am trying to go the dog route and not equipment is that the gov well not pay for the equipment other then the hearing aid (i have tried relentlesly scince i was 17 to get them to pay for it) and i am on disability, and guide dogs are payed for by the lyons club for me this is the most sensable route to go, i relize this is turning into a novel so i well end this here.
tgc everyone
willow
tgc everyone
willow