Miss-Delectable
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The Daily Reflector
I am writing to the newspaper to get my story out to the public. I am a deaf woman in her early 50s. I was not born deaf. I went deaf in my sleep. I have been told via an interpreter that the doctors say I did not have a stroke nor is there any sign of brain damage. The nerves in both ears are completely gone. I cannot wear a hearing aid, nor can I afford the implant surgery.
The doctors have told me there is nothing they can do and that I should learn to sign and read lips, which is almost impossible to do here in Greenville. The school in Wilson does not accept adults. So I am writing to you because there is no help for adults in Greenville. I have been deaf for four years. There are two colleges in this city and neither has classes for the deaf. PCC will only offer the class if it has enough students.
I feel the need to get the word out that the deaf are becoming invisible. We are people who are able to learn and be productive if we have the right support and teaching.
I need for someone somewhere to reach out to me, to give me direction on how to get the help that is needed so I can once again be a productive part of the human race, to be able to communicate with others.
At this time I communicate with written notes, texts and the computer. I will continue to write to anyone and everyone until I get the help that is needed. I don’t know what good this letter will do but I hope it will do to make people aware of the deaf adult population in Greenville.
ANITA T. EATON
I am writing to the newspaper to get my story out to the public. I am a deaf woman in her early 50s. I was not born deaf. I went deaf in my sleep. I have been told via an interpreter that the doctors say I did not have a stroke nor is there any sign of brain damage. The nerves in both ears are completely gone. I cannot wear a hearing aid, nor can I afford the implant surgery.
The doctors have told me there is nothing they can do and that I should learn to sign and read lips, which is almost impossible to do here in Greenville. The school in Wilson does not accept adults. So I am writing to you because there is no help for adults in Greenville. I have been deaf for four years. There are two colleges in this city and neither has classes for the deaf. PCC will only offer the class if it has enough students.
I feel the need to get the word out that the deaf are becoming invisible. We are people who are able to learn and be productive if we have the right support and teaching.
I need for someone somewhere to reach out to me, to give me direction on how to get the help that is needed so I can once again be a productive part of the human race, to be able to communicate with others.
At this time I communicate with written notes, texts and the computer. I will continue to write to anyone and everyone until I get the help that is needed. I don’t know what good this letter will do but I hope it will do to make people aware of the deaf adult population in Greenville.
ANITA T. EATON