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shellyb

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Dear friends

My name is Michelle. I wish I could tell every one that I know what you are going through with not being able to hear or understand what others are saying to you. But i dont and this is the reason I need your help. I am an industrial design student and am currently working on a communication device that would help individuals like your selves. I was hoping that all of you could help me. I would like to know how you feel. Are you proud that you can use sign language to communicate or are you ashamed? Do you hat that you have to have a cochlear implant or not. Simple things like this would help me greatly in designing this product.

I mean no disrespect in anyway and hope you don't feel that way. I just want to better understand what you all feel.

sincerely
Michelle
 
I dont necessarily feel "proud" to use sign language..it is the only language that I feel most comfortable using so it is natural that I use it 99% of the time. No, I dont wish to have CIs cuz my job doesnt require them due to working in a signing enviornment. If I had a job that required me to communicate with a large non signing population, then maybe I would consider a CI.

I grew up ashamed of my deafness and I am so happy that I no longer feel that way. NO child should grow up feeling like that or try to be "hearing" and feeling inadequate cuz they couldnt be fully hearing.
 
Thanks for reply

I kind of know how you feel. I have a learning disability all my life and have to have a hand held dictionary they gives me a definishion and it also says it for me because i dont always know what it is the right word. I was ashamed of it for a really long time and know i dont care it is who i am and to over come. To overcome any kind of disability and be comfortable with it just shows you are an amazing person and a strong one at that.

Thanks again for replying to my message. To overcome and work with what we got makes use the stronges people around.

sincerely
Michelle (shelly)
P.S. i rough half this letter with my hand held dictionary. :giggle:
 


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