Recent content by kimpossible

1) I don't do painkillers, they make you annoyingly drowsy, and after the first day or 2 the worst of the pain is gone anyway. But if you're a surgery n00b, I don't know, they might supply you with painkillers. Tylenol's usually good, yeah. Pain gone after a week, yeah. 2) Again, not big on...

i'm studying film and animation, so needless to say, we watch a LOT of films in a LOT of different classes. thankfully, the vast majority of them aren't educational films, but a lot of them are old, or independent films, like films that were featured in festivals or that were student-made, and...

I HIDE THEM. i feel terrible, everyone else here seems to show them off proudly! i always hide my CI, but it's mostly because it's BIG, bulky, and more likely to fall off if it's not being covered by hair. actually, when i am only wearing the BTE and not the CI, i will sometimes pull my hair...

i get left out at the dinner table because my family talks too quiet and fast for me to understand. it's just my immediate family (3 sisters and mum) but they still won't slow down or speak up for me, UNLESS they have something to say to me specifically. so they'll be having a conversation, and...

I usually just wear my HA and CI, although after a few hours i might turn them off for peace and quiet. Then get bored of the quiet and turn them back on again, or put them on TC and listen to some music....

... I don't know if I want to read these huge posts going on between Grummer and DeafDoc1. Perhaps a little too dense for my tiny brain and limited attention span! All I do know is that in ontario, where the OP lives, there is no Medicare or whatever crapola, and healthcare is paid for by the...

i use a dry & store and it works great. gives it a different smell but it just smells more rubbery with less foul odour. dry&store has the benefit of giving the mould a thorough clean, and you don't have to get the water out of it afterwards as opposed to soaking it. the annoying thing is that...

i think it is pretty simple, we are all people who don't know of any other life other than our own.

i'm not sure, i dislike the fact that people think i'm hearing right off the bat. but i do have a slight speech impediment that doesn't relate to my hearing loss, and i think that the struggle to have people understand what you're saying, while at the same time you can't understand what they're...

my 4th MAP is for listening to music... not necessarily concerts though...

ew, why expose yourself to the ugly world of sound when you're trying to wake up? I rub my eyes, glasses first, go to bathroom and wash up, go back and put HA/CI on. I first got glasses in the 3rd grade and my first hearing aid in the 5th grade. I actually wear contacts now though but I have my...

my audiologist gave me one when I got my CI. I never even knew they existed. I find it of way better use for my hearing aid than for my CI though. so since you have 2 HA's i say go for it. I don't use it every day though... and apparently you're supposed to change the brick every 2 months (I...

are you comfortable with singing? I'm really not sure how other deaf people can "hear" their own voices, if at all. But when I belt songs out without my CI on it feels so much better than just thinking about them in your head. I still have a bit of residual hearing in one ear though, I don't...

Yeah, they asked me (sent me a form to mail back to them) what colour processor, coil, and microphone covers I would like for my CI, about 2 or 3 weeks before the activation date, so that they could have it all ready when I came in. hmm I don't think they told me any of that technical...

an I at the corner of the mouth might be a name sign if you happened to be talking to Dr Evil