Recent content by lex81

I'm also 31 and lost all my hearing this year (I was born deaf in one ear). I saw your post and wondered if you wanted to messaged back and forth. I've been learning ASL and coping as best as I can. Hang in there.

I think what they do is count all the episodes of a series to bump up the stats. For example "Lost" has cc. They count all 100 & something episodes of "Lost" as having cc instead of just counting it as one title. I've been noticing that they've been captioning more of the TV programs to...

Was the Hearing Help Class useful? CHS hasn't been too helpful with me lately and they were rather discouraging about the Hearing Help Class. They told me that I wouldn't fit in those classes and that I probably know all the strategies.

Sunnybrook quoted me a 9 to 10 month wait during my first appointment in late September. So it is a lot better here in Toronto. I was fairly disappointed about that wait time when they told me. I had met a recent patient at an ASL meetup here in Toronto who only waited 5 months earlier in this...

Thanks!!! Hope to chat to you soon!!!

I understand completely!! The beeping I can pick up fine but I can't make out voices these days. And I'm a good guesser with the words on the test as I've been tested so many times. I hope they consider that the booth is not the same as real life. Good luck! :lol:

I would love to practice. I'm going deaf and really want to pick up ASL quickly. I'm almost done of my level 1 course. I'm also in the Greater Toronto Area if anyone would like together and practice. My Skype username is costainevans.

Was this in Ottawa? Good luck with everything!!! I been waiting for my 1st CI appointment at Sunnybrook and for genetic testing, too. When I asked my ENT for that he told me to get it down at Sunnybrook. ENTs!